Why feminism matters to Internet?

Originally published on: One World Platform, Womens rights and GenderIT

See-ming Lee Lara Grant – Flickr.com
See-ming Lee Lara Grant – Flickr.com

Feminism is a political statement, and more importantly political practice, way of thinking, understanding and public articulation of practically every issue of life.

If I try to translate this virtually, in Internet language so to say, I can state that feminism should be the basic, non-exclusive, element of the code that constitutes every possible algorithm. The human mind-intelligence is embodied in the real world. If the real world is sexist, it is very likely that most of the technology that develops will have the virus of sexism in its core as well. That core will seamlessly define rules and space of the virtual world. Continue reading “Why feminism matters to Internet?”

In the continuum of #privacy and #data

privacy by g4ll4is on flickr.com
privacy by g4ll4is on flickr.com

I have always regard myself as a public person. It is not so much about me being “known” as much as being comfortable with being known and speaking/act publicly.

Still I have an intimacy, something inherently mine that I do not want to share with almost anyone and many many things I want to share with specific people.

When it comes to politic the line has always being blurry. As a feminist my practise is that the personal is political and the political, as we all know is public, so my personal most often had been, as I said, very much public. Continue reading “In the continuum of #privacy and #data”

It is always about love, even in 2014

Humanity love respect
Humanity love respect

The 2014 has been all throughout about love. Love given and love received, love witnessed and love dispersed.The love was in the protests, trough the floods and eventually in the beautiful intense feminist camp of WomenRockIT.

Love is the most personal and political statement anyone can make. It ask for openness, and acceptance of our own and others dependence.

I depend on love, I know this and I would never deny it. Sometimes I might have forgotten, busy in running and doing but when the fast track stops, when I stop running, then love is all there in it’s political accuracy. Continue reading “It is always about love, even in 2014”