Non-binarity in Menstruation Apps - Paradoxes Between Queer Visibility and SurveillanceThis paper examines how menstruation apps intersect with contemporary gender debates and capitalist pursuits of new products and markets. We focus on the approach of two popular digital menstrual calendars (Clue and Flo) regarding non-binary gender identities. These initiatives are critically analyzed through the lens of queer algorithmization and surveillance. In the era of surveillance capitalism, we contend with new “gender troubles” (Judith BUTLER, 2003) as physical bodies and data bodies become increasingly inseparable. These tensions are explored through immersive digital research.
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Non-binarity; Flo menstrual calendar; Clue menstrual and ovulation tracker; Queer algorithms; Surveillance capitalism
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#PraTodoMundoVer The image shows a screenshot of a cell phone conversation consisting of four message balloons on a gray background. To the left of the balloons are circles with the icons of each user: in the first there is a duck with a gray background, in the second a dog with a light blue background, in the third a cat with a pink background and in the fourth the duck is repeated.Translation of the screenshots: This is really bad, because the app is good and has everything to make it marvelous if it was more inclusive. For them only hetero sex and cis woman pregnancies exist.
I'm lesbian and it really is not inclusive, I would really like topics for lesbian/sapphics to talk about.
yes!! let alone the fact that all the topics on sex, they only focused on cis men and women couples.
people, I ended up sending an email to this app complaining and suggesting changes, but nothing happened.
Source: Clue and Flo official websites.#PraTodoMundoVer The image shows the logos of the Clue app in red and the Flo app in pink.