{"id":15757,"date":"2013-05-26T07:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/?p=15757"},"modified":"2013-05-26T17:27:18","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T21:27:18","slug":"in-their-words-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/2013\/05\/26\/in-their-words-47\/","title":{"rendered":"In Their Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Hello, reader! I&#8217;m guest-curating In Their Words this week while Nathan is away.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xojane.com\/issues\/laura-bates-fbrape\" target=\"_blank\">I would love nothing more than to leave this stuff behind and never look at it again &#8230;But leaving Facebook wouldn\u2019t solve the problem<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a title=\"The Xbox One Reveal and Why it\u2019s Revealing\" href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/2013\/05\/23\/the-xbox-one-reveal-and-why-its-revealing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Even more puzzling is who Microsoft appears to think their market is: People with large TVs and large living rooms<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.accessibleicon.org\/icon.html\" target=\"_blank\">Here the person is the &#8216;driver&#8217; or decision maker about her mobility<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/skepchick.org\/2013\/05\/the-stunning-difference-between-treatment-of-men-women-on-reddit\/\" target=\"_blank\">To recap, men\u2019s stories are valued and their struggles are supported. Women\u2019s stories are worthless and are derided<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/05\/19\/opinion\/sunday\/how-to-be-a-woman-programmer.html?_r=1&amp;pagewanted=all&amp;\" target=\"_blank\">I found that being a woman put me at one remove from the general society of programmers<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/pQmHsQ9DoO\" target=\"_blank\">Rich products, like rich people, have histories; poor products only have pasts<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2013\/05\/22\/186048342\/how-that-nigerian-email-scam-got-started?sc=tw&amp;cc=share\" target=\"_blank\">What we need from you, sir, is to provide a very vital account in which the funds will be transferred<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/culturedigitally.org\/2013\/05\/what-angelina-jolies-breasts-teach-us-about-big-data-and-intellectual-property\/\" target=\"_blank\">it would be illegal and unethical for 23andme to provide medical advice. They provide instead simply data, which science and technology studies scholars know is never simple<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a title=\"Hotbots: Artifacts of Culturally Embedded Technology\" href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/2013\/05\/21\/hotbots-artifacts-of-culturally-embedded-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\">This #FeministFail portrays female strength as ironic and unexpected, exciting in its performative enactment by sexualized bodies<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/mobile.slate.com\/blogs\/crime\/2013\/05\/21\/michael_earl_thomas_baltimore_city_detention_center_is_an_inmate_really.html\" target=\"_blank\">in a mismanaged jail, the strong are more likely to prey on the weak. That might not make it onto hehasnochill\u2019s Instagram feed, but it\u2019s happening in Baltimore<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/rhrealitycheck.org\/article\/2013\/05\/19\/west-virginia-passes-victim-blaming-sexting-law\/\" target=\"_blank\">the real issue is not sex, but misogyny and a violation of trust<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/pewinternet.org\/Reports\/2013\/Teens-Social-Media-And-Privacy.aspx?utm_source=buffer&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Buffer&amp;utm_content=bufferf66dd\" target=\"_blank\">Despite taking these privacy-protective actions, teen social media users do not express a high level of concern about third-parties (such as businesses or advertisers) accessing their data<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/z2CN5xE2IH\">Most teens aren\u2019t worried about strangers; they\u2019re worried about getting in trouble<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/worldviews\/wp\/2013\/05\/24\/saudi-man-investigated-after-boston-marathon-speaks-out\/?Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost\" target=\"_blank\">I don\u2019t know if I am gonna be safe from other people. Because, I lost my privacy<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/techsoc\/status\/336494332917972992\" target=\"_blank\">I am on verge of breaking up with @Google\u00a0over privacy overrides<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/education\/paul-tudor-jones-in-macro-trading-babies-are-a-killer-to-a-womans-focus\/2013\/05\/23\/1c0c6d4e-c3a6-11e2-9fe2-6ee52d0eb7c1_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">We must prohibit any discussion or description of the event in print or video, through electronic media or through Internet-based technologies<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/VskDufK3oQ\" target=\"_blank\">a convenience for party hosts &amp; DJs who want to hear their favorite songs w\/o regard for authenticity or quality<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/JTmm3R9SoX\" target=\"_blank\">QS is a kind of secular ritual. To be meaningful, it can\u2019t be carried out on our behalf by gadgets<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/2013\/05\/21\/silicon-valleys-anti-capitalism-capitalism\/\" target=\"_blank\">Silicon Valley\u2019s habit of acting outside or above capitalism as an essential part of their business model is the essence of anti-capitalism-capitalism<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/taT1Nj3WtU\" target=\"_blank\">It was easy to spot the quantrepreneurs among the ordinary self-trackers<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/storify.com\/kissane\/clarity\" target=\"_blank\">I do not have the solution to this: distrusting power is a start, but we need to develop our own language of technology to counter this<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/gawker.com\/quacks-of-all-political-persuations-fight-fluoridation-508884755?rev=1369079337\" target=\"_blank\">Like everything coming out of Portland, the anti-fluoridation movement there is infused with the locally-sourced and organic<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zunguzungu\/status\/338307393911934976\" target=\"_blank\">Note how the future is represented in the present tense<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/wCJ7uKBR2H\" target=\"_blank\">I think she will feel right at home<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Whitney Erin Boesel [<em><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/phenatypical\" target=\"_blank\">@phenatypical<\/a>]\u00a0<\/em>posts lots and lots of links on Twitter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/05\/scumbag-brain.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15761\" alt=\"scumbag-brain\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/05\/scumbag-brain.png\" width=\"413\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/05\/scumbag-brain.png 413w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/05\/scumbag-brain-143x250.png 143w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/05\/scumbag-brain-229x400.png 229w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/05\/scumbag-brain-286x500.png 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/05\/machine-needs-more-salt.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15762\" alt=\"machine-needs-more-salt\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/05\/machine-needs-more-salt.gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/05\/i__m_gonna_doing_internet___by_d4v1n5-d5fjd8l1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15766\" alt=\"_i__m_gonna_doing_internet___by_d4v1n5-d5fjd8l\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/files\/2013\/05\/i__m_gonna_doing_internet___by_d4v1n5-d5fjd8l1.gif\" width=\"766\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, reader! I&#8217;m guest-curating In Their Words this week while Nathan is away. &#8220;I would love nothing more than to leave this stuff behind and never look at it again &#8230;But leaving Facebook wouldn\u2019t solve the problem&#8221; &#8220;Even more puzzling is who Microsoft appears to think their market is: People with large TVs and large [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1875,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18297],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-their-words"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15757"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15788,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15757\/revisions\/15788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}