Author: Jenna Wortham

Quotes

Ultimately, what the tech industry really cares about is ushering in the future, but it conflates technological progress with societal progress.

Ultimately, what the tech industry really cares about is ushering in the future, but it conflates technological progress with societal progress.

- Jenna Wortham

For many years, taking care of myself consisted of showering and showing up to work on time. Sleeping and eating were inconveniences at best.

For many years, taking care of myself consisted of showering and showing up to work on time. Sleeping and eating were inconveniences at best.

- Jenna Wortham

Learning to live with not meeting other people's expectations has been extremely freeing and is the only gift I wish to pass on to any future offspring.

Learning to live with not meeting other people's expectations has been extremely freeing and is the only gift I wish to pass on to any future offspring.

- Jenna Wortham

For all its power as a protest medium, black Twitter serves a great many users as a virtual place to just hang out.

For all its power as a protest medium, black Twitter serves a great many users as a virtual place to just hang out.

- Jenna Wortham

There's a lot of paranormal activity in my family. Whether it is more than most other families is hard to say, but we seem to have more than most.

There's a lot of paranormal activity in my family. Whether it is more than most other families is hard to say, but we seem to have more than most.

- Jenna Wortham

People in tech love to see their work as embodying the 'hacker ethos': a desire to break systems down in order to change them. But this pride can often be conveyed rather clumsily.

People in tech love to see their work as embodying the 'hacker ethos': a desire to break systems down in order to change them. But this pride can often be conveyed rather clumsily.

- Jenna Wortham

As digital culture becomes more tied to the success of the platforms where it flourishes, there is always a risk of it disappearing forever.

As digital culture becomes more tied to the success of the platforms where it flourishes, there is always a risk of it disappearing forever.

- Jenna Wortham

Artists have long urged cultural introspection by creating work that forces awareness of our current political and economic landscape.

Artists have long urged cultural introspection by creating work that forces awareness of our current political and economic landscape.

- Jenna Wortham

Matching tattoos don't ensure the longevity of a friendship, any more than any other mutual hardship.

Matching tattoos don't ensure the longevity of a friendship, any more than any other mutual hardship.

- Jenna Wortham

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