Jenna Wortham

In theory, the maturation of the Internet should have killed off the desire for zines entirely.

— Jenna Wortham

I came to 'RuPaul's Drag Race' late: I didn't get into the show until its fourth or fifth season.

— Jenna Wortham

I live in Brooklyn and work in Manhattan, two of the most liberal places in the country.

— Jenna Wortham

The first ghost story I ever heard was from my mother.

— Jenna Wortham

The future will bring new possibilities and ideas - and new terms for them.

— Jenna Wortham

When I was a kid, 'Quantum Leap' was one of my favorite TV shows.

— Jenna Wortham

Most efforts to approximate normal human behavior in software tend to be creepy or annoying.

— Jenna Wortham

Getting a tattoo is arguably one of the most insane decisions a sensible human can make.

— Jenna Wortham

Familiarize yourself with the resources at hand to combat online bullying, and report offenders as often as you need to. Don't hesitate…

— Jenna Wortham

SoundCloud took a community-first approach to building its business, prioritizing finding artists to post on its service over making deals with music…

— Jenna Wortham

There's a lot of paranormal activity in my family. Whether it is more than most other families is hard to say, but…

— Jenna Wortham

The video-sharing app Vine was the first place I got a glimpse of cultures beyond my own, including those of the Middle…

— Jenna Wortham

A governing ethos of the Internet has been that whatever flows through it - information, ideas - is up for grabs.

— Jenna Wortham

In many ways, Obama is America's first truly digital president. His 2008 campaign relied heavily on social media to lift him out…

— Jenna Wortham

Someday, maybe we'll recognize that queer is actually the norm, and the notion of static sexual identities will be seen as austere…

— Jenna Wortham

The more films and TV shows I spoil for myself, the more I am convinced that truly interesting stories can't be ruined…

— Jenna Wortham

We are being conditioned, as a population, to never wait, to never delay our gratification, to accept thoughtless, constant consumption as the…

— Jenna Wortham

I've long been interested in how technology mediates desire and the way that our phones, an extension of ourselves, foster intimate interactions…

— Jenna Wortham

Falling head over heels in love with women was a habit I thought I'd thoroughly grown out of in middle school, when…

— Jenna Wortham

The Internet has become the go-to place to toss out ideas in the hope that they could lead to a job, but…

— Jenna Wortham

The fact that I live in New York, a city that thrives on accessibility, might explain why I was slow to grasp…

— Jenna Wortham

Over the years, I've come to realize that sometimes a ghost isn't always a ghost. Sometimes, telling a ghost story is a…

— Jenna Wortham

Spotify, Tidal, and even YouTube, to a degree, are vast and rich troves of music, but they primarily function as search engines…

— Jenna Wortham

Once, at Thanksgiving, a neighbor wandered in while my cousin Lisa worked on a turkey, shearing meat off its frame and sliding…

— Jenna Wortham

Making space to deal with the psychological toll of racism is absolutely necessary.

— Jenna Wortham

I'm partial to a Muji recycled-paper sketch book and a Sharpie ultrafine marker.

— Jenna Wortham

In person, RuPaul is warm, funny, personable - someone who thoroughly enjoys life.

— Jenna Wortham

Although drag has a long cultural history in America, it remained largely underground till the late 1980s.

— Jenna Wortham

Matching tattoos don't ensure the longevity of a friendship, any more than any other mutual hardship.

— Jenna Wortham

Technology can be part of a solution, but it takes far more than software to usher in reform.

— Jenna Wortham

Luckily, my only responsibility for 'Still Processing' is to show up and talk.

— Jenna Wortham

Producing zines can offer an unexpected respite from the scrutiny on the Internet, which can be as oppressive as it is liberating.

— Jenna Wortham

When I visited my family in Virginia, I tracked down my seventh-grade best friend and sat in TGI Fridays near a mall…

— Jenna Wortham

As digital culture becomes more tied to the success of the platforms where it flourishes, there is always a risk of it…

— Jenna Wortham

There is no picturesque version of what self-care looks like; it's different for every person who wants to practice it.

— Jenna Wortham

Nonviolent, visual protests have a long history of forming images that can quickly go viral and set a powerful tone for a…

— Jenna Wortham

As we now know, cyberspace did not liberate human society from pre-existing socioeconomic hierarchies and power structures.

— Jenna Wortham

For many years, taking care of myself consisted of showering and showing up to work on time. Sleeping and eating were inconveniences…

— Jenna Wortham

When people talk about how the Internet has changed the way we travel, they typically lament the way our compulsion to document…

— Jenna Wortham

As Twitter allows you to curate who shows up in your stream - you only see the people you follow or seek…

— Jenna Wortham