Nancy Jo Sales
Nancy Jo Sales
Nancy Jo Salesis a journalist and author who has written for Vanity Fair, New York, and Harper's Bazaar. Her VF.com profile of reality star Kate Gosselin won a 2010 Mirror Award for "Best Profile, Digital Media." Her Vanity Fair story "The Quaid Conspiracy" won a 2011 Front Page Award for "Best Magazine Feature." Her book "The Bling Ring: How A Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped Off Hollywood and Shocked the World"tells the true story behind the Sofia Coppola film The...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
CountryUnited States of America
We don't really even know how the Internet and technology are changing us, or our brains and our attention span.
Celebrities are not necessarily the richest people of all, but on the face of it, they seem to be representative of the very richest people.
I'm concerned and alarmed about the images of girls and women that are broadcast every single minute.
I love to interview outrageous people who speak their minds; also, people who have some kind of mystery attached to them.
That's why teenagers fascinate me - they're like children with drivers' licenses. Like children in that their impulses are so direct.
I'm not a parenting expert by any means, but I've been interviewing and writing about kids for almost 20 years.
Social media is not the same in 2013 as it was in 2003 - or even 2008 or 2011. You didn't carry around AOL chat in your pocket or look at it when you were in class.
Putting on someone else's clothes is like putting on a mask.
I think we really have to ask ourselves, are we really using to children to promote ourselves?
Girls use social media in all kinds of ways. They use it to have friendships. They use it to be playful with each other, to make each other laugh.
We're so very focused on ourselves and on self-promotion. It goes on all day with Facebook and Twitter and Instagram.