Social Media

The Power of Finding a Disabled Community Online

Popular hashtags like #disabledandcute and #disabledandsexy mean that a diverse group of disabled people–different genders, nationalities, disabilities–are calling their bodies sexy...
Rae Rose
4 min read

Scientists Like Me Are Studying Your Tweets–Are You OK With That?

As researchers, we have a responsibility to acknowledge that factors like the type of data, the creator of that data, and...
Casey Fiesler
7 min read

The Schedule and the Stream

Despite the utopian promises of early pioneers, public spaces do not organically emerge from new technologies.
Matt Locke
9 min read