The Visibility Trap: The troubling paradox at the heart of our online lives
‘Online, our senses cannot do their job properly…” Pitched as a study of sexism, surveillance and online life, Mary McGill’s The Visibility Trap places feminism at a crossroads where the same online platforms that enabled its success now pose a threat to its future. Broad in its scope yet keenly observed, the book outlines how social networks such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook have helped galvanise a generation, but have also delivered their political beliefs into the hands of corporations, ready to churn out ‘empowerment’ spam.
