I’M LIKE A PDF BUT A GIRL by Ester Freide

Attention girlbloggers, my dissertation is now available in print on depop

I’M LIKE A PDF BUT A GIRL originates from my usage of tumblr as a social learning platform during high school, when AFK (away from the keyboard, after Russell) i had little educational resources surrounding feminist studies, philosophy, and potential leftisms in my high school and so, turned to a network of peers online to educate myself. the piece is multidisciplinary and written in a style inspired by post-deleuzian philosophy writing and hypertextual projects from the nineties. i explore how tumblr’s user design makes for a fertile ground of identity construction through information distribution, and then characterise the girlblogger — the young person who feels safer in counterpublic communities, NOT the coquette lol — as a librarian, spider, and lover through her piratic practices online. through an experimental and source-diverse labyrinth of media studies, cyber feminist genealogy, and post-deleuzian civil disobedience, i lead my reader to the sublimity that helped me survive.

for anyone who has used the internet as a means to privately nurture and create themselves away from public expectations - i recommend you grab a copy. and for anyone who loves some weirdly poetic academia - try it out.

this bookette is 68 pages long, soft touch, isbned, and complete with qr codes to my tumblr tag #diss where i documented my whole process and to my are.na page with the whole bibliography available open access. link to buy is in my bio! however in line with my own code, ilapbag is also available as a free pdf in the are.na, which can also be found in my bio.

for press inquiries and/or bookshop / art centre people, contact me at esterfreider@gmail.com.