Not your grandmother’s cookies: privacy in the era of surveillance capitalism

In September 2006, users of Facebook awoke to the software update which would forever change the way we interact with the internet: the News Feed. This is precisely the software that is incorporated into every media platform we use today, where new activity from users is exhibited chronologically on our home page. It may not seem so extraordinary to our generation, but prior to the update, there was hardly anything ‘social’ about social networking.

Not your grandmother’s cookies: privacy in the era of surveillance capitalism

Temporarily Able-bodied

One of the problems arising from talking about disability, is the assumption that it functions like other identities. This is not an unreasonable assumption, if you are fairly well versed in feminist issues, you can reasonably apply those ideas to trans rights issues, even if you don’t know that much about them. Disability identity is however more complicated, and without understanding these complexities having a proper discussion about ableism and inclusion is dead in the water.

Temporarily Able-bodied

The Bank of England’s best-kept secret

… is quantitative easing. Okay granted, quantitative easing is not officially a secret – but most of you may not have heard of it before. Despite this, QE is a hot topic in the world of monetary policy. It is both fascinating and controversial. To fully explain and evaluate this ‘quantitative easing’, we must first understand the UK’s economy a little.

The Bank of England’s best-kept secret