Tara Tarakiyee3d ago

Audre Lorde's "master's tools" speech was not about tech platforms. So why does tech discourse keep citing it as if it were? I write about what happens when a Black feminist theorist's words get borrowed, stripped of context, and made to do work they were never meant to do.

https://tarakiyee.com/on-the-enshittification-of-audre-lorde-the-masters-tools-in-tech-discourse/ #enshittification #AudreLorde #techpolicy

On The Enshittification of Audre Lorde: "The Master's Tools" in Tech Discourse

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Show threadJakob Nitschke

@tarakiyee really great article. The point about invitation over rejection is so powerful in her work and decolonial feminism more broadly. I feel this cannot be stressed enough and often changes a room.

Since you are citing Boaventura de Sousa Santos, i was wondering if you would mind to add a disclaimer about the harrassment charges against him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaventura_de_Sousa_Santos
Also while his work really is well publicised there are also claims that he did not credit properly where he took his ideas from.
An alternative reading might be found in this amazing collection: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL37689453M/Decolonial_Feminism_in_Abya_Yala

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Show threadTara Tarakiyee1d ago
@JakobJakob thanks for letting me know, I decided to remove the reference and add a note it was removed.