Is There a Difference Between Queer and Black Body?

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I feel like, overtime, and i'm sure that you've observed this as well, it seems like there's been kind of development through the progression of the internet. And now we are kind of seeing those technologies also move into physical space. Whether that is with facial recognition systems or other forms of artificial intelligence. As more and more things require us to be legible to these systems, it kind of builds these inequities into the infostructure,. not just of on line life, but increasingly what we encounter in the real physical world too.

Paris Marx is joined by Legacy Russell to discuss how glitch feminism challenges existing ideas of what constitutes the body and the effects of having those conceptions embedded within our technological systems.

Legacy Russell is the associate curator of exhibitions at The Studio Museum in Harlem, and will become executive director and chief curator of The Kitchen in September. She’s the author of “Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto” and is currently writing “Black Meme.” Follow Legacy on Twitter as @LegacyRussell.

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