When I asked Allison how she deals with her detractors, she responded, "Hysterical tears, usually. It's not been good for me. And one of my girlfriends who just got her degree … said that I reminded her of an abused woman." She elaborated that the negative attention has "crush[ed] me a little bit" and is "beating me down." She said, "It's not even that many people, it's just the relentless nature, and the sense that you're constantly judged … It can be literally debilitating, and it's very depressing."

Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, loc. 395