Stefanie Felsberger

sociologist of tech & gender | menstrual & data justice | Trust in AI & disinfo | Associate Researcher @MCTDCambridge | PhD @CambridgeGender 🍉

[Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy @MCTDCambridge]

TOMORROW 💬 New research on #femtech!

@Flsbrgr @profwernimont and Andrea Ford will discuss the paradox at the heart of menstrual health tech: tracking apps have become indispensable for millions yet they can expose users to privacy risks.

Register now➡️https://t.co/zIG7JzmYyq

[Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy @MCTDCambridge]

NEXT WEEK🩸What's at stake when menstrual data is collected and sold at scale?

Join @flsbrgr, @profwernimont, and Andrea Ford for a discussion on privacy, the women's health gap, and how menstrual tracking data is used to control reproductive lives.

➡️https://t.co/zIG7JzmqIS

[CambridgeGender @ bsky.social @CambridgeGender]

We're 8 days away now! Please help us get the word out, we're hiring a 3-year INT Academic Career Development Fellow with @downingcollege for Gender Studies and Human, Social, and Political Sciences: https://t.co/kmqG66kwRa

[CambridgeGender @ bsky.social @CambridgeGender]

We are hiring a 3- year postdoc! Looking for someone with broad expertise in gender theories/methodologies who can also supervise in Human, Social, and Political Sciences for @downingcollege for an Academic Career Development Fellowship. Closes 30 June! https://t.co/19STMkDxNy

[Uncomfortable Cambridge @UnCamProject]

We are hiring new guides who will be trained to deliver a variety of our Uncomfortable Cambridge walking tours.
Do you love talking to new people?
Do you love history?
Are you passionate about addressing modern inequity?

Join our guiding team!

Deadline: midday 15th June

[Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock]

650,000 labels advertisers use to target you, revealed

https://t.co/V4Ma0XBx1o

[Jessica González - @JGo4Justice.bsky.social @JGo4Justice]

For too long media coverage of tech & AI has been defined by white tech barons and their PR machines.

Today I join @safiyanoble @timnitGebru @dalitdiva @nighatdad @arzugeybulla @Nanjala1 @joana_varon & others to call for a more inclusive conversation.

https://t.co/tWkq1iBer3

[Anna Mills, annamillsoer.bsky.social, she/her @AnnaRMills]

With respect, and in a collegial spirit, I want to question the new APA guidelines for citing ChatGPT. ChatGPT and OpenAI are not "sources" of generated text in the academic sense. They do not come up with or stand behind the ideas in the generated text. 1/

[Tactical Tech @Info_Activism]

Various ways to track your menstrual cycle, including cycle-tracking apps, could make this information available to companies, data brokers & governments.

This #DataDetoxKit guide by @Flsbrgr will help you find a safe method that works best for you. https://t.co/EwBX3bHhXu

[The Anti-Dystopians @AntiDystopians]

New episode! @MahaRafiAtal and @AlinaUtrata discuss feminism, reproductive rights and technology. How has the legal landscape changed since Roe v Wade? What are tech companies doing about it? And does your GP know who their cloud computing provider is?🧐

https://t.co/Xr1H8NFsZq

[Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski]

When an "algorithm" is actually just a guy using the computer to make decisions, that's called an al-guy-rithm.

[Stefanie Felsberger @Flsbrgr]

Come join us for funky discussions on biohacking this term

[Stefanie Felsberger @Flsbrgr]

@LaurenBWilcox Thank you, Lauren!

[Stefanie Felsberger @Flsbrgr]

@safanator @dripberlin ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💖

[Stefanie Felsberger @Flsbrgr]

Thanks @dripberlin. Definitely had to include your app in the guide!

[drip. period & fertility app @dripberlin]

Very cool guide by @Info_Activism on how to Choose a private cycle tracking app. Our private, secure & feminist drip app is in there!

It looks into data privacy and security, but also takes a critical look at opaque calculations of fertile days.

Well done 🩸💅

[Stefanie Felsberger @Flsbrgr]

@jathansadowski Technology and Women’s Voices: Keeping in Touch edited by Cheris Kramarae, especially the intro talks about how men are framed as inventors and creators of tech and women as mere users, focuses more on housework but might be useful!

[Stefanie Felsberger @Flsbrgr]

If you have any comments or suggestions, please get in touch!

[Stefanie Felsberger @Flsbrgr]

Really happyt this piece is out that I wrote druing my time at @info_activism. It’s a companion piece to two guides on period or cycle tracking.

And a huge thank you to everyone at Tactical Tech for their support and especially Safa, Christy, Lieke, Cassie and Lena.

[Stefanie Felsberger @Flsbrgr]

and “None of Their Business” looks at different period tracking apps and helps you to figure out which ones keep your information private.
https://t.co/GL4aZDs97t