Citations:finsta

English citations of finsta and Finsta

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2017, Nancy Jo Sales, American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers, page 134:
“My little sister who's in middle school is doing finstas,” Carrie said.
2019, Nora A. Draper, The Identity Trade: Selling Privacy and Reputation Online, page 123:
Writing in the New York Times, Valeriya Safronova identifies the use of finstas—or fake Instagram accounts—for a generation of young people seeking opportunities for authentic self-expression online.
2020, Christopher D. DeSante & Candis Watts Smith, The Millennial Generation and the Stagnation of Racial Attitudes in American Politics, page 101:
On a seemingly regular basis, young White people's overtly racist remarks are moved out of the shadows of their “Finstas” (fake instagram accounts) and into the “public” domain to be judged by all.
2021, anonymous student, quoted in Roberta Katz, Sarah Ogilvie, & Jane Shaw, Gen Z, Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age, page 74:
I'd say the concept of sliding into one's DMs on Instagram is very powerful, especially because finstas allow people to be more open about things.
2023, The New Yorker:
He maintains no public presence on social media. Using a finsta, he follows "eccentric old ladies" and "weird European maps."