Feminisms on the web: lines and forms of action in contemporary feminist debate*

Abstract

The present article seeks to understand the uses of the internet as a space for action and reflection among feminist groups in the Brazilian scene. It takes as its focus the relationships between new feminist generations and esthetics and the social space of the internet. Several feminist groups have emphasized the use of the internet and social networks as relevant platforms for organization, news and political expression. I thus take as my object of analysis one of the most important blogs in the Brazilian context: Blogueiras Feministas (Feminist Bloggers -BF), seeking to use this as an ethnographic resource in order to understand the set of actors and collectives working within this feminist scenario, as well as the spaces and social, political and cultural strategies that appear within it.

New Brazilian feminisms and online networks: Cyberfeminism, protest and the female ‘Arab Spring’

“…Wakeford (2000Wakeford ( , 2002 As Khamis (Carter et al, 2015) has argued, thousands of women throughout the region played a visible role in the 2011 Arab Spring, having taken to the streets to call for an end to the dictatorship, demanding freedom and defying traditional gender roles, thus appearing in "the frontline of resistance and risking their lives" (in Carter et al, 2015, 565). In the Brazilian case, the political mobilization of women has slowly grown in the last years, including various Slut Marches throughout Brazil in 2011 (Ferreira, 2015) One of the strengths of the Blogueiras Feministas has been precisely its list of discussion in the forum section, an initiative of Cynthia Semiramis, but which has also migrated to the social media platform, Facebook. According to Bia Cardoso, the main purpose of the blog, a grassroots initiative run by eight people but which also participates in institutional events, is to encourage debate and stimulate Internet activism within an editorial policy that favours intersectional feminism.…”

“…Natansohn et al, 2013;Ferreira, 2015;Gomes and Sorj, 2014) examining contemporary Brazilian feminisms and the phenomenon which Alvarez (2014 in Ferreira, 2015) (Ferreira, 2015, 206-207).…”

Ciberviolencia en la red. Nuevas formas de retórica disciplinaria en contra del feminismo

“…A pesar de que la relación entre ciencia, tecnología y género sea ampliamente significativa, su estudio ha sido en cierta medida residual, y se ha llegado a hablar de una «ceguera de género» (Perdomo, 2016). No obstante, existe suficiente evidencia científica acerca de la histórica y aún persistente brecha de género en el acceso a los principales medios digitales (Zoonen, 2002;Ferreira, 2015). Generalmente, la presencia de los hombres ha tendido a primar sobre la de las mujeres en el entorno virtual.…”

“…A nivel global, las mujeres dedican una media de horas mensuales mayor (4,53 h) en comparación con los hombres (3,77 h) (Statista, 2016b). A pesar de tener un acceso más restringido, las mujeres parecen aprovechar en mayor medida que los hombres las posibilidades de comunicación y apoyo social que ofrece la Red (Zoonen, 2002;Joiner et al, 2012, Ferreira, 2015. Así mismo, los estudios y las estadísticas comparativas sugieren que la brecha de género en el entorno online se irá reduciendo cada vez más.…”

Laerte \'vestido de mulher\': uma investigação sobre a representação de gênero e sexualidade na mídia

“…Carolina Ferreira (2015) parece acertar em cheio ao relacionar o surgimento e a continuidade da Marcha das Vadias 37 em diversas cidades do Brasil à abertura do que a antropóloga qualifica como um "espaço de rearticulação de convenções feministas" 38 .…”