The Smart Wife: Why Siri, Alexa, and Other Smart Home Devices Need a Feminist Reboot
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Tantor Media, Inc., 2020.
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10h 25m 0s
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English
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9781705255292

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Yolande Strengers., Yolande Strengers|AUTHOR., Jenny Kennedy|AUTHOR., & Cat Gould|READER. (2020). The Smart Wife: Why Siri, Alexa, and Other Smart Home Devices Need a Feminist Reboot . Tantor Media, Inc..

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Yolande Strengers et al.. 2020. The Smart Wife: Why Siri, Alexa, and Other Smart Home Devices Need a Feminist Reboot. Tantor Media, Inc.

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Yolande Strengers et al.. The Smart Wife: Why Siri, Alexa, and Other Smart Home Devices Need a Feminist Reboot Tantor Media, Inc, 2020.

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Yolande Strengers, Yolande Strengers|AUTHOR, Jenny Kennedy|AUTHOR, and Cat Gould|READER. The Smart Wife: Why Siri, Alexa, and Other Smart Home Devices Need a Feminist Reboot Tantor Media, Inc., 2020.

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What's wrong with preferring domestic assistants with feminine personalities? We like our assistants to conform to gender stereotypes-so what? For one thing, Strengers and Kennedy remind us, the design of gendered devices re-inscribes those outdated and unfounded stereotypes. Strengers and Kennedy offer a Smart Wife "manifesta," proposing a rebooted Smart Wife that would promote a revaluing of femininity in society in all her glorious diversity.
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