Sarah Sharma artfully weaves a story about the ways that Big Tech patriarchs have a coherent media theoryone that makes tools out of you and meand lays the groundwork for a countertheory to break that logic. Let us all aspire to be Broken Machines in a land of toxic masculine machinations.Alex Hanna, co-author of The AI Con
In the aptly titled and elegantly written Insufferable Tools, Sarah Sharma, with great brilliance and incisive wit, urges us to consider the stark reality of the connection between gender and technology, insisting on how these domains are mutually constitutive. This is an absolute must-read, not only for those who are interested in gender and technology, but indeed all of us who live our lives as tools of the patriarchal techno-logic.Sarah Banet-Weiser, Walter H. Annenberg Dean and Lauren Berlant Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
