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Grand Theft Creative: The Gaming Industry’s Exploitative Crunch Culture

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by Naseem Jamnia
May 7, 2019 at 9:00am
Despite booming profits, layoffs in the gaming industry are becoming more frequent, with less and less regard for their effects on employees.
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The Future is Fembot: Can We Change the Direction of Gendered AI?

by Dejan Jotanovic
April 25, 2019 at 9:00am
Artificial intelligence has become an extension of women’s ongoing struggle for well-rounded respect in modern society. 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 »
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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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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 »
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Face the Strange: Dani Shapiro Maps Her Family Secrets in “Inheritance”

by Naseem Jamnia
January 8, 2019 at 1:57pm
“All my life, I had known there was a secret,” Dani Shapiro writes. “What I hadn’t known: the secret was me.”  Read more »
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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 »
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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 »
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The Real Truth About YouTube’s Obsessive Purity Subculture

by Amy Oldfield
October 15, 2018 at 1:30pm
There’s something sickly comforting about believing that staying pure will give you power, about the idea that everything will be okay if you follow the rules. Read more »

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