Lesbians and tech: Analyzing digital media technologies and lesbian experience

The rise of the popular Internet has coincided with the increasing acceptance, even assimilation, of lesbians into mainstream society. The visible presence of lesbians in the tech industry and in digitally mediated spaces raises a set of questions about the relationship between queer identities and...

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Published in:Journal of lesbian studies 2018-07, Vol.22 (3), p.263-266
Main Authors: Harris, Angelique, Daniels, Jessie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assimilation
digital media technology
Internet
Lesbian
Lesbianism
LGBT
LGBTQ studies
Media
queer
social media
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Summary:The rise of the popular Internet has coincided with the increasing acceptance, even assimilation, of lesbians into mainstream society. The visible presence of lesbians in the tech industry and in digitally mediated spaces raises a set of questions about the relationship between queer identities and Internet technologies. This introduction to a special issue of Journal of Lesbian Studies explores some of these questions and provides an overview of the articles that follow.
ISSN:1089-4160
1540-3548
DOI:10.1080/10894160.2018.1383799