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Tech companies love to promise a Glittering New World in which AI improves just about every aspect of our lives, but women are practically forced to see the cracks running straight through that techno-optimist fantasy. And we’re not in the habit of ignoring them once we do.

According to a recent Harvard Business School meta-analysis of 18 studies, women have 22% lower odds of using generative AI websites and apps than men, both at work and in everyday life. And this pattern holds across countries, sectors, occupations, and tools. Between 2022 and 2024, women accounted for roughly 42% of global users of ChatGPT and... See more

How do I deal with rejection?

I'm dealing with a lot of rejection right now

It makes me feel very small

Oh, that's great

If nobody wants you, you're free

The first is that even if you delete Instagram, you still live in an Instagram world, in which, for example, the aesthetic possibilities, pathways to fame, and social dynamics are all profoundly influenced by the platform.

I was being too tight-gripped and defensive, knowing how content travels online: people are not necessarily consuming it as a short story available to interpretation, but as rhetoric advancing a point of view.