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Cyborg Goddess

Feminist Tech Studies Podcast with Jennifer Jill Fellows

A show where we apply feminist theories and concepts to everyday technologies. We aren"t luddites here, but it is complicated!

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S4E5: The Costs of Convenience; Examining Generative...

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2025/10/03

Open AI released ChatGPT three to the general public at the end of 2022. And within five days of its release, it had over 1 million users. It’s fair to say that today, three years later, ChatGPT, and other large language models embedded in Google, Microsoft, X, Facebook, Snapchat, Adobe, and well, everywhere have become […]

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1:08:57

Season 4 Episode 1: Practicing Peace in the Digital...

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2025/06/05

We might think of peace as simply the absence of war. But some scholars and advocates argue that peace isn’t just passive, and it isn’t simply the absence of conflict. Instead, peace is a process that must be cultivated and sustained by intentional choices and the development of peace skills. The problem is that many […]

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1:05:33

Season 3 Episode 6: Learning about the vibrator with...

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2024/11/01

In this episode, Jill interviews Dr. Dennis Waskul and Michelle Anklan on their study of women’s perceptions and uses of the vibrator. Dennis and Michelle share their research into the somewhat complicated historical relationship the vibrator has with feminist thought, and the ways in which women in the second decade of the 21st century think […]

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1:07:44

Season 3 Episode 5: The Legacy of the Turing Test...

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2024/10/04

In this episode, Jill talks to Dr. Simone Natale about his research into the legacy of the Turing Test, and the ways in which this test for artificial intelligence has influenced subsequent AI research. Simone argues that the Turing Test is not so much a test of intelligence (though it is often framed as such) […]

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1:09:46

Season 3 Episode 3: Feminist Thoughts on Online...

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2024/08/02

Feminist philosophers have been writing about shaming and moral reproach for decades, but some of the theories and ideas about the moral justification for, and efficacy of, shaming don’t necessarily work when we’re talking about online shaming. In this episode, Jill interview Dr. Celia Edell about her research into online shaming. We’ll talk about what […]

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Season 3 Episode 1: MeToo and Transnational Feminism...

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2024/06/07

In this episode, Jill interviews Dr. Iqra Cheema about her edited collection The Other MeToo’s. The MeToo movement is a massive feminist phenomenon that swept around the globe and across many different social media platforms. But it took different forms, and carried different connotations depending on the social locations of the people participating. Dr. Cheema […]

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Cyborg Goddess Announcement!

Cyborg Goddess ·

2024/05/03

Hi everyone. Just a quick announcement that we are rebranding here for Season 3. If you tend to get this podcast directly from the website, here is the new URL for Cyborg Goddess! https://cyborggoddess.opened.ca/ And we because X(Twitter) is getting a bit too dystopian for my taste, you can now find us at : CyborgGoddess.bsky.social […]

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Cyborg Goddess Introduction

Cyborg Goddess ·

2024/01/16

“Gender, Sex and Tech: Continuing the Conversation” has become “Cyborg Goddess”. We publish 6 episodes a year. We hope you’ll join us!

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Season Three Update 2024

Cyborg Goddess ·

2024/01/05

Hi everyone. Happy 2024! Just an update that Season 3 will begin in the summer of 2024. We’ve got a lot of exciting guests lined up, and I can’t wait to share their work with you! Until then, have a great Winter!!

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Season Two Episode Six: Interview with Dr. Jovian...

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2023/12/01

In this episode, Jill interviews Dr. Jovian Radheshwar to learn about the technologies behind the production and (more importantly) distribution of grass roots hip hop songs. We also explore some of the connections between hip hop music, politics, revolu

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Season Two Episode Five: Interview with Dr. Alex Ketchum

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2023/11/03

In this episode, Jill interviews Dr. Alex Ketchum about her open-access book Engage in Public Scholarship! We investigate what public scholarship is and the various digital tools and platforms that exist for public scholarship. We examine some of the pro

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Season Two Episode Four: Interview with Dr. Sreela...

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2023/10/06

In this episode, Jill Interviews Dr. Sreela Sarkar about her ethnographic research in the neighbourhood of Seelampur in New Dehli India. The Indian government, like many governments globally right now, has been encouraging citizens to take IT skills trai

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Season Two Episode Four: Interview with Dr. Sreela...

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2023/10/06

In this episode, Jill Interviews Dr. Sreela Sarkar about her ethnographic research in the neighbourhood of Seelampur in New Dehli India. The Indian government, like many governments globally right now, has been encouraging citizens to take IT skills trai

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Minisode Musings: Holding on in Digital Space

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2023/08/30

In this episode, Jill shares some of her own thoughts, hopes and fears during this “AI moment” we all seem to be in. Relying on work by philosopher Hilde Lindemann, Jill works through some of the ethical and existential questions that have be

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Season Two Episode Three: Interview with Chloe Locatelli

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2023/08/04

In this episode, Jill interviews Chloe Locatelli about her research on sex tech, sex robots and relationships with technologies. Chloe’s research prompts us to consider the personification and gamification of sex tech specifically marketed at heter

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Season Two Episode Two: Interview with Amber-Lee Varadi

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2023/07/07

In this episode, Amber-Lee Varadi unpacks her research on the Pick-Me Girl, explaining what this trope is, and how it has changed from the mid-2010’s on Black Twitter to the modern iterations found most commonly on TikTok POV videos. Transcripts fo

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Season Two Episode One: Interview with Natasha...

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2023/06/02

Content Warning: This episode discusses eating disorders. In this episode, Natasha Crawford and Sarak Kulewska share their research on fitness tracking apps and wearables. They examine the ways in which these devices can be ableist and also the dangers t

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