Lisa Nakamura

@lnakamura.bsky.social

Researcher and teacher. Writing about race, gender and internet stuff since 1995. “The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet” out from U. Minn press. Lisanakamura.net for articles if you want.

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@lnakamura.bsky.social

Truly worth reading. Borsook was, to me, like Ellen Ullman a rare and inspiring writer in the 90’s, a tech insider who was also a woman. Feminist or not, simply being that in the Valley was so unusual then. And taken for granted that it was rare, and would disappear.

Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social

NEW: I had the pleasure of profiling Paulina Borsook, whose book Cyberselfish, about the early tech industry, is a great key to understanding why it’s so bad today. For her trouble, Borsook has had a very weird and bad 25 years, something she calls “a curse.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.comA Tech Prophet Finally Gets Her Second ComingIn 2000, Paulina Borsook published a book foretelling the anti-government sentiments of the tech world. Now that it’s too late, people are ready to listen.