The Internet and Queer People

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I thought it was a great inclusion, because so often when things are lacking, it can be so difficult to even recognize that they're not there, right? And especially when you consider the importance of the internet and onlying communities to a lot of queer people. So i love easier, even though it was only a few paragraphs, but, you know, i thinkit, i think it drew attention to an important thing.

Paris Marx is joined by Joanne McNeil to discuss how our experience online has evolved over the past three decades, the class backgrounds of tech founders, how the AIDS crisis robbed us an important contribution to the early web, and whether COVID-19 will change how we use platforms in the future.

Joanne McNeil is the author of “Lurking: How a Person Became a User.” She has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, WIRED, the Baffler, and more. Follow Joanne on Twitter as @jomc.

Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.

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