https://civic.mit.edu Creating Technology for Social Change Wed, 13 Feb 2019 20:09:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 https://civic.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2018/03/cropped-CivicMedia_Symbol_K_RGB-32x32.png https://civic.mit.edu 32 32 https://civic.mit.edu/2019/01/24/how-automated-tools-discriminate-against-black-language/ Thu, 24 Jan 2019 20:13:32 +0000 https://civic.mit.edu/?p=2402 Filtering Rudeness on Social Media One of my favorite aspects of social media is coming across amazing work by activists, creatives, and academics. I get especially excited to see work by fellow women of color, whose perspectives are often left out of mainstream media and activism. So naturally, when I discover that posts by women of color are being filtered out of my feed, I am 1) skeptical, 2) upset, but also 3) not surprised. […]]]> https://civic.mit.edu/2018/09/29/twitter-suspended-me-for-tweeting-feminist-academic-research-heres-why-thats-a-problem/ Sat, 29 Sep 2018 16:55:32 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/?p=2298 This morning, I did what I always, lamentably, do, which is wake up and check Twitter. I noticed that the account for MIT, where I work as an admissions officer and research affiliate, had tweeted a story about Math Prize for Girls, an annual competition, hosted on campus last weekend, for women with an affinity for STEM. I’m a longtime fan and supporter of Math Prize. In fact, I had spoken at the competition, giving a […]]]>