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I'm Farai Chidea. Online culture wields an uncanny amount of influence in our day-to-day lives. Now, that's in politics, in what we shop for, the conversations we have around our dinner tables. Unpacking the many ways that culture shapes us is a worthwhile endeavor, and just as relevant is asking who is behind online culture,

who is forming the cultures in and around the tech industry. The podcast, There Are No Girls on

the Internet, created and hosted by Bridget Todd, delves into just that, and it's got a specific

focus on the voices at the margins.

This is about marginalized voices who have always been at the core of technology and the

internet, including helping to create it. Creator and host Bridget Todd joins me now. She does

many other jobs in the world of tech, including keeping us all safe from disinformation. Hi, Bridget.

Hi, it's so great to be here. I'm so excited. And I am so glad to have you on. And I've been

really grateful to be kind of learning from folks like you. So, you know, later in our show,

we're going to be playing an episode of your podcast. There are no girls on the internet

about black women fighting

disinformation on Twitter. And you publish that episode in the summer of 2020, which is a little

bit of a way back machine for a show like ours. But we're running it because it is so right on

time right now. I was struck by your opening statement. People just don't listen to women,

especially black women, and it comes with big consequences. I call this the black

Cassandra syndrome, where black women predict the future, but we're not believed, and we seem to be

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