Digital Misogynoir

The summer is ending, and with it goes the summer weather . . . So to keep you updated about all things tech in the chilly back-to-school season, we have a new episode of the Anti-Dystopians!

I spoke with Julia Slupska, Olivia Andrews and Hilary Watson about a recent report by Glitch UK entitled "Digital Misogynoir: Ending the dehumanising of Black women on social media." We discussed why Black women are uniquely targeted and harmed online, the importance of centering intersectionality in discussing digital harms, the difficulties of conducting (and finding funding) for this kind of research and why Glitch is calling on tech companies, governments and civil societies to address these issues.

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• Read Glitch’s full Digital Misogynoir Report here or here.

• How to Stay Safe Online by Seyi Akiwowo

• Misogynoir Transformed: Black Women’s Digital Resistance by Moya Bailey

• The DIY Guide to Feminist Cybersecurity

• Our past episode with Julia Slupska: Period-Tracking Apps After Roe v. Wade: Reproductive Justice & Feminist Cybersecurity

• There Are Now Tests That Can Detect If Someone Took Abortion Pills

• How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Elite Parents Enabled His Crypto Empire

• How Silicon Valley doomers are shaping Rishi Sunak’s AI plans

• Better, Faster, Stronger: Two recent books illuminate the dark foundations of Silicon Valley by Ben Tarnoff

• A Marx for All Seasons: Ben Tarnoff, interviewed by Max Nelson

• And a selection from my absolute favorite genre, the scathing book review! This time featuring the new biography of Elon Musk:

  • Let’s put a stake in the ‘great man’ biography — starting with Isaacson’s ‘Elon Musk’ by Brian Merchant

  • Elon Musk’s death drive: The tech billionaire built a world that he could rule – then allowed it to destroy him by Quinn Slobodian

  • Review: Walter Isaacson’s insight-free doorstop makes at least one thing clear: the richest man in the world has a lot of growing up to do by Gary Shteyngart

  • Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson review – pillock, genius, or both? by John Naughton