Networked Feminisms: Activist Assemblies and Digital Practices

263 Pages·2021·11.802 MB·English

by  Shana MacDonald (editor), Michelle MacArthur (editor), Milena Radzikowska (editor), Brianna I. Wiens (editor)

Networked Feminisms

Networked Feminisms
Activist Assemblies and Digital Practices
Edited by Shana MacDonald,
Brianna I. Wiens, Michelle MacArthur,
and Milena Radzikowska
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Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction:FeministTakesonNetworkingJustice 1
1 ASignoftheTimes:HashtagFeminismasaConceptual
Framework 21
TaraL.Conley
2 VirtualSojourners:TheDualityofVisibilityandErasurefor
BlackWomenandLGBTQPeopleintheDigitalAge 49
MelissaBrown
3 ChronicFem(me)bots:KeywordsforCripFeminists 67
AdanJerreat-Poole
4 VirtualDwelling:FeministOrientationstoDigitalCommunities 85
BriannaI.Wiens
5 NativeandIndigenousWomen’sCyber-DefenseofLandsand
Peoples 109
MarisaElenaDuarte
6 “BeingSeenforWhoIAm”:CounterpublicTransIntelligibility
andQueerWorldmakingonYouTube 129
AceJ.Eckstein
7 Online(Indian/SouthAsian)DigitalProtestPublicsNegotiating
#POC,#BIPOC,and#anticaste 145
RadhikaGajjala,SarahFord,VijetaKumar,andSujatha
Subramanian
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8 AffectAmplifiers:FeministActivistsandDigitalCartographies
ofFeminicide 163
HelenaSuárezVal
9 ReproductiveJusticeandActivismOnline:DigitalFeminisms
andOrganizational/ActivistUseofSocialNetworkingSites 187
LeandraH.HernándezandSarahDeLosSantosUpton
10 RacialJusticeandScholar-Activism 205
AngelaSmith,IhudiyaFindaWilliams,andAlexandraTo
11 HopeWearsaWhiteCollar:RBGMemesandSignifying
IntergenerationalSolidarity 221
ElizabethNathanson
Index 241
AbouttheContributors 249
Acknowledgments
The editorial team would very much like to thank Judith Lakamper at Lex-
ington Books for supporting this collection of essays from day one and for
offering so much vital support, patience, and flexibility, especially as we
fumbledourwaythroughtheCOVID-19pandemic.Everybookshouldbeso
lucky as to have someone like Judith in their corner. We would also like to
offerourgratitudetoSabrinaLowandMay Allah Nehmatfortheireditorial
assistanceinbringingthemanuscripttofruition.Aspecialthanksgoestothe
contributors of this collection for their brilliant feminist work and activism.
Theworldbecomesabetterplacebecauseoftheworkdonebythoselikethe
authors in this book. We are eternally grateful to you, and to our future
feministthinkersandactivists.
SHANAMACDONALD:IwouldliketothanktheGamesInstituteatthe
UniversityofWaterlooforofferingthespaceandinstitutionalsupportofthe
qcollaborative (qLab) and the Feminist ThinkTank (FTT) working group. I
am also grateful for the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Re-
search Council of Canada, as well as the University of Waterloo Gender
EquityGrant,forhelpinginthedevelopmentoftheresearch-creationproject
FeministsDoMedia(Instagram:@aesthetic.resistance),whichofferedaway
toconnectwithcommunitiesoffeministactivismonline.
BRIANNA WIENS: This editorial team, Shana, Michelle, and Milena,
deservesthegreatestofthanks.Agooddealoflaborwentintothisbookand
the fiery feminist energy of the team held us together, even amidst a global
pandemic. I’m also thankful for the provocative conversations and calls to
action from the members of the qLab and Feminist ThinkTank, and for the
financialsupportoftheSocialSciencesandHumanitiesResearchCouncilof
Canada and the York University Provost Dissertation Scholarship that al-
lowedforthe space and time to think more critically and generatively about
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therelationshipbetweenintersectionalfeminismanddigitalmediaanditsre-
futuring potentials. A special thanks goes, again, to Shana for her academic
mentorship,friendship,andmagicoverthelastsevenyears.
MICHELLE MACARTHUR: I would like to thank the University of
Windsor’s Humanities Research Group, which supported my work on this
projectthroughtheir2019–2020Fellowshipandthecollegialityandcommu-
nity encouraged by its director, Dr. Kim Nelson. I am also grateful for the
supportoftheCanadianAssociationofTheatreResearchinmakingspacefor
seminars dedicated to digital feminisms at its 2019 and 2020 conferences.
Co-led bymyself andShana, these seminars facilitated networks of feminist
scholars working in the discipline of Theatre and Performance Studies and
providedanearlytestinggroundforsomeofthematerialinthiscollection.I
alsoextendmygratitudetomyco-editors,Shana,Bri,andMilena, forinvit-
ingmeintotheirresearchcirclewithgenerosityandwarmth.
MILENA RADZIKOWSKA: My biggest thanks to Shana, Bri, and Mi-
chelle for including me in this important work, and to the qLab—and Dr.
JenniferRoberts-Smithspecifically—forbringingustogether.I will beeter-
nallygratefultoDr.MakiMotapanyaneforthementorshipandsupportshe’s
giftedmeoverthepastthreeyears.