A review by pastaviking
Zeros and Ones: Digital Women and the New Technoculture by Sadie Plant
4.0
It's refreshing to read a book about technology and cultural theory written by a woman (who proudly proclaims her age "thirty-three" as a credential). As a male reader, I value being privy to such a thoughtful, nuanced, and suggestive connection made between Ada Lovelace, weaving, textiles, computer programming, math, possibility, female sexuality, the politics of gendering, and the inevitability that the system of male-domination will implode on itself.
I want to offer criticism for smaller points throughout the book, but the very nature of the subject makes me feel unqualified to do so. It was pointed out to me, again, that men try too hard to jump in and tell women how to be more like them. So instead, I am simply grateful to have been an audience for her brilliant mind.
I want to offer criticism for smaller points throughout the book, but the very nature of the subject makes me feel unqualified to do so. It was pointed out to me, again, that men try too hard to jump in and tell women how to be more like them. So instead, I am simply grateful to have been an audience for her brilliant mind.