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Rusty barbed wire.
Surveillance by Ashe Dryden on October 8th, 2014
Are we the greatest threat to our privacy online?
Petri dish in a lab environment.
Surveillance by Dorothy Kim on October 7th, 2014
Now Twitter is the panoptic medium.
A metal detector at the entrance of a school.
Surveillance by Jessy Irwin on October 7th, 2014
The same technologists who protest against the NSA’s metadata collection programs are the ones profiting the most from the widespread surveillance of students.
Photo of Shonda Rhimes and Viola Davis on stage.
Surveillance by Sydette Harry on October 6th, 2014
Our picture of surveillance needs to factor in not just tech developments, but the cultural standards that have bred surveillance, especially towards black culture, as part and parcel in our world.
A tweet from user LynnMagic that reads 'pls read the sign. GAYS ONLY !' Attached is a photo of the author pointing to the words 'gays only' written sideways on her chest.
Sex and Sexuality by Lynn Cyrin on September 8th, 2014
Go out into the twitters. Become more gay. More powerful!
Rope wound around a metal cylinder.
Sex and Sexuality by Lesli-Ann Lewis on September 8th, 2014
There is another sexual revolution happening, and it's online now.
Social media logos for Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook, RSS, Blogger and others transposed on a series of rainbow-colored chalks.
Social Media by Andrea Garcia-Vargas on August 11th, 2014
Grappling with social media’s dual nature as both an outlet and a trigger for depression.
Tweet from user Jason that reads: Consent n journalism? If you are a public figure (i would say over 10k twitter followers), you don't get to consent.
Social Media by Shanley Kane on June 30th, 2014
How the fuck does your “meritocracy” explain this?
Prints of multiple hashtag symbols on a concrete street.
Social Media by Dorothy Kim on June 30th, 2014
Feminist Killjoys, #TwitterPanic, And AAPI Feminist Digital Disruption
A 4chan comment: 'Good. If you have been following the Twitter, you'll see that a witch hunt is now underway. They recognized that most /pol/ accounts were black bitches. So now any Twitter accounts that aren't college educated white girls are outed as being fake. It's the perfect response to #solidarityisforwhitewomen.'
Social Media by I’Nasah Crockett on June 30th, 2014
I can’t help but see historical parallels in the multiple forms of antiblack backlash Black women have received on social media over the past few years.