The Relationship Between Technology and the Real World, Right?

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i often like to think of the digital as achitecture, rit so i think about the language of monument and architecture often when iam thinking about digital space. The imter structure and architecture of the interna of digital space, of syper culture, is,. you know, as fixed and also as impermanent as what exists withinphys space, right? So that the assumption of fixity, i think, is something that comes through e knw, a variety of kind of assertions and assumptions. It's wonderful opportunity to keep considering, what does it mean to resist, refuse, to reshape, to navigate and interrogate?"

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.

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, and support the show on Patreon.

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