Voices
… trans lives are not always lived under the umbrella of socio-cultural identities deemed worthy of protection …
I had hoped to play through the pain of it all.
In late 2004, in my first year of college, a school friend emailed me a link to something she called…
Digital intimacy is not always obvious or visible, but a lingering trace.
Maintaining the streak meant maintaining contact
The convergence of technology and romance opens up a complex network of possibilities…
Digital abuse is not merely a technical or legal issue, but an emotional and social experience.
People are becoming lonelier, and their desire for connection, stronger.
Intimacy – whether sexual, emotional, or relational – cannot be treated as raw material for consumption without consequence
In such a setting, intimacy becomes the surveillance infrastructure.
…something truer than thought starts to climb upwards.
Standing behind the camera, with a microphone in one hand, I have felt this power imbalance first hand. The camera may humanise the person in front of it more than a text analysis would, but the modes of production remain in someone else’s hands.