
And this is one of the things that I found so rewarding in writing about Alan Turing: that trying to convey his intelligence on screen was a democratizing act. That opening his one-of-a-kind mind up on screen was about letting other people in; not about shutting them out. That genius is conveyed by sharing intelligence, not by hoarding it. We’re all in this smart business together, in a sense.
The idea that Medium will become a sort of social democracy where the free exchange of ideas could take place regardless of personal clout, is a dream that never came to fruition. The sad truth, is that Medium is just another San Francisco tech darling that’s taken millions of dollars in funding and is now accountable to their shareholders rather than its community and what do shareholders want? Growth. And growth is a tricky thing to manage. This fact is further compounded because growth itself and b…
Racism and sexism are two systems of oppression that the porn industry thrives on. Although this may be inescapable for varying reasons, I think there is a way to compete, and I think it’s by creating a new normal. By new normal, I mean Black women and Black men in the porn industry need to start their own produc…