Feminist blog cohorts: a (semi-) authoritative remapping using AI

🎵: Let’s Dance - David Bowie

I’ve spent the last few months annoyed with the incomplete retrospectives around writers and writing online and how we all got here. At work, I use a portfolio perspective to understand working groups, and used a couple of AI approaches to build out a highly contextual, and likely contested, interactive map charting some of the major players and influences around the feminist blog years, the major platforms, their cultural impacts and major publications. These are case studies and cohorts based on my personal angles mixed with authoritative resources, including a highly annotated bibliography.

Does this feel slimy? I concede it may. But it demonstrates the value of personal writing and thoughtful design in digital spaces despite its many gaps and flaws.

Enjoy and tinker. Feedback is welcome. I’ll have some notes on my approach and why many of these findings remain heavily qualified in the coming weeks.