Intersectional digital feminism: assessing the participation politics and impact of the MeToo movement in China

Yin, Siyuan; Sun, Yu

doi:10.1080/14680777.2020.1837908

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“…The definition of "digital feminism" in this study is based on the previous study, that is, "feminist protest and activism enabled by digital media in the form of networked and/or collective actions towards transformative changes of the unequal power structure" [12]. Due to the "call-out" culture, digital feminism can challenge sexism, patriarchy, and misogyny, making the predicament of women more visible to implement the huge transformation from being dominated by the patriarchy to being equal to men both on the virtual and the real world [2].…”

Section: Digital Feminism Under the Nowadays Feminism: Development Op...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…That is, white women are the dominant architects and defenders of the framework [15]. In the Chinese context, it shares a similarity with the western one in that the offline maledominance social structure is duplicated the social media platforms [12]. Meanwhile, with the unique Confucianism from ancient times, Chinese people attach great importance to harmony.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Feminism Discourse in Different Gender-Temperament Social Media

Huang¹

2022

Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange（ICLACE 2022)

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With the development of social media platforms, digital feminism has grown up in cyberspace. Many research pays attention to one case or one platform in the digital feminism study, while few studies focus on the comparison of feminism in the social media of the different features. This study can fill this gap and compare feminism on Weibo, Bilibili, and RED through the social figure of Yang Li. Through the literature review and text analysis, the program analyzed the discourse of each platform. The study argues that the main topic of feminism discourse varies from platform to platform, which is largely influenced by the gender temperament of social media: Weibo, Bilibili, and RED, three social media platforms which focus on masculinity, professional code, and model building respectively.

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Section: Digital Feminism Under the Nowadays Feminism: Development Op...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Digital Feminism Under the Nowadays Feminism: Development Op...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Feminism Discourse in Different Gender-Temperament Social Media

Huang¹

2022

Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange（ICLACE 2022)

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“…Furthermore, this critique takes an overwhelmingly white and Western-centric perspective on digital activism. Digital feminism has had a particular impact in countries where mainstream media is more vehemently censored (Brimacombe et al, 2018;Han, 2021;Tan, 2017;Wiedlack, 2018;Yin & Sun, 2021). For example, in 2015, five women, nicknamed the Feminist Five, were detained in China for planning an event addressing sexual harassment on public transportation (Zheng, 2015).…”

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“…Hashtags are the ‘# symbol followed by a thematic word or phrase’ (Mendes et al, 2018, p. 237) used to attract people to a certain topic or event allowing for conversations among users. Hashtag feminism is the process of using a hashtag to ‘produce communities of conversation among disparate Twitter users’ (Keller et al, 2019, p. 16) with the aim of subverting commonly held patriarchal ideas and dialogue (Dixon, 2014; Yin & Sun, 2021). The feminist use of hashtags is a form of what Shaw (2016) calls discursive activism which is ‘speech or texts that seek to challenge opposing discourses by exposing power relations within these discourses, denaturalizing what appears normal and demonstrating the flawed assumptions of mainstream social discourse’ (p. 42).…”

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“…Built into the hashtag is the function of connectivity that has the potential to open new ‘discursive spaces’ allowing feminists to ‘invent and circulate counter discourses, which in turn permit them to formulate oppositional interpretations of their identities, interests, and needs’ (Sills et al, 2016, p. 937). Hashtag feminism has been shown to assist in creating meaningful connections between individuals (Bowles Eagle, 2015; Cole & Atuk, 2019; Lopez et al, 2019; Mendes et al, 2018), attracting attention from mainstream media on diverse topics (Brimacombe et al, 2018; Horeck, 2014; Yin & Sun, 2021), and shifting conversations, online and off, to individuals or movements that are often ignored or derided (Akinbobola, 2019; Higgs, 2015; Jackson et al, 2018; Williams, 2015, 2016). Hashtags can also act as an accessible educational tool, even when people choose not to actively participate in the creation of content (Peters & Besley, 2019).…”

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‘I wanna kill my rapist’: Margaret Cho’s #12DaysofRage campaign as promotional digital activism

Trusolino

2022

Communication and the Public

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On November 1, 2015, comedian Margaret Cho announced a two-part campaign inspired by her history as a sexual-abuse survivor, to promote her new music video ‘I Wanna Kill My Rapist’. This included the creation of the hashtag #12DaysofRage. In this article, I explore how Cho used her status as a celebrity to circulate #12DaysofRage which acted as a discursive intervention in rape culture. I used content analysis and thematic analysis to identify themes in the archive of 2401 tweets I collected. I also performed a feminist discourse analysis on both the tweets and news coverage of the campaign to situate the hashtag within its historical, social, and political context. I argue that Cho performed what I call ‘promotional activism’, a subsection of celebrity activism where a celebrity promotes a cause as part of the promotion of a particular project or product. Cho’s choice to centre herself in the campaign made it impossible to separate Cho from the hashtag, preventing #12DaysofRage from greater viral potential, but still acting as a resonant, but ephemeral, gathering point for survivor-focused advocacy.

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The Impact of the Media and the Mediated Menstrual Movement on Young People’s Attitudes Towards Activism, Menstruation, and Menstrual Stigma

Tomlinson

2024

Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change

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Drawing on focus groups with 77 male, female, and non-binary teenagers in Yorkshire, this chapter examines the extent to which the menstrual movement, social media, and the news media have destigmatised menstruation for young people in Great Britain. The chapter argues that the ‘everyday’ presence of menstruation in young people’s virtual worlds is encouraging them to view it as a natural bodily experience about which they can speak openly with family, with friends, and, increasingly, within mixed gender groups. Since the menstrual movement has catalysed and sustained this increased visibility, these findings offer a very strong indicator of the success of the movement’s central aim of destigmatising menstruation. Nevertheless, many young men do not feel included by the menstrual movement and feel unsure as to when and how they can communicate about menstruation. They are, however, keen to learn more about menstrual experiences and how they can better support their family and friends. Thus, the most impactful way in which menstrual activists can further reduce menstrual stigma is to engage men effectively and to support them to become allies. Furthermore, the chapter argues that the menstrual movement would resonate better with young people through amplifying the voices of activists from ethnic minority groups. Finally, the chapter illustrates that social media has transformed how young people understand, appreciate, and conduct activism.

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Intersectional digital feminism: assessing the participation politics and impact of the MeToo movement in China

Cited by 79 publications

References 24 publications

Feminism Discourse in Different Gender-Temperament Social Media

Feminism Discourse in Different Gender-Temperament Social Media

‘I wanna kill my rapist’: Margaret Cho’s #12DaysofRage campaign as promotional digital activism

The Impact of the Media and the Mediated Menstrual Movement on Young People’s Attitudes Towards Activism, Menstruation, and Menstrual Stigma

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