Black and white photo of the Queen Mother pressing a button on a 1960's era computer.

🆕 blog! “Some thoughts on "Hacking the Cis-tem"”


I recently read a wonderful paper by Mar Hicks called "Hacking the Cis-tem" which is about database design in the 1960s and the nascent digital state's approach to transgender individuals. It's a short and readable paper with some jaw-dropping anecdotes. Like the man who immediately got a pay rise after his …

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Terence Eden (@Edent@mastodon.social)