Laura shares her highlights from linguist Gretchen McCulloch's new book, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language. Highlights include: young women being linguistic leaders (🙌🏼), 13 year olds and language trends, Columbusing (🤦🏻‍♀️😬), and emoji.

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