The price women pay for being online
About this episode
The episode explores the impact of women's labor on the internet and the ongoing exploitation in the digital space.
The internet was built off women's labor. Will it ever pay them back? From the creation of Google Images to the overlooked - or criminalized - digital labor of sex workers, the internet has been built on the intellect, image, and likeness of women. So where does that leave us in a rapidly changing digital environment where algorithms, AI, and even beauty filters distort our reality? To answer these questions, Brittany is joined by artist and UCLA professor Mindy Seu . Her books, Cyberfeminism Index and A Sexual History of the Internet , uncover the desire at the foundation of the internet's inception and how the exploitation of marginalized creators has consequences for us all. Support Public Media. Join NPR Plus. Follow Brittany on Instagram: @bmluse For handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR’s Pod Club newsletter at npr.org/podclub . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
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