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A photo of Ari Fitz. Ari is Black and is sitting on a couch in a white blouse with her hair curly and framing her face. She's laughing and looking away from the camera.

Technology Isn’t Neutral: Ari Fitz on How Instagram Fails Queer Black Creators

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
August 15, 2019 at 10:48am
“Technology has this way of feeling so neutral, like a bug is just a bug, but it’s really racism and sexism and bias masquerading as a bug.” Read more »
A meme created by @atmfiend about having a crush

The Vanilla Internet: How Instagram Is Failing Queer Sex Workers

by Erin Taylor
July 30, 2019 at 7:40am
Following FOSTA-SESTA, Instagram has increased its censorship of content that can be perceived as related to sex work—with at times devastating effects on digital queer sex worker communities. Read more »
A photo of Officer Anthony Johnson (@ohnoitsdapopo) on TikTok. He is dancing in front of his cop car while in uniform.

Social Media as Image Management: How Cops Are Using TikTok to Distract from Police Brutality

by Lillian Kalish
July 26, 2019 at 12:20pm
While in full gear, an officer tells TikTok users that he’s their new dad, he’ll tuck them into bed, and he’ll and let them stay up late playing video games. Read more »
Carlos Maza looks at his phone screen, quotes of homophobic tweets he received populate the screen

Bad Revenue: When Creators Harass Queer People, YouTube Profits

by Marina Watanabe
July 11, 2019 at 2:00pm
While YouTube proudly displayed a rainbow logo as a symbolic performance of allyship, they doubled down on their decision to let homophobic harassment remain on the platform. Read more »
A photo of Megan Rapinoe, a white woman with dyed lilac hair, holding her arms out wide over the soccer field during the US Women's World Cup

From Memes to Equal Pay: How Lesbian Meme Culture Produced A New Dedicated Soccer Fandom

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
July 8, 2019 at 7:09pm
With their World Cup win, the United States women’s national soccer team has been extensively memed, leading to newly obsessed queer fans—and more supporters in their fight for pay equity. Read more »

Consumer Retorts: Are Anti-Hauls the Antidote to YouTube’s Cult of Consumerism?

by Andi Zeisler
June 18, 2019 at 9:00am
Swapping “whatever you are will never be enough” for “whatever you have will never be enough” is a lateral move at best. Read more »
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Ghosts in the Machine: Have We Entrusted Too Much to the Internet?

by Adwoa Afful
April 2, 2019 at 1:02pm
We take for granted that the internet will always remember what we might otherwise forget.  Read more »
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 »
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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 »

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by Victoria Law
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Game Changer Illustration by Jasmine Silver.
by Katherine Cross
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