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Solange's profile page on BlackPlanet.com during the launch of her latest album, "When I Get Home" featuring various thumbnails from her visual album

Here For a Black Planet: Solange’s New Album Sparks Nostalgia for a Pioneering Social-Media Platform

by Adwoa Afful
March 20, 2019 at 12:30pm
Solange’s partnership with BlackPlanet feels like its own homecoming. Read more »
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From Information Superhighway to Digital Runway: The Complicated Legacy of Fashion Blogging

by Adwoa Afful
March 5, 2019 at 1:39pm
In its own way, fashion and beauty blogging is as aspirational as traditional fashion media. Read more »
a white man stands in front of a large screen that says move fast and break things in orange

Unzuck Your Life: A Post-Facebook Vision for Online Organizing

by Adwoa Afful
February 19, 2019 at 2:05pm
The rent on Facebook is just too damn high. Read more »
Illustration of Reddit's Relationship subreddit

The Weird and Wild World of Reddit Relationships

by s.e. smith
February 14, 2019 at 7:55am
It’s not surprising that people turn to the internet for relationship advice. Read more »
a Black woman in conversation with Mark Zuckerberg, both seated

Inside Job: Can We Achieve Social Justice on a Platform Built to Exploit?

by Adwoa Afful
February 5, 2019 at 2:22pm
The business models that have made Facebook such an effective community-building tool are fundamentally at odds with the ethics of many of the communities it helps build. Read more »
teenager looks at the clouds and oceans

Online Challenges Hit a Sour Note for Queer and Trans Communities

by Jill Kamler
January 23, 2019 at 3:25pm
I was overwhelmed with the memory of my old image. Read more »
Screen shot of smiling red-haired woman next to the words "Describing: Sign Language Tutorial

Reclaiming Hysteria: Disability Advocates Have Embraced YouTube—But the Feeling Isn’t Mutual

by Kate Averett
January 7, 2019 at 3:02pm
Demonetization and algorithm bias can dramatically affect the income that disabled creators stand to make. Read more »
illustration of nude women linked together creating a symmetrical tower of connected bodies

Word Travels: The Social Network Sex Workers Built

by Chanelle Gallant
December 17, 2018 at 9:46am
Many “respectable” women are discovering the strategies that sex workers use—which are actually the same ones used by all women outside the charmed circle of privilege.  Read more »
three protestors hold sex work is work signs in front of Brooklyn's gray United States Courthouse

Digital Crackdowns on the Sex Trade Can Put Sex Workers at Risk

by Holiday Black
December 10, 2018 at 9:16am
Raiding sex worker websites may look good for law enforcement—but it can push sex workers further underground. Read more »
a white woman with brown hair sits on a stage in a white chair

The Last Big Lean In: Corporate-Feminist Self-Help Was Always a Scam

by Alissa Quart
November 27, 2018 at 12:47pm
They sold advice to the same ambitious women they were later willing to sacrifice. Read more »

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A Look at How Media Writes Women of Color

by Victoria Law
November 17, 2014 at 5:07pm
Nearly every Saturday morning, feminists of color hold Twitter discussions taking a deeper look at issues, such as gender violence. It’s the... Read more »

Game Changer: Why Gaming Culture Allows Abuse... and How We Can Stop It

Game Changer Illustration by Jasmine Silver.
by Katherine Cross
Winter 2013 • Habit{at}

You're a Bolshevik feminist jewess that hates white people… and you expect to be taken seriously when you're “critique-ing” ...

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