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Both of those cartoons resonate with me, Amanda. And I wasn’t kidding a few classes ago: thanks to Camila’s note that we spend a lot of Zoom time processing the images of ourselves—that “mirror anxiety” you m […]

Head. Exploding. These last few weeks have really put the “intense” in Summer Intensive.

As I always do when I learn about new technologies that push at my own existential boundaries, I find myself trying to […]

I agree with Melinda: this is clearly a reference to Greek myth via Botticelli in what many jokingly call “Venus on the Half-shell,” as if Venus is a tasty treat being offered up to the viewer. But, I see chains […]

First, I just spent a lot of time laughing out loud at the idea of a robot goat. Thanks, Tess, for that. And Catherine, thanks for your post. It takes our discussions that have focused largely on the human/tech […]

I can only wonder if these “memories” will eventually be used as criminal evidence. While I’m incredibly sensitive to the needs of Alzheimer’s patients and their families (two of my grandparents had the disease […]

I’d recommend, too, Ruha Benjamin’s brilliant “Race After Technology.” In it, she gets at (among other things) the gross injustices manifested by surveillance technology that, as you note Melinda, has propelled […]

Thanks to Stephanie and Amanda’s responses, I think there’s an argument to be made about prepositions. Tess, you note that this video shows a ton of technology being used ON bodies. And to me, the nature of […]

I’m not sure what to thank you for first: your post’s compelling content, your openness in sharing personal struggles, or making me laugh with the use of the phrase “pee sticks.” Great all around.

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I’m not terribly surprised by your findings, Raya, as I wouldn’t expect the porn industry to strive for equity we already have to fight for in more public industries. In fact, I think porn is really built to […]

Melinda, your post was so interesting. It’s got me thinking about the ways technology invites different levels of scrutiny. Decades ago, the technology of the camera “added ten pounds.” So, models who wore a size […]

For two reasons, it was interesting to experience this blog post as text first followed by the image it described. First, I had imagined that the reflection would be super subtle–a faint trace that I’d have to […]