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What Is Your Mother's Maiden Name?
A Feminist History of Online Security Questions
Bonnie Ruberg
Feminist Media Histories, Vol. 3 No. 3, Summer 2017; (pp. 57-81) DOI: 10.1525/fmh.2017.3.3.57
Bonnie Ruberg
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https://doi.org/10.1525/fmh.2017.3.3.57
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  • Published online July 13, 2017.

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  1. Bonnie Ruberg

    Bonnie Ruberg is a postdoctoral scholar in the Interactive Media and Games Division at the University of Southern California and an assistant professor of informatics at the University of California, Irvine. They received their PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, with emphases in new media and gender studies. Their research focuses on gender and sexuality in digital media. They are the coeditor of the volume Queer Game Studies (University of Minnesota Press, 2017) and the lead organizer of the annual Queerness and Games Conference. Previously they have worked as a technology journalist for the Village Voice and other publications.

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Vol. 3 No. 3, Summer 2017

Feminist Media Histories: 3 (3)
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A Feminist History of Online Security Questions
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Feminist Media Histories, Vol. 3 No. 3, Summer 2017; (pp. 57-81) DOI: 10.1525/fmh.2017.3.3.57
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A Feminist History of Online Security Questions
Bonnie Ruberg
Feminist Media Histories, Vol. 3 No. 3, Summer 2017; (pp. 57-81) DOI: 10.1525/fmh.2017.3.3.57
Bonnie Ruberg
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    • METHODS, INTERLOCUTORS, AND INTERVENTIONS
    • ONLINE SECURITY QUESTIONS: A DIGITAL HISTORY
    • AUTHENTICATING IDENTITY THROUGH HETERONORMATIVITY
    • SECURITY QUESTIONS: A PRE-DIGITAL HISTORY
    • WHAT IS YOUR MOTHER's MAIDEN NAME?
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