Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology; Issue no. 15 (February 2019)

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Edited by Pallavi Guha, Radhika Gajjala, and Carol Stabile

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    (Fembot Collective, 2019-02) Mobilus in Mobili
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    #MosqueMeToo: Islamic Feminism in the Twittersphere
    (Fembot Collective, 2019-02) Point, Camille
    In this paper I examine the impact of social media campaigns, using the trending hashtag #MosqueMeToo as an artifact to analyze the extent to which these visual codes (through their democratic modes of participation) provide Muslim women with an accessible way to share their lived experiences and claim space within a virtual forum. Through highlighting the widespread impact of the hashtag Islamic feminist movement, I argue for the benefits of having a carefully articulated and tentative convergence of contemporary feminism and religious belonging rather than a critical distance between the two.
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    Online Activism: Centering Marginalized Voices in Activist Work
    (Fembot Collective, 2019-02) Mohammed, Wunpini Fatimata
    This article contextualizes feminist activism within Northern Ghana, highlighting the complexities of activism in this society. I argue that although social media provides space for the articulation of marginalized voices, it is imperative to examine how cultural capital and an intimate knowledge of power dynamics within a socio-cultural context shapes successful activist work. Therefore, online activism when complemented by activist work offline, can be used to address injustices towards marginalized people. I contextualize the case within a religiously conservative society, emphasizing the role that an activist’s positionality can play in facilitating activist work. Throughout the article, I deconstruct activism, shedding light on the evolution and malleability of activism depending on whether or not activist work leads to concrete results. Therefore, I draw on critical technocultural discourse analysis (CTDA) to contextualize activist work that I engaged in, together with non-activist identifying people and feminist allies to seek justice for a woman who was front and center in our quest to address sexism publicly directed at her.
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    Women Tweet on Violence: From #YesAllWomen to #MeToo
    (Fembot Collective, 2019-02) Jackson, Sarah J; Moya, Bailey; Foucault Welles, Brooke
    From the earliest feminist press to Twitter, women have used technology to create and sustain narratives that demand attention and redress for gendered violence. Herein we argue that the #MeToo boom was made possible by the digital labor, consciousness-raising, and alternative storytelling created through the #YesAllWomen, #SurvivorPrivilege, #WhyIStayed, and #TheEmptyChair hashtag networks. Each of these hashtags highlight women’s experiences with interpersonal and institutionally-enabled violence and each was precipitated by high-profile news events. Alongside an examination of Twitter networks, we consider the social and cultural conditions that made each hashtag significant at particular moments, examining the ideological and political work members of these hashtag networks perform. We find that feminist hashtags have been successful in creating an easy-to-digest shorthand that challenges and changes mainstream narratives about violence and victimhood.
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    ladymouth: Anti-Social-Media Art As Research
    (Fembot Collective, 2019-02) Ciston, Sarah
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    Torn: A Social Media Drama over the Aziz Ansari Scandal
    (Fembot Collective, 2019-02) Bivens, Rena; Khan, Ummni
    This is a work of fiction that addresses social media platforms and communication channels that are intimately entangled with contemporary movements related to empowerment, oppression, and sexual violence. We created a video that is composed solely of screen recordings from our protagonist’s computer and smart phone. Within a Canadian context and from the perspective of a graduate student, our narrative explores fear, ambivalence, identity, pressure, performance, and image management through the lens of the recent scandal that surrounded celebrity-comedian Aziz Ansari and the broader relationship to the #MeToo movement.
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    Introduction: Sexual Violence, Social Movements, and Social Media
    (Fembot Collective, 2019-02) Guha, Pallavi; Stabile, Carol A; Gajjala, Radhika, 1960-