Welcome back to Sylly, a podcast for the curious and critical. We’re your hosts, Mbiye Kasonga and Tembe Denton-Hurst.
Today’s episode looks back at a conversation that I (Mbiye) had with Sierra Greer, the author of Annie Bot. Annie Bot is a book that has haunted me since I read it. It tells the story of Annie, a robot companion purchased by Doug, a human male. The book explores several themes, but the one I’m most interested in is the idea of the female cyborg and the intersection of gender and technology. While reading Annie Bot, I was reminded of Anne Balsamo’s book, Technologies of the Gendered Body, which centers on the ways that women’s bodies are increasingly mediated by technology.
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