A Word: Black to the Future Online

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Society & Culture, Technology, History

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Like so much of pop culture, online culture is largely rooted in the work of Black and other marginalized people. Writer and activist Bridget Todd celebrates their stories on her podcast There Are No Girls on the Internet. On today’s episode of A Word, she joins Jason Johnson to talk about the challenge of preserving that history, and building communities for women, LGBTQ people, and Black folks in an increasingly hostile online world. Guest: Bridget Todd, host of the “There Are No Girls on the Internet” podcast. Podcast production by Jasmine Ellis You can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/awordplus for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Exclusively on Disney Plus.
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0:11.0	Upon my signal, unleash hell.
0:15.0	And every second counts.
0:17.0	When that shows zero, this restaurant ceases operations.
0:21.6	FX is the bear.
0:22.6	Shat!
0:23.6	New season streaming June 26 exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:26.6	18 plus subscription required season C's apply.
0:29.6	This is a Word, a podcast from Slate.
0:33.6	I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
0:35.6	Like so much of American popular culture, the internet has
0:38.2	been strongly influenced by black and other marginalized people. And podcaster Bridget Todd has made
0:43.4	it her business to tell those stories of humor, activism, and creativity on her show.
0:49.2	I would say the throughline of my work is really trying to find those perspectives and really amplifying that
0:55.0	and centering them in a way that I think is meaningful and loving to demonstrate that we were always there,
1:00.0	we'll always be here, and I guess I would say the through line really is trying to create the conditions
1:05.0	for people who have been historically and traditionally marginalized in these spaces to feel ownership
1:10.0	of taking up more space in these conversations.
1:13.0	Bridget tired of,
1:13.9	There Are No Girls on the Internet.
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