Fear, uncertainty, and period trackers

For those who care about reproductive privacy, there is a long, difficult, systemic data justice fight ahead. That fight is not a digital solutionist one.

Despite that, cue the usual suspects saying “delete your period tracker app” or “use Tor” or “self-host your own open-source period tracker 🙂”.

The link above dispels the myth that period tracker apps are the start and end of safeguarding reproductive privacy. It will also remind you that those usual suspects, who seem to be viewing the imminent crisis as a great opportunity for open source, are neither prepared for the data justice fight, nor actually on your side.

That discernment, in turn, will help you to pick the team you want around you for the next few years. Because my god, you’re going to need one.