Bringing Sexy Back
Internet surveillance has killed eroticism. We need privacy to reclaim it.
Bringing Sexy Back
Internet surveillance has killed eroticism. We need privacy to reclaim it.
A Queer and Feminist Defense of Being Anonymous Online
From the earliest days of digital communities, online abuse has been connected to anonymity. While concerns around the impact of anonymity, particularly for women, people of color and LGBTQ folks, is legitimate, this paper argues that a flat rejection of digital anonymity is problematic, foreclosing certain forms of queer and feminist praxis. To make this case, I turn to the platform politics of Craigslist. Using Craigslist as a case study, I discuss the persistent stigma attached to online anonymity, before addressing specific tactics of online anonymity associated with queer and feminist values of privacy and mutual aid. Drawing on accounts of Craigslist users who saw anonymity as a protective form of control over their personal information, I outline ways in which anonymity is not solely an enabler for misogyny and homophobia, and can instead (or rather, also) be a subversive tool for self-expression and intimacy.
A Queer and Feminist Defense of Being Anonymous Online
From the earliest days of digital communities, online abuse has been connected to anonymity. While concerns around the impact of anonymity, particularly for women, people of color and LGBTQ folks, is legitimate, this paper argues that a flat rejection of digital anonymity is problematic, foreclosing certain forms of queer and feminist praxis. To make this case, I turn to the platform politics of Craigslist. Using Craigslist as a case study, I discuss the persistent stigma attached to online anonymity, before addressing specific tactics of online anonymity associated with queer and feminist values of privacy and mutual aid. Drawing on accounts of Craigslist users who saw anonymity as a protective form of control over their personal information, I outline ways in which anonymity is not solely an enabler for misogyny and homophobia, and can instead (or rather, also) be a subversive tool for self-expression and intimacy.
Sex Workers Built the Internet
An internet history that centers sex workers’ voices and experiences
From Non-consensual Pornography to Image-based Sexual Abuse: Charting the Course of a Problem with Many Names
Every day, people’s most intimate moments are recorded, uploaded and circulated online without their consent. This gross invasion of privacy – commonly known as ‘revenge pornography’ – has become p...
From Non-consensual Pornography to Image-based Sexual Abuse: Charting the Course of a Problem with Many Names
Every day, people’s most intimate moments are recorded, uploaded and circulated online without their consent. This gross invasion of privacy – commonly known as ‘revenge pornography’ – has become p...
What the Internet Is Teaching Young Men About Desire
When pornography becomes the default sex education, it reshapes how a generation learns about power, intimacy, and attention
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that’s obsessed with sexual att...
How social media is fueling an intense form of romantic obsession
The digital world is primed to fuel episodes of profound infatuation known as limerence.
Collection
Updated 4mo
The internet, privacy, and eroticism.
Loneliness Epidemic
The web we lost
A melancholy reflection about what happened to the web mixed with some positive imagination about to do about it.
Prosocial Media
What is Causing Our Epidemic of Loneliness and How Can We Fix It?
America has a loneliness epidemic. Here are 6 steps to address it
Phone-free spaces (by Shiran Dudy) — Semble
Homebound: The Long-Term Rise in Time Spent at Home Among U.S. Adults
The Anti-Social Century
You have more ways to connect than ever, but deep friendship feels hard to find – here’s how to build better connections
What Was the Internet?
Google Reader was building the wrong future
We Build On Hope @ PublicSpaces Conference 2026
Against the dark forest
J. R. Carpenter || A Handmade Web
The web was always about redistribution of power. Let's bring that back.
Enterpreneur in Residence
NEW: We are piloting a three month virtual residency, for two entrepreneurs with bold ideas for making the internet more human and healthy…
Governing Together: Toward Infrastructure for Community-Run Social Media
Civic Health Project
Normsy App
Bulletin Board: Cloud Atlas, Portland, and Small AI