Lipgloss and LLMs
Lipgloss and LLMs is for the woman who wants to understand AI without being talked down to, scared into it, or sold something. Every week I break down what's actually happening in tech; the tools, the history, the careers, the receipts in plain language
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 9
- Latest publication
- Sep 17, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 3, 2026
Latest issues
Is Your Period App Selling Your Data? What Stardust, Flo, and Others Actually Do With It (opens the original)
Read excerpt
A quick note before you read: Most of the legal and regulatory context in this piece is American, largely because that’s where some of the most documented cases, enforcement actions, and post-Roe privacy concerns have played out. But the bigger issue is not uniquely American. Period trackers, health apps, AI assistants, and the intimate data we give them are used everywhere. The questions around trust, privacy, and where that information goes affect all of us.This piece started with one very sim
What If AI Was Built With You in Mind? - Girl, Read This 014 (opens the original)
Read excerpt
An AI assistant built specifically for Black communities made me question something we mostly take for granted: what does it mean for technology to be neutral?<img alt="Image of people in a room networking" class="sizing-no
Claude Just Started Signing Its Own Work. You Can't See It, But It's there- Girl, Read This 013 (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="813" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Jd3X!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F26981dda-f4b6-440d-bae6-2881582d1756_2752x1536.j
He Flew to Thailand for a Job. He Came Back Running AI Scams for Traffickers. (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="941" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Cs9w!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9977b489-96d6-4af4-a69d-579584b7e988_1672x9
The AI Detector Said My Writing Was 100% AI - Girl, Read This 012 (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="819" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DR9H!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88cb0ea4-310f-4e13-acc7-4ffa347d45a9_1672x941.png"
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.