Technical Communication Quarterly Oct 2019

Data Our Bodies Tell: Towards Critical Feminist Action in Fertility and Period Tracking Applications

Maria Novotny University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh ; Les Hutchinson Michigan State University

Abstract

This article situates reproductive applications as an emerging “do-it-yourself” health technology in need of feminist technical communication action. The authors focus on Glow, a fertility and period tracking application, and argue that though this application promises user’s self-empowerment over their reproductive health, individual agency is often reduced. The authors consider how technical communication scholars can intervene in fertility and period tracking applications through a redesign of how consent is obtained when collecting user’s personal health information.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2019-10-02
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10.1080/10572252.2019.1607907
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