"In 2019, Refuge reported that 72% of women accessing its services said they had been subjected to “technology-facilitated abuse”, and warned that the growing use of camera doorbells and smart speakers can provide perpetrators with more tools to harm victims. They’re an effective method of coercive control, for monitoring, spying and withholding power."
#EvaWiseman, 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/09/is-it-time-to-ring-the-alarm-on-internet-door-cameras
"I feel like the last person alive to remain disturbed by the many ways we continue to welcome surveillance into our domestic lives."
#EvaWiseman, 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/09/is-it-time-to-ring-the-alarm-on-internet-door-cameras
You're most certainly not though, and if I'm reading the room, the resistance to it is growing.
(1/2)
#HatTip to the Scuttlebutt poster who shared this article.
The past is soaked in sexism. But how will we look back on today?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/01/past-soaked-in-sexism-how-will-we-look-back-on-now-eva-wiseman?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#EvaWiseman
Swearing has lost none of its power to shock – thank f***!
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/sep/17/swearing-has-lost-none-of-its-power-to-shock?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#EvaWiseman
Sometimes we all just need someone to be there and listen
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/sep/03/sometimes-we-all-just-need-someone-to-be-there-and-listen?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#EvaWiseman
The maths of school holidays and being a parent don’t add up
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/aug/27/the-maths-of-school-holidays-and-being-a-parent-dont-add-up?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#EvaWiseman
Is it time to embrace badly behaved audiences?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/aug/20/is-it-time-to-embrace-badly-behaved-audiences?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#EvaWiseman
In the Barbie queue, the real world has an absurdity of its own
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jul/30/eva-wiseman-in-the-queue-for-barbie-the-real-world-has-its-own-absurdity?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#EvaWiseman
When desperate parents are stealing baby milk, it’s time for a new formula
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jun/11/when-desperate-parents-are-stealing-baby-milk-it-is-time-for-a-new-formula?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#EvaWiseman
#Poverty
Worried about rent? Spare a thought for your poor landlord
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/mar/12/worried-about-rent-spare-a-thought-for-your-poor-landlord?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#EvaWiseman
#Housing
Apart from the fact that my lazy chair option would be
- cheese sticks &
- a small stack of Stephen Kings I have read at least five times
amen, sister!
#BeTheOldYou
#EvaWiseman
#TheGuardian
#StephenKing
#CheeseSticks
