I was about 50% into reading the book when I saw some reviews talking about the author's TERF-y views based on some posts she had made and a petition from a woman's organization asking she not be chosen to speak at a festival due to these views. In all honesty, since this was a while ago alot of these posts have been deleted and harder to track down so it's hard for me to reflect on the accuracy of those specific claims (outside of the petition which did happen).
Reflecting on the book though, you do realize that it does not mention LGBT+ people in her analysis. This in itself wasn't the gripe I had with the book as unfortunately books can't always be exhaustive of everything. However, one or two lines mentioning the community and how this analysis would be outside of its scope at least acknowledges that LGTB+, particularly trans women, are also affected by a data bias. If I remember correctly, the book Doing Harm by Maya Dusenbery about how medical bias impacts women does have a sentence saying exactly this.
I didn't continue reading the book after I realized this. Should you read the book, it's something to keep in mind if these issues are of importance to you.
I was about 50% into reading the book when I saw some reviews talking about the author's TERF-y views based on some posts she had made and a petition from a woman's organization asking she not be chosen to speak at a festival due to these views. In all honesty, since this was a while ago alot of these posts have been deleted and harder to track down so it's hard for me to reflect on the accuracy of those specific claims (outside of the petition which did happen).
Reflecting on the book though, you do realize that it does not mention LGBT+ people in her analysis. This in itself wasn't the gripe I had with the book as unfortunately books can't always be exhaustive of everything. However, one or two lines mentioning the community and how this analysis would be outside of its scope at least acknowledges that LGTB+, particularly trans women, are also affected by a data bias. If I remember correctly, the book Doing Harm by Maya Dusenbery about how medical bias impacts women does have a sentence saying exactly this.
I didn't continue reading the book after I realized this. Should you read the book, it's something to keep in mind if these issues are of importance to you.