50 Books like The New Age of Sexism

The Equality Machine

by Orly Lobel • 2022

Algorithms see the bias humans miss. That makes them inequality's most potent and misunderstood fix.

3.89

154

🔍 Algorithmic Fairness 💼 Workplace Bias 📢 Digital Activism 🏥 Healthcare Technology ⚖️ Responsible Ai

The Equality Machine 96%

Algorithms see the bias humans miss. That makes them inequality's most potent and misunderstood fix.

by Orly Lobel 2022

3.89

154 ratings

🔍 Algorithmic Fairness 💼 Workplace Bias 📢 Digital Activism 🏥 Healthcare Technology ⚖️ Responsible Ai

Code Dependent

by Madhumita Murgia • 2024

Behind every AI is an exploited, invisible workforce. A reporter traces the human supply chain.

4.03

3k+

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🤖 Ai Ethics 👷 Digital Labor 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🛡️ Content Moderation

Code Dependent 95%

Behind every AI is an exploited, invisible workforce. A reporter traces the human supply chain.

by Madhumita Murgia 2024

4.03

3k+ ratings

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🤖 Ai Ethics 👷 Digital Labor 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🛡️ Content Moderation

Men Who Hate Women

by Laura Bates • 2020

The online pipeline that turns misogyny into mass murder, and why the platforms fuel it.

4.32

31k+

💻 Online Misogyny 📡 Online Radicalization 🔁 Algorithmic Echo Chambers ⚠️ Sexual Violence 🕸️ Extremist Subcultures

Men Who Hate Women 95%

The online pipeline that turns misogyny into mass murder, and why the platforms fuel it.

by Laura Bates 2020

4.32

31k+ ratings

💻 Online Misogyny 📡 Online Radicalization 🔁 Algorithmic Echo Chambers ⚠️ Sexual Violence 🕸️ Extremist Subcultures

Digital Dead End

by Virginia Eubanks • 2011

Access is not the problem. Power designs inequality into code, and the marginalized already know it.

3.86

💻 Digital Inequality 🔬 Critical Technology Studies ✏️ Participatory Design 🏫 Popular Education 👩‍🔬 Feminist Epistemology

Digital Dead End 94%

Access is not the problem. Power designs inequality into code, and the marginalized already know it.

by Virginia Eubanks 2011

3.86

72 ratings

💻 Digital Inequality 🔬 Critical Technology Studies ✏️ Participatory Design 🏫 Popular Education 👩‍🔬 Feminist Epistemology

Asking for It

by Kate Harding • 2014

Ninety-eight percent of rape reports are true. Why does the two percent dominate every conversation?

4.37

4k+

⚠️ Rape Culture 👉 Victim Blaming 🗯️ Rape Myths 🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Legal System Failure

Asking for It 94%

Ninety-eight percent of rape reports are true. Why does the two percent dominate every conversation?

by Kate Harding 2014

4.37

4k+ ratings

⚠️ Rape Culture 👉 Victim Blaming 🗯️ Rape Myths 🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Legal System Failure

System Error

by Rob Reich • 2021

Tech companies optimized for growth and broke democracy. The cure is political, not digital.

3.82

608

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🔒 Data Privacy 🤖 Automation And Labor 🧑‍💻 Tech Criticism 💰 Venture Capital

System Error 94%

Tech companies optimized for growth and broke democracy. The cure is political, not digital.

by Rob Reich 2021

3.82

608 ratings

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🔒 Data Privacy 🤖 Automation And Labor 🧑‍💻 Tech Criticism 💰 Venture Capital

Invisible Women

by Caroline Criado Pérez • 2019

Crash dummies are male. Drug trials skip women. GDP ignores unpaid care. The pattern runs deep.

4.34

173k+

📊 Data Journalism 🔧 Inclusive Design 💰 Feminist Economics 🏠 Unpaid Care Work 🏥 Medical Gender Bias

Invisible Women 94%

Crash dummies are male. Drug trials skip women. GDP ignores unpaid care. The pattern runs deep.

by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019

4.34

173k+ ratings

📊 Data Journalism 🔧 Inclusive Design 💰 Feminist Economics 🏠 Unpaid Care Work 🏥 Medical Gender Bias

Race After Technology

by Ruha Benjamin • 2019

Facial recognition fails on dark skin. Hiring algorithms prefer white names. That's by design.

4.26

2k+

🤖 Algorithmic Bias 📖 Critical Race Theory 🛠️ Techno-Solutionism ⚖️ Data Justice 👁️ Racial Surveillance

Race After Technology 94%

Facial recognition fails on dark skin. Hiring algorithms prefer white names. That's by design.

by Ruha Benjamin 2019

4.26

2k+ ratings

🤖 Algorithmic Bias 📖 Critical Race Theory 🛠️ Techno-Solutionism ⚖️ Data Justice 👁️ Racial Surveillance

Design Justice

by Sasha Costanza-Chock • 2020

Design decides who benefits and who gets hurt. The communities on the losing end are now leading.

4.18

548

🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Participatory Design ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🤖 Algorithmic Bias ✊🏿 Intersectional Feminism 🔍 Critical Design Studies

Design Justice 94%

Design decides who benefits and who gets hurt. The communities on the losing end are now leading.

by Sasha Costanza-Chock 2020

4.18

548 ratings

🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Participatory Design ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🤖 Algorithmic Bias ✊🏿 Intersectional Feminism 🔍 Critical Design Studies

Broad Band

by Claire L. Evans • 2018

Women created the first program, the first compiler, and the early web. Then they were erased.

3.93

2k+

👩‍💻 Women In Computing 🖥️ Computing History 🌐 Internet History 📜 Hidden Histories ⚡ Cyberfeminism

Broad Band 94%

Women created the first program, the first compiler, and the early web. Then they were erased.

by Claire L. Evans 2018

3.93

2k+ ratings

👩‍💻 Women In Computing 🖥️ Computing History 🌐 Internet History 📜 Hidden Histories ⚡ Cyberfeminism

How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News

by Noah Giansiracusa • 2021

Algorithms chase engagement, not truth. Lies outperform facts every time, and platforms know it.

3.25

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 📰 Online Misinformation 🎭 Deepfakes 🤖 Ai Ethics 🏛️ Tech Accountability

How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News Summary

How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News 94%

Algorithms chase engagement, not truth. Lies outperform facts every time, and platforms know it.

by Noah Giansiracusa 2021

3.25

20 ratings

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 📰 Online Misinformation 🎭 Deepfakes 🤖 Ai Ethics 🏛️ Tech Accountability

Fix the System, Not the Women

by Laura Bates • 2022

Every three days in the UK, a man kills a woman. That pattern isn't a coincidence.

4.49

6k+

🏛️ Institutional Sexism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism ⚠️ Violence Against Women 🚫 Rape Culture 👆 Victim Blaming

Fix the System, Not the Women 93%

Every three days in the UK, a man kills a woman. That pattern isn't a coincidence.

by Laura Bates 2022

4.49

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Institutional Sexism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism ⚠️ Violence Against Women 🚫 Rape Culture 👆 Victim Blaming

Tech Agnostic

by Greg Epstein • 2024

Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.

3.49

156

🕉️ Digital Religion ⚙️ Technology Criticism 🤔 Techno-Skepticism 🤖 Algorithmic Bias 📱 Phone Addiction

Tech Agnostic 93%

Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.

by Greg Epstein 2024

3.49

156 ratings

🕉️ Digital Religion ⚙️ Technology Criticism 🤔 Techno-Skepticism 🤖 Algorithmic Bias 📱 Phone Addiction

Mother of Invention

by Katrine Marçal • 2020

From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?

3.90

2k+

💰 Feminist Economics ⚙️ History Of Technology 💡 Gender And Innovation 🕵️‍♀️ Hidden Women In History 🤲 Care Work

Mother of Invention 93%

From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?

by Katrine Marçal 2020

3.90

2k+ ratings

💰 Feminist Economics ⚙️ History Of Technology 💡 Gender And Innovation 🕵️‍♀️ Hidden Women In History 🤲 Care Work

The Ethical Algorithm

by Michael Kearns • 2019

Algorithms don't do ethics by default. Making them fair takes math, and the math demands trade-offs.

4.10

671

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🔒 Data Privacy 🤖 Ai Ethics 🎲 Game Theory 🔬 Reproducibility Crisis

The Ethical Algorithm 93%

Algorithms don't do ethics by default. Making them fair takes math, and the math demands trade-offs.

by Michael Kearns 2019

4.10

671 ratings

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🔒 Data Privacy 🤖 Ai Ethics 🎲 Game Theory 🔬 Reproducibility Crisis

Glitch Feminism

by Legacy Russell • 2020

The glitch is not a mistake to fix; it’s a weapon against the binary body.

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3k+

🤖 Cyberfeminism 🌈 Queer Theory 💻 Digital Embodiment ✊ Online Resistance ⚧️ Non-Binary Theory

Glitch Feminism 93%

The glitch is not a mistake to fix; it’s a weapon against the binary body.

by Legacy Russell 2020

3.76

3k+ ratings

🤖 Cyberfeminism 🌈 Queer Theory 💻 Digital Embodiment ✊ Online Resistance ⚧️ Non-Binary Theory

Full Frontal Feminism

by Jessica Valenti • 2007

Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.

3.86

8k+

✊ Third-Wave Feminism 📚 Feminist 101 🛑 Rape Culture 🪞 Body Image ⚖️ Reproductive Justice

Full Frontal Feminism 93%

Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.

by Jessica Valenti 2007

3.86

8k+ ratings

✊ Third-Wave Feminism 📚 Feminist 101 🛑 Rape Culture 🪞 Body Image ⚖️ Reproductive Justice

Team Human

by Douglas Rushkoff • 2019

Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.

3.83

1k+

📱 Digital Criticism ⚠️ Algorithmic Bias 🧬 Social Creatures 🤝 Collective Action 🏘️ Localism

Team Human 93%

Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.

by Douglas Rushkoff 2019

3.83

1k+ ratings

📱 Digital Criticism ⚠️ Algorithmic Bias 🧬 Social Creatures 🤝 Collective Action 🏘️ Localism

Tools and Weapons

by Brad Smith • 2019

Tech weaponized your data, your vote, your face. An insider's plan to take them back.

3.85

2k+

🏛️ Tech Policy 🔒 Privacy Rights 🛡️ Cybersecurity 🤖 Ai Ethics 🌐 Digital Divide

Tools and Weapons 93%

Tech weaponized your data, your vote, your face. An insider's plan to take them back.

by Brad Smith 2019

3.85

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Tech Policy 🔒 Privacy Rights 🛡️ Cybersecurity 🤖 Ai Ethics 🌐 Digital Divide

Rage Inside the Machine

by Robert Elliott Smith • 2019

Algorithms reduce reality to neat categories. Prejudice is not a bug but the predictable exhaust.

3.97

145

🧩 Algorithmic Bias 🤖 AI Ethics 💻 Tech Criticism 🎲 History Of Probability 🕸️ Complex Systems

Rage Inside the Machine 93%

Algorithms reduce reality to neat categories. Prejudice is not a bug but the predictable exhaust.

by Robert Elliott Smith 2019

3.97

145 ratings

🧩 Algorithmic Bias 🤖 AI Ethics 💻 Tech Criticism 🎲 History Of Probability 🕸️ Complex Systems

To Save Everything, Click Here

by Evgeny Morozov • 2013

Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.

3.67

1k+

💻 Tech Criticism 🗳️ Internet Politics ⚖️ Algorithms And Bias ⚙️ Technological Determinism 🪓 Neo-Luddism

To Save Everything, Click Here 93%

Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.

by Evgeny Morozov 2013

3.67

1k+ ratings

💻 Tech Criticism 🗳️ Internet Politics ⚖️ Algorithms And Bias ⚙️ Technological Determinism 🪓 Neo-Luddism

The People's Platform

by Astra Taylor • 2012

Digital abundance set culture free and made it cheap. Platforms got rich; creators got precarious.

4.04

610

🖥️ Internet Culture 🏭 Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy ⚖️ Copyright Reform 📉 Digital Inequality

The People's Platform 93%

Digital abundance set culture free and made it cheap. Platforms got rich; creators got precarious.

by Astra Taylor 2012

4.04

610 ratings

🖥️ Internet Culture 🏭 Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy ⚖️ Copyright Reform 📉 Digital Inequality

Off With Her Head

by Eleanor Herman • 2022

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

3.85

3k+

🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender

Off With Her Head 93%

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

by Eleanor Herman 2022

3.85

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender

Dignity in a Digital Age

by Ro Khanna • 2022

Five cities captured 90% of tech job growth. The case for creating digital opportunity everywhere.

3.71

149

⚙️ Tech Policy 🌐 Digital Divide 🗺️ Economic Geography ⚖️ Internet Regulation 🔒 Data Privacy

Dignity in a Digital Age 93%

Five cities captured 90% of tech job growth. The case for creating digital opportunity everywhere.

by Ro Khanna 2022

3.71

149 ratings

⚙️ Tech Policy 🌐 Digital Divide 🗺️ Economic Geography ⚖️ Internet Regulation 🔒 Data Privacy

Careless People

by Sarah Wynn-Williams • 2025

Facebook's growth playbook from the inside: trade free speech, erode privacy, ignore the bodies.

4.12

137k+

🏢 Big Tech Critique 📢 Corporate ExposéS 📱 Social Media Platforms ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🚫 Content Moderation

Careless People 93%

Facebook's growth playbook from the inside: trade free speech, erode privacy, ignore the bodies.

by Sarah Wynn-Williams 2025

4.12

137k+ ratings

🏢 Big Tech Critique 📢 Corporate ExposéS 📱 Social Media Platforms ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🚫 Content Moderation

Radical Technologies

by Adam Greenfield • 2017

Eight technologies that run your day: the invisible tradeoffs reshaping power, work, and identity.

4.02

1k+

⚡ Tech Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Ethics Of Technology 🤖 Automation Anxiety 🖨️ Digital Fabrication

Radical Technologies 93%

Eight technologies that run your day: the invisible tradeoffs reshaping power, work, and identity.

by Adam Greenfield 2017

4.02

1k+ ratings

⚡ Tech Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Ethics Of Technology 🤖 Automation Anxiety 🖨️ Digital Fabrication

The Purity Myth

by Jessica Valenti • 2009

The virginity movement teaches shame as science, then codifies it. Real women bear the cost.

4.08

9k+

🏛️ Purity Culture ✊ Body Autonomy 💪 Toxic Masculinity 🎯 Victim Blaming ⚖️ Sexual Ethics

The Purity Myth 93%

The virginity movement teaches shame as science, then codifies it. Real women bear the cost.

by Jessica Valenti 2009

4.08

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Purity Culture ✊ Body Autonomy 💪 Toxic Masculinity 🎯 Victim Blaming ⚖️ Sexual Ethics

An Ugly Truth

by Sheera Frenkel • 2021

Same data that built Facebook's empire fueled election chaos and a genocide. The leaders knew.

3.96

7k+

🏛️ Big Tech Accountability 🔒 Data Privacy ⚖️ Content Moderation 🗳️ Election Interference 💰 Monopoly Power

An Ugly Truth 93%

Same data that built Facebook's empire fueled election chaos and a genocide. The leaders knew.

by Sheera Frenkel 2021

3.96

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Big Tech Accountability 🔒 Data Privacy ⚖️ Content Moderation 🗳️ Election Interference 💰 Monopoly Power

Against Our Will

by Susan Brownmiller • 1975

Rape as terror, not desire: the 1975 argument that made sexual violence a political question.

4.05

4k+

🛑 Sexual Violence 🏛️ Patriarchal Power ✊ Radical Feminism 🌊 Second Wave Feminism ⚖️ Feminist Legal Theory

Against Our Will 93%

Rape as terror, not desire: the 1975 argument that made sexual violence a political question.

by Susan Brownmiller 1975

4.05

4k+ ratings

🛑 Sexual Violence 🏛️ Patriarchal Power ✊ Radical Feminism 🌊 Second Wave Feminism ⚖️ Feminist Legal Theory

Mindmasters

by Sandra Matz • 2025

Algorithms read personality from digital traces. The fix isn't privacy; it's collective ownership.

3.96

399

💻 Digital Psychology ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🏭 Surveillance Capitalism 📊 Behavioral Data 🔒 Data Privacy

Mindmasters 93%

Algorithms read personality from digital traces. The fix isn't privacy; it's collective ownership.

by Sandra Matz 2025

3.96

399 ratings

💻 Digital Psychology ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🏭 Surveillance Capitalism 📊 Behavioral Data 🔒 Data Privacy

Women, Men, and the Whole Damn Thing

by David Leser • 2021

#MeToo revealed the scaffolding of male entitlement. The dismantling depends on men.

4.02

460

✊ Modern Feminism 🏛️ Patriarchal Systems 🗣️ #MeToo Movement 🧨 Toxic Masculinity 🤝 Sexual Consent

Women, Men, and the Whole Damn Thing Summary

Women, Men, and the Whole Damn Thing 93%

#MeToo revealed the scaffolding of male entitlement. The dismantling depends on men.

by David Leser 2021

4.02

460 ratings

✊ Modern Feminism 🏛️ Patriarchal Systems 🗣️ #MeToo Movement 🧨 Toxic Masculinity 🤝 Sexual Consent

Privacy is Power

by Carissa Véliz • 2020

Your data is not the product; it's the toxic spill that's eroding your freedom.

4.02

1k+

🔒 Digital Privacy 💰 Data Economy 📹 Mass Surveillance 🧠 Online Manipulation ⚖️ Data Ethics

Privacy is Power 93%

Your data is not the product; it's the toxic spill that's eroding your freedom.

by Carissa Véliz 2020

4.02

1k+ ratings

🔒 Digital Privacy 💰 Data Economy 📹 Mass Surveillance 🧠 Online Manipulation ⚖️ Data Ethics

The Guy's Guide to Feminism

by Michael Kaufman • 2011

Equality isn't just for women: a straight-talking guide for the guys who want in.

3.54

380

♂️ Men And Feminism 🎭 Gender Stereotypes 🤝 Consent Culture 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 💼 Workplace Equality

The Guy's Guide to Feminism 93%

Equality isn't just for women: a straight-talking guide for the guys who want in.

by Michael Kaufman 2011

3.54

380 ratings

♂️ Men And Feminism 🎭 Gender Stereotypes 🤝 Consent Culture 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 💼 Workplace Equality

Ruined by Design

by Mike Monteiro • 2019

Every harmful app was a designer's decision. The principles for refusing to build the next one.

4.11

2k+

🧭 Design Ethics 🌐 Tech Criticism 🌈 Diversity In Tech ✊ Collective Action ⚖️ Platform Accountability

Ruined by Design 92%

Every harmful app was a designer's decision. The principles for refusing to build the next one.

by Mike Monteiro 2019

4.11

2k+ ratings

🧭 Design Ethics 🌐 Tech Criticism 🌈 Diversity In Tech ✊ Collective Action ⚖️ Platform Accountability

The Tech Coup

by Marietje Schaake • 2024

When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.

3.78

468

🏛️ Tech Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🔒 Digital Authoritarianism 🌐 Internet Governance

The Tech Coup 92%

When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.

by Marietje Schaake 2024

3.78

468 ratings

🏛️ Tech Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🔒 Digital Authoritarianism 🌐 Internet Governance

The Big Nine

by Amy Webb • 2019

Nine companies control AI's future. Their blind spots are becoming everyone's problem.

3.75

2k+

🏢 Big Tech ⚖️ Ai Ethics 📊 Algorithmic Bias 🛡️ Ai Safety 🏛️ Ai Governance

The Big Nine 92%

Nine companies control AI's future. Their blind spots are becoming everyone's problem.

by Amy Webb 2019

3.75

2k+ ratings

🏢 Big Tech ⚖️ Ai Ethics 📊 Algorithmic Bias 🛡️ Ai Safety 🏛️ Ai Governance

Going Mainstream

by Julia Ebner • 2023

How extremist ideas conquered the mainstream, one online subculture at a time.

3.74

468

💻 Online Radicalization ⚡ Far-Right Extremism 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 📰 Disinformation ⚔️ Culture Wars

Going Mainstream 92%

How extremist ideas conquered the mainstream, one online subculture at a time.

by Julia Ebner 2023

3.74

468 ratings

💻 Online Radicalization ⚡ Far-Right Extremism 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 📰 Disinformation ⚔️ Culture Wars

Pornland

by Gail Dines • 2010

The porn industry didn't just sell fantasy; it built the scripts now governing real-world intimacy.

3.96

2k+

📼 Pornography Studies 📺 Media Criticism ⛓️ Sexual Exploitation 💋 Raunch Culture ✊ Anti-Porn Feminism

Pornland 92%

The porn industry didn't just sell fantasy; it built the scripts now governing real-world intimacy.

by Gail Dines 2010

3.96

2k+ ratings

📼 Pornography Studies 📺 Media Criticism ⛓️ Sexual Exploitation 💋 Raunch Culture ✊ Anti-Porn Feminism

American Girls

by Nancy Jo Sales • 2016

Porn scripts, hookup norms, and a hunt for likes: what social media did to teenage girls.

3.60

3k+

👧 Teen Girl Culture 💋 Sexualization Of Girls 💔 Hookup Culture 🔞 Porn Culture ⚖️ Sexual Double Standard

American Girls 92%

Porn scripts, hookup norms, and a hunt for likes: what social media did to teenage girls.

by Nancy Jo Sales 2016

3.60

3k+ ratings

👧 Teen Girl Culture 💋 Sexualization Of Girls 💔 Hookup Culture 🔞 Porn Culture ⚖️ Sexual Double Standard

The Anarchist In The Library

by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2004

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

3.50

175

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

The Anarchist In The Library 92%

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004

3.50

175 ratings

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

Our Biggest Fight

by Frank H. McCourt • 2024

Your mind is the product, and the price is democracy. A new protocol offers a buyback.

4.15

🌐 Big Tech Critique 💰 Data Monopolies ⏳ Attention Economy 🧠 Addictive Design ⚠️ Algorithmic Harms

Our Biggest Fight 92%

Your mind is the product, and the price is democracy. A new protocol offers a buyback.

by Frank H. McCourt 2024

4.15

27 ratings

🌐 Big Tech Critique 💰 Data Monopolies ⏳ Attention Economy 🧠 Addictive Design ⚠️ Algorithmic Harms

Empire of AI

by Karen Hao • 2025

The AI revolution runs on $2-an-hour labor, stolen water, and a marketing trick from 1956.

4.02

14k+

🏙️ Silicon Valley 🤖 Ai Ethics ⚠️ Big Tech Critique 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⛏️ Extractive Tech

Empire of AI 92%

The AI revolution runs on $2-an-hour labor, stolen water, and a marketing trick from 1956.

by Karen Hao 2025

4.02

14k+ ratings

🏙️ Silicon Valley 🤖 Ai Ethics ⚠️ Big Tech Critique 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⛏️ Extractive Tech

Your Face Belongs to Us

by Kashmir Hill • 2023

A startup scraped 3 billion faces, sold the tool to police, and public anonymity may never recover.

4.11

2k+

👤 Facial Recognition 🏢 Corporate Surveillance ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 👁️ Surveillance Studies 📜 Privacy Law

Your Face Belongs to Us 92%

A startup scraped 3 billion faces, sold the tool to police, and public anonymity may never recover.

by Kashmir Hill 2023

4.11

2k+ ratings

👤 Facial Recognition 🏢 Corporate Surveillance ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 👁️ Surveillance Studies 📜 Privacy Law

Sex Matters

by Mona Charen • 2018

Feminism won, yet women's happiness declined for fifty years. The data explains why.

3.71

331

🔍 Feminism Critique 🧬 Sex Differences 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💍 Marriage Defense 🍸 Hookup Culture

Sex Matters 92%

Feminism won, yet women's happiness declined for fifty years. The data explains why.

by Mona Charen 2018

3.71

331 ratings

🔍 Feminism Critique 🧬 Sex Differences 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💍 Marriage Defense 🍸 Hookup Culture

Hello World

by Hannah Fry • 2018

When algorithms police, diagnose, and drive, blind trust becomes the real danger.

4.11

12k+

🧭 Data Ethics 📊 Algorithmic Bias 👥 Human In The Loop 🚔 Predictive Policing 🔒 Data Privacy

Hello World 92%

When algorithms police, diagnose, and drive, blind trust becomes the real danger.

by Hannah Fry 2018

4.11

12k+ ratings

🧭 Data Ethics 📊 Algorithmic Bias 👥 Human In The Loop 🚔 Predictive Policing 🔒 Data Privacy

Girl on Girl

by Sophie Gilbert • 2025

Pop culture sold sexual objectification as empowerment, and a generation of women bought the lie.

3.84

20k+

📺 Pop Culture Analysis 👁️ Sexual Objectification 🧠 Internalized Misogyny 🛍️ Commodification Of Feminism 📰 Gossip And Celebrity

Girl on Girl 92%

Pop culture sold sexual objectification as empowerment, and a generation of women bought the lie.

by Sophie Gilbert 2025

3.84

20k+ ratings

📺 Pop Culture Analysis 👁️ Sexual Objectification 🧠 Internalized Misogyny 🛍️ Commodification Of Feminism 📰 Gossip And Celebrity

A Brief History of Misogyny

by Jack Holland • 2006

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

4.14

3k+

🕰️ Feminist History 🏘️ Social History 🧹 Witch Hunts ✝️ Christianity And Women 🔬 Scientific Sexism

A Brief History of Misogyny 92%

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

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A Human Algorithm 92%

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299 ratings

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