Alexandra Tanner and I first knew each other on the internet. When we eventually met IRL through mutual friends, she told me that, once, she’d seen me walking on the street and whispered to her partner, fellow writer Sasha Fletcher, “That’s Becca Schuh, from the internet.” We went on to become much more than internet acquaintances, but the moment speaks to not only how much of our lives we live online, but the particular experience of being someone who is not only extremely online but incredibly self-aware about it.
Read Full Article »