Digital Girlhoods

Digital Girlhoods (Temple University Press, January 2025) explores how American tween girls (ages approximately 10–13) engage with social media and shape their identities online. Phelps argues that social media is not merely a site of risk but a space where tweens actively construct meaning, community, and self‑expression.

Digital Girlhoods presents a carefully researched and richly grounded portrait of how tween girls today are shaping their identities and relationships online. It calls for acknowledging their agency and experiences in shaping digital girlhood, rather than simply registering alarm.