When white fears become Big Data: racist emotions and the populists who love them At the end of last year I started exploring issues surrounding Big …
The new Alt-Feminism, when white supremacy met women’s empowerment Much has been written about what is popularly known as “white feminism”. Catherine Young wrote the …
2016 A Year of Writing in Review So, here we are. Another year end and time for a recap of sorts. After two long years completely …
Surveys, vigilance and the myth of neutral data In mid December I started a series of explorations on Big Data. I hoped to touch on often …
Private Internet and Public Streets The peak in search for doxxing on the same week that Adrian Chen published his report Last week I published a very …
A simplified political history of Big Data In the Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body, Victoria Pitts-Taylor traces the racial classification and subsequent quantifications of human beings …