Digital intimacy
We humans are sometimes able to squeeze kindness out of a stone. And love out of nowhere.
… the digital is not a separate realm; it is the very social, cultural, and affective infrastructure we inhabit.
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.
Sex robots never have a headache or expect you to contribute to the housekeeping.
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.
My mother will be so ashamed of me for ‘dying for sex’.