#HashtagActivism: Networks of Race and Gender Justice
- 8h 58m 29s
- Brooke Foucault Welles, Genie Lauren, Moya Bailey, Sarah J. Jackson
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- 2020
The power of hashtag activism became clear in 2011, when #IranElection served as an organizing tool for Iranians protesting a disputed election and offered a global audience a front-row seat to a nascent revolution. Since then, activists have used a variety of hashtags to advocate, mobilize, and communicate. In this audiobook, Sarah Jackson, Moya Bailey, and Brooke Foucault Welles explore how and why Twitter has become an important platform for historically disenfranchised populations, including Black Americans, women, and transgender people.
The authors describe how such hashtags as #MeToo, #SurvivorPrivilege, and #WhyIStayed have challenged the conventional understanding of gendered violence; examine the voices and narratives of Black feminism enabled by #FastTailedGirls, #YouOKSis, and #SayHerName; and explore the creation and use of #GirlsLikeUs, a network of transgender women. They investigate the digital signatures of the "new civil rights movement" - the online activism, storytelling, and strategy-building that set the stage for #BlackLivesMatter - and recount the spread of racial justice hashtags after the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and other high-profile incidents of killings by police. Finally, they consider hashtags created by allies, including #AllMenCan and #CrimingWhileWhite.
In this Audiobook
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1. Women Tweet on Violence: From #YesAllWomen to #MeToo
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2. Visions of Black Feminism: #FastTailedGirls, #YouOKSis, #SayHerName
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3. #GirlsLikeUs: Trans Feminist Advocacy and Community Building
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4. Racial Violence and Racial Profiling: From #OscarGrant to #TrayvonMartin
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5. From #Ferguson to #FalconHeights: The Networked Case for Black Lives
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6. The Utility of Digital Allyship: #AllMenCan and #CrimingWhileWhite
