Katherine Pommerening in the front seat of her family’s station wagon. She feels the bump of the driveway and looks up. She watches a YouTube star make pouty faces at the camera. She watches a sparkly rainbow flow from her friend’s mouth. Rick Scott, which she scrolls past to get to a story about Janet Jackson, then “28 Things You’ll Understand If You’re Both British and American.” She closes it. Then another meme, and she closes the app. She doesn’t respond, her thumb on Instagram. A 13-year-old girl after a day of eighth grade. She slides into the car, and even before she buckles her seat belt, her phone is alight in her hands.
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