I like the work of data feminism is disrupting the power imbalance and shedding light on the inequalities, but it is a nice callback to the nickname of "computers" for women. I know it was meant to be dehumanizing, but I like how it is the "computers (women)" who are data feminists in a way now.

have never heard the term "feminisms" to include all meanings/different versions, I quite like that

might be of interest, but Janelle Monae's album Dirty Computer seems to have intersections about gender identity, womanhood, being a person of colour, and the way that artificial intelligence and data affects us all (I think Monae also recently came out with a short story book about the album)

interesting to see a parallel in both the exploration of our societal/earthly sphere and our outer space/intangible sphere. a kind of progress in both aspects, a reaching out for more but within vastly different concepts

I am torn between visualizations pushing an emotion onto the viewer and not letting them arrive at their own result, and the fact that sometimes emotion helps draw the viewer in and coerces them to actually care (I think it is important sometimes to do this but can also be misused often). But also this idea of visual minimalism, depending on the content matter, seems to be coming from a source of privilege in that if you can take away the emotion or embellishment from the facts then you can separate yourself, and not everyone always has that luxury. Wondering if anyone else has any thoughts on this?

it is an interesting point because once you assign an emotion to it, you are creating a kind of connection or connotation telling us how to feel. In this case, the use of 'loss' is very evocative as it is so strong, and it is not that I disagree, but emotion can be quite a powerful tool of persuasion

I think it is really helpful to have visuals like this, it is more accomodating for people who have a hard time with graphs or numbers. It is sad to say, but it also makes it feel slightly interactive which always draws people in

this reading is making me think about history textbooks and museums, and how so much Indigenous history is held and spoken of in museums but almost all of it is stolen or taken with no thought of 'data sovereignty". I think this data sovereignty concept is really cool and a great step

tool of care version includes the people being researched in the design

like the Kitchin data excerpt, we impose structure onto data and use it as we see fit. Data implies it is "neutral" and simply information, but I find it very hard to separate the information the data is giving me, from what it is taking away from the topic

according to google (ironic based on the Noble video haha) "[disaggregated data] refers to the separation of compiled information into smaller units to elucidate underlying trends and patterns."

I have a sinking feeling that at a place like google, they are all probably aware of their overrepresentation, misreprersentation and societal bias (as per the Noble video). Having a search engine run by marketing and capital gain means that its only objective is to make a profit and streamline a certain standard of knowledge. I think we forget how much influence something like a private sector of knowledge has over us as a population, they control the media we take in even if we do not agree with it

it is interesting how with the rise of social media, we assume ourselves to be important enough to know what someone is doing and to be privy to their life. intense to think about on the level of womanhood as well, and how we are often asked to perform our identities, but in the case of this article instead seem to help create a sense of community and bring to light the amount of women affected by the medical system

when women are included in the design, their design is never allowed to grow or adapt, unlike the ever changing technology of man

not enough women (men, non binary, and trans people as well) are educated enough in how a lot of serious medical issues concerning women present themselves as ailments that frankly, a lot of women are used to dealing with. I read an article about how a woman went to the hospital because her appendix burst, but she assumed it was period cramps because we are used to some type of chronic pain in some form or another. This type of issue everyone should be well versed in so you can pay attention to not only yourself, but also the other people in your life. I just found it interesting thinking about women being "left out of the design" because that statement can be applied to so many different factors of life

I find the discussion of equality quite interesting in relation to articles like these which are so binary. So many people want to argue that men and women (excluding any other identity) are equal and the same, but in doing this, negate that men and women still have different needs (whether they be physical, personal, or societal) and to not take that into account is also still a problem.

women are left out of design but also within a social context, so much of the idea of women are specifically designed by men (the definition of a women, how women should act, how they should look, what constitutes a women, when women should be left out).

I am not sure if I can really make this argument as it might sound a little far fetched without researching city planning, but the idea of a major road reminds me of the idea of marketing and capital gain in the way that the major roads lead straight to the town, or to the most people or material goods etc...the most profit for the town or the most traffic, and in most cases the areas with the most money.