Johnston, Annabelle. “The Digital Closet Tells the Story of How the Internet Became Straight.” Eye on Design. AIGA, August 11, 2022. https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/the-digital-closet-tells-the-story-of-how-the-internet-became-straight/.

This review of Alexander Monea’s book The Digital Closet draws useful parallels between conservative anti-porn efforts of the past, and the impact that crackdowns on online pornography are having on digital queer spaces. Heteronormativity and homophobia are baked into the algorithms and interfaces that define how we use the internet.