Author: Mariana Fossatti
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Can you get reliable information about safe abortion, in your language, online?
Access to accurate information about sexuality, contraception, and safe abortion is key to exercising reproductive rights. Abortion rights activists have found the Internet to be a great ally in facilitating access to knowledge through a wide variety of media: from websites and social media; to help lines runned by volunteers and chatbots. But in the…
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r/chickflixxx: feminist (de)construction of online porn
Versión en español Introduction Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, online platforms like Pornhub have reported a significant increase in web traffic. A revival of a discourse that claims that online porn consumption leads to harmful effects on mental health and sexual health pokes its head. However, plenty of studies conducted over the years…
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Gender, diversity and inclusion in open source communities
Versión en español In open source communities, the most important thing – apparently – are the contributions: the quantity and quality of work that is shared. This makes these communities, at a first glance, much more horizontal, since they are peer production spaces, where all are equal and have the same opportunities to contribute. By…
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Why I look for missing faces #VisibleWikiWomen
Versión en español When you are looking for information on the web and you find an article in Wikipedia, you probably expect the article to include some representative illustration of the subject. In fact, often the web browser already displays an image before you enter Wikipedia. If the item is a biography, you expect to…
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