Preview of 'EGIRL MAGAZINE 1' by Katherine Dee, et al

magazine announcement; title now available for pre-sale in the US, world.

Title: EGIRL MAGAZINE 1
Author: Katherine Dee; with illustrations by Blaise Larmee, Kristina Tzekova, Bubbles, Raighne
Price: $6.99
Publisher: 2dcloud
Format: Saddle-stitched magazine, 6.625 × 10.25”
Number of Pages in Finished Book: 32
ISBN: 978-1-93754-170-5
Publication: February 12 2025
Distribution: Direct - 2dcloud.com
Publicity: Melissa Carraher, melissa@2dcloud.com; Brianna Perry, hello@2dcloud.com

Synopsis

What is the egirl? A print magazine puts it all in a timeline. Writing by internet culture reporter and amateur anthropologist Katherine Dee. Supported by sumptuous illustrations from Kristina Tzekova, Blaise Larmee, Bubbles, Raighne.

egirl is a 32 page full color magazine. It is envisioned as the first part of an ongoing series about Internet culture.

Issue #001 is an interactive timeline beginning in 1982. Minitel launches in France, where the seeds of cybersex and electronic romances are planted, and eventually blossom. We time travel, meeting early webcam girls like Jennicam, migrating to and away from Yahoo! Groups and LiveJournal communities and Tumblr and MySpace, finally, ending in 2024, when the $egirl token is launched and Hegelian E-girl Council is formed. Along the way, we encounter #GamerGate, and /r9k/, ASMR, cosplay, and TikTok, and meet characters like Bailey Jay, Belle Delphine, and "CLASSY" Fred Blassie.

Author Bio

Katherine Dee is somewhere between Internet anthropologist, culture reporter, and historian. You might also know her as Default Friend. She writes at default.blog and elsewhere.

Author website: DEFAULT.BLOG
X: Katherine Dee

Praise for Egirl 001

"Masterfully documents our modern Helens of Troy, the e-girls who have launched a thousand simps, who pulled us into their orbit to become transfixed by their lives whether we like it of not." —Blassie

"Women, or rather, girls—this nebulous category that conjures both mystery and ubiquity—are online in the strangest of ways. The egirl, that modern version of the statue come to life, has a peculiar existence: half subject-half object. She dances for a camera, and perhaps also for you, but who really knows? She sells her image, but was she ever really there? Softly intoxicating, the egirl is the irony of the ecommunity. Does she even have a history? Yes, and no. Will her image endure? Again, yes and no. Whatever you do, stay pastel." —Nina Power (ONE DIMENSIONAL WOMAN, WHAT DO MEN WANT?)

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IN THE US AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER VIA METALABEL
OR 2DCLOUD.COM WORLDWIDE, SHIPS FEBRUARY 12, 2025