Our Data Bodies was happy and grateful to be represented in the first Making A Feminist Internet convening held on the African continent at the end of October this year! The convening was hosted by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and took place just outside of Johannesburg, South Africa where ODB team member Kim…
Kim M Reynolds spoke with Tawana Petty to learn more about the anti-surveillance work going on in Detroit, which is currently one of the national spotlights for resistance against facial recognition technology. Can you briefly introduce yourself and the work you do? My name is Tawana Petty, and I’m also known as Honeycomb.…
By Kim M Reynolds and Seeta Peña Gangadharan In March 2019, Our Data Bodies celebrated the publication of the Digital Defense Playbook, a popular education resource that captures ODB’s three-year journey in talking with residents in the most marginalized neighborhoods of Charlotte, Detroit, and Los Angeles. This pop-ed resource outlines ODB’s method of storytelling-as-research and…
By Kim M Reynolds and Seeta Peña Gangadharan ODB has created a series of “tip sheets” that provide context and background about privacy issues faced by members of historically marginalized groups. Credit Score, Credit Report: What’s It Got to Do with Me? is part of this series and will soon be published as part of…
By Kim M Reynolds and Seeta Peña Gangadharan ODB has created a series of “tip sheets” that provide context and background about privacy issues faced by members of historically marginalized groups. Data Brokers and Opting Out is part of this series and will soon be published as part of our forthcoming Digital Defense Playbook: Community…
By Kim M Reynolds and Seeta Peña Gangadharan ODB has created a series of “tip sheets” that provide context and background about privacy issues faced by members of historically marginalized groups. The idea for Taxing the Marginalized originated from questions raised in our interviews with Angelinxs, Charlotteans, and Detroiters. An increase in fees in US…
By Tawana Petty ODB has created a series of “tip sheets” that provide context and background about privacy issues faced by members of historically marginalized groups. Safety vs. Security: Are You Safe or Are You Secure? is part of this series and will soon be published as part of our forthcoming Digital Defense Playbook: Community…
By Kim M Reynolds and Seeta Peña Gangadharan ODB has created a series of “tip sheets” that provide context and background about privacy issues faced by members of historically marginalized groups. The idea for E-Verify: Checking Up on the Checkers originated from questions raised in our interviews with Angelinxs, Charlotteans, and Detroiters. What is E-Verify?…