The Digital Period

The Digital Period

The Digital Period is an open conversation about technology. Judith, a public philosopher, examines our relationship with technology through conducting a series of conversations about period apps with experts and individuals.

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May 17, 2023 1 min

Judith, a philosopher, examines her own and society's relationship to period tracking apps. Why do we use them? Do they work for us and how can we improve them? All episodes will be published at the end of 2023. Do you want to join the conversation? Send an email to judith@thedigitalperiod.com. You can find more information on thedigitalperiod.com

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The Digital Period is a podcast series that examines the relationship between autonomy and technology by taking a closer look at period apps. 

In this short introduction, I discuss how I, Judith Zoë, embarked on this adventure in the first place and why I want to talk about period tracking apps. Period apps are one of the most downloaded health apps across the world, and they play an incredible intimate role in our lives. Taking a ...

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November 17, 2023 35 mins

In this episode Judith talks to her best friend Iris van Wurmond, Mana Sadeghipour, a public policy professional, and Rayén Mitrovich co-founder of radical data about how and why they track their periods.

Together they discuss why tracking one’s period is important to some people and all the different ways this can be done. We also discuss the role of women in health care, the impact of the so-called gender health data gap in healt...

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November 24, 2023 41 mins

In this episode Judith Zoë talks to Chiara Nowak, a visual artist, and Anastasia Siapka and Elisabetta Biasin from the KU Leuven University. 

To understand the effect of marketing and narratives behind period apps, I spoke to Chiara Nowak, a graphic designer and visual artist working on the project ‘not.a.period’ and got the chance to visit the site of her art installation while we dissected the topic together. 

Anastasia and Elisa...

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December 1, 2023 30 mins

In this episode, we dive into the principles and practicalities behind period tracking and how we can better equip ourselves to protect our data. 

I talk to Iris Muis from the Data School of the University of Utrecht about how developers can translate values into technology. She points to practical resources that can help make sure our technology is aligned with what we find important. 

During my time at the CPDP conference I was l...

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December 8, 2023 40 mins

In this episode, we got philosophical as I spoke to Marjolein Lanzing, Naomi Jacobs, and Jenneke Evers - all philosophers who have done research on period apps and self-tracking technologies. I also talked to Anuj Puri, a postdoctoral researcher at Tilburg University, about what autonomy means for privacy. 

 

Together, we attempt to dissect what autonomy is and how it relates to us in the digital age, especially when it comes to us...

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December 15, 2023 42 mins

In episode 5, I take time to look to the future. How can we move forward?  How can we build a feminist future with technology that fits our values? And what does that mean for period apps?

To answer these questions, I spoke to Marie Kochsiek, co-founder and developer of the period app Drip and Elisa Lindinger, one of the founders of Superrr Lab, a feminist organization and advocacy hub focused on feminist digital policy and many ot...

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January 26, 2024 48 mins

This bonus episode of The Digital Period Podcast is about localizing technology to local needs. It touches on the importance of embedding period app technology within societies or different geographic regions.

I spoke to Risper Onyango, who pointed me towards a period app called Oky, developed by UNICEF. I also got the chance to approach Niken Lasarati, the international project manager of Oky as well as Ashley Rarieya and Mercy Nz...

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The Digital Period is a podcast series that examines the relationship between autonomy and technology by taking a closer look at period apps. 

This is an intermezzo episode with three cool announcements ft. the PrivacySalon. In January Ill publish the last episode of this season, there is a new season coming up and the Privacy Salon created an exhibition inspired by the upcoming season of this podcast series. Birte and Ferre from t...

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March 8, 2025 13 mins

The Digital Period is a podcast series that examines the relationship between autonomy and technology by taking a closer look at period apps. 

In this epilogue episode, the last episode of the first season, Judith Zoë shares five insights she has gained by conducting this project. 

You can find the transcripts and more episode of The Digital Period on this platform or on www.thedigitalperiod.com/podcast. 

This podcast series is cre...

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