Bodies like yours: Enquiring data privacy in FemTech

T Almeida, L Shipp, M Mehrnezhad… - Adjunct Proceedings of …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
The digitalisation of the reproductive body has seen a myriad of cutting-edge technologies to
prioritise neglected intimate health and care topics, such as fertility and contraception. The …

Tactful Feminist Sensing: Designing for Touching Vaginal Fluids

N Campo Woytuk, JY Park, J Maslik… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Observing the texture, color, and conductivity of cervical mucus has the potential to support
menstrual cycle and fertility tracking, generating a layer of rich bodily, tactile/haptic …

Social Justice in HCI: A Systematic Literature Review

I Chordia, LB Baltaxe-Admony, A Boone… - Proceedings of the CHI …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Given the renewed attention on politics, values, and ethics within our field and the wider
cultural milieu, now is the time to take stock of social justice research in HCI. We surveyed …

" Islamically, I am not on my period": A Study of Menstrual Tracking in Muslim Women in the US

Z Ibrahim, P Panchpor, N Nurain… - Proceedings of the CHI …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
The widespread adoption of menstrual tracking applications has garnered much attention
with recent research focusing on inclusive design. However, existing literature has yet to …

Ambivalences in digital contraception: designing for mixed feelings and oscillating relations

JY Park, N Campo Woytuk, D Yadav, X Huang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The 'intimate horizons' of algorithmic, self-tracking technologies have become increasingly
important. These applications are no longer perceived as distant, instrumental entities, but …

Foregrounding women's safety in mobile social matching and dating apps: a participatory design study

HK Aljasim, D Zytko - Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The design of social matching and dating apps has changed continually through the years,
marked notably by a shift to mobile devices, and yet user safety has not historically been a …

[HTML][HTML] Analyzing User Reviews of the First Digital Contraceptive: Mixed Methods Study

M Ciolfi Felice, MLJ Søndergaard, M Balaam - Journal of medical Internet …, 2023 - jmir.org
Background People in Western countries are increasingly rejecting hormone-based birth
control and expressing a preference for hormone-free methods. Digital contraceptives have …

Collective Privacy Sensemaking on Social Media about Period and Fertility Tracking post Roe v. Wade

Q Song, R Ma, Y Kou, X Gui - Proceedings of the ACM on Human …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which has led to full
bans on most abortions in 14 states within one year. Many people in the US use period and …

Exploring Privacy Practices of Female mHealth Apps in a Post-Roe World

LM Malki, I Kaleva, D Patel, M Warner… - Proceedings of the CHI …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Mobile apps which support women's health have developed rapidly alongside the
increasing de-stigmatisation of female reproductive wellbeing. However, the ubiquity of …

Reimagining the cycle: interaction in self-tracking period apps and menstrual empowerment

B Tylstedt, M Normark, L Eklund - Frontiers in Computer Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
FemTech, technology often in the forms of apps developed to specifically target female
health issues, have billions of users globally. Yet, despite the popularity of eg, period …