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Algoritmos da Opressão: Como os mecanismos de busca reforçam o racismo (Portuguese Edition)
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As ambassadors of aloha, Hawaiian women have been susceptible to the eroticization of their bodies and the insistent commodification of their aloha.
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
Bo Burnham (the musician comedian) on the business of social media:
"[Social media firms are] coming for every second of your life...And it's not because anyone is bad, it's not because anybody in this company has evil plans or is trying to do this, they're not even doing it consciously. Their entire model is growth. They’re coming for every second
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This lasting faith in Google has bolstered its reputation and disguised its flaws. In her book Algorithms of Oppression, internet studies scholar Safiya Noble highlighted cases of “algorithmically driven data failures that are specific to people of color and women.” The book outlined the structural ways that racism and sexism are fundamental to
... See moreTerry Nguyen • The Future of Search
Analyzing sexism through female celebrities is a catnip pedagogical method: it takes a beloved cultural pastime (calculating the exact worth of a woman) and lends it progressive political import.