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Feminist Social Media Resources

Feminist Social Media Resources. Click a picture to begin!. Social media and Feminism. Create a place where women are free to express thoughts and ideas Social media has changed traditional methods of activism Maximize visibility for feminist and feminist organizations. Home.

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Feminist Social Media Resources

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  1. Feminist Social Media Resources Click a picture to begin!

  2. Social media and Feminism • Create a place where women are free to express thoughts and ideas • Social media has changed traditional methods of activism • Maximize visibility for feminist and feminist organizations Home

  3. Feminist Blogs The oldest feminist blog Feminist blog for mothers The largest female blogging community As of 2008, 36.2 million American women participate in “Blogosphere” Home

  4. Tumblr • A blogging site • Short form blogs (microblogging) • Microblog – smaller in actual size and aggregate file size • Users exchange small elements of content: short sentences, video links, individual images Is This Feminist? Lipstick Feminists Upsetting Rape Culture Home

  5. Twitter • Microblogging service • Send and read messages of 140 characters or less Feminist News Feminist Campus SlutWalk NYC Home

  6. Facebook • Users create profiles • Can join interest groups and “like” pages • Plays a huge role in online feminist activism Crunk Feminist Collective Love Consent Home

  7. Who Needs Feminism? • Started at Duke University • Women students decided to fight back against misconceptions regarding feminism • Tumblr page Who needs feminism is separate from the blog category because it has taken on a life of its own. It brings people of all races and genders together to understand why feminism is still important. is now ALL over the internet. Home

  8. Conclusion The interaction between feminism and social media has come a long way from the electronic magazines of the late 1990s/early 2000s. Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and other blog websites increase visibility of these causes to thousands of people and give people from all walks of life the opportunity to come together to discuss issues and ideas pertaining to feminism and women’s rights.

  9. Bibliography • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblr • http://www.fem2pt0.com/2010/04/15/tweeting-feminists-exploring-feminism-and-social-media/ • http://whoneedsfeminism.com/about.html

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