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Jeffrery Epstein, MIT and the Grad Student Who Spoke Up

Jeffrery Epstein, MIT and the Grad Student Who Spoke Up

FromThere Are No Girls on the Internet


Jeffrery Epstein, MIT and the Grad Student Who Spoke Up

FromThere Are No Girls on the Internet

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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Jul 7, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

You might know that connections to convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein led to the resignation of the director of the MIT Media Lab, Joi Ito, after a Ronan Farrow exposé. But fewer people know that Arwa Mboya, a Kenyan virtual reality programmer and MIT student, bravely called for Ito to step down before Farrow’s piece. Mboya talks about how the bravery and community of women and girls gave her the courage to take a stand. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Jul 7, 2020
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Podcast episode

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Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being online what it is. So let’s build them.