Part 2 continues the exploration of Eugenia Cooney’s online presence, focusing on the root causes of her fame and the disturbing impact of her content. It reflects on how social media, once an escape from bullying, has become a platform that enables and amplifies her decline, raising urgent questions about platform accountability and viewer responsibility.

Part 1 introduces the "boiling frog" metaphor to examine how social media desensitizes users to harmful content over time. Using the case of Eugenia Cooney, it explores how gradual exposure to disturbing material, especially from influencers, can numb critical thinking, distort body image standards, and endanger young viewers.

Confessional Culture: When Sharing Becomes a Performance
This post examines the rise of oversharing in digital spaces, where vulnerability often doubles as content. It reflects on how personal revelations are shaped by audience expectations, platform algorithms, and the pressure to stay visible, raising questions about authenticity, boundaries, and the performance of pain online.

This post explores the roots of cancel culture, tracing its lineage through historical patterns of public shaming and social exclusion. It challenges the idea that cancellation is a uniquely modern phenomenon, revealing how digital platforms have simply accelerated and amplified age-old behaviours. Blending cultural analysis with media critique, the piece invites readers to consider who gets cancelled, who doesn’t, and what that says about power, morality, and performance in the public sphere.