In the influencer era, private life has become a form of public labor. Mothers film their morning routines, children grow up before millions of strangers, and audiences come to believe that closeness is the same as connection. Nowhere has this tension between intimacy and exposure become more painfully clear than
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In the digital age, the family home has become a stage. Parents film their children in the name of authenticity, and audiences reward them for it. Few embodied that shift more completely than Ruby Franke, the creator of the YouTube channel 8 Passengers. Her polished image as a moral, disciplined
Maddie Ziegler is an American dancer, actress, and model who first rose to fame as the breakout star of the reality series Dance Moms. Recognized for her extraordinary talent at a young age, she quickly transcended reality TV and became a cultural figure when pop artist Sia cast her as