Fungai
Fungai Machirori is a feminist researcher and writer whose areas of interest include digital and social media, and online feminist activism.
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Why did Google think two Zimbabwean women writers were the same person?
Algorithm bias manifests itself in unique ways every single day, affecting people of colour. Fungai Machirori explores how big tech corporations misidentify renowned Black women - error that continues to exist despite various alarms around the said bias.
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Could Instagram’s Threads be a friendlier option for women than Twitter?
With the introduction of Threads by Meta, there's a need to question whether adding another social media platform to the list of online spaces contributes to the existing problems that women face on the internet, or is it a step in the right direction?
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Can Black African Women Finally Hack The System Through Their Digital Feminism?
Young Black women are moving away from the "Stong Black Woman" narrative, and using online platforms to redefine digital feminism for them. Fungai Machirori explores how one young Black woman is attempting to hack the system. But is it working?
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Who is your global South feminism serving?
In this article, the Zimbabwean feminist researcher and writer Fungai Machirori challenges the idea of "the global South" as a homogenous space.