Cyberpunk emerged as a subgenre of science fiction in the early 1980s, blending high-tech settings with societal decay. The term "Cyberpunk" itself is a portmanteau of "cybernetics" and "punk," reflecting a world where advanced technology coexists with a breakdown of social order. The genre is characterized by its focus on futuristic technology,

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Cyberfeminism—a capacious term the Index seeks to both bring into view and complicate—asks us to consider how the integration of technology into our lives should affect our understanding of the gendered self and how technology itself can serve as a tool of liberation, oppression, and intellectual dissemination.