Bad Influence

<p><b><i>''</i>An ideal summer read<i>'' EVENING STANDARD</i></b><br><b><br>''Equal parts insightful and entertaining - whatever your take on influencers, <i>Bad Influence</i> is a great read'' <i>YOMI ADEGOKE</i></b><br><br>Oenone didn''t set out to become an influencer. The word barely existed when she started posting on Instagram at university to document her ''fitness journey'' after a toxic relationship came to a messy end.<br><br>In this humorous meditation on her digitized life, Oenone chronicles the pits and peaks of coming of age online. Grappling with modern-day issues on a public stage - from body image and personal boundaries to the limitations of online activism, <i>Bad Influence</i> examines what happens when your day-to-day reality becomes #content - and that #content pays your bills.<br><br>It asks: can you truly be authentic online? Can social media be a force for good? Is it necessarily bad for our mental health?<br><br>Written with wit, warmth and honesty, this is a candid account of what it really means to be an influencer, from someone still figuring it out: the good, the bad and the <i>instagrammable</i>.<br><br>''Warm, juicy, and eye-opening, like having a chat with a best friend'' <b>ANNIE LORD</b><br><br>''If ever a book captured the zeitgeist, this is it'' <b>GRACE CAMPBELL</b><br><br><b>''</b>Funny, warm and brilliantly engaging''<b> LUCY VINE</b></p>