Social Media
the Week of June 30, 2014
We analyze how Facebook constructs sharing, explore how online protest is built, and critique media, safety and attribution on Twitter. We discuss moral panic and contested digital space, and anti-blackness and misogynoir on social networks. We expose how social media activism and women’s organization is co-opted to promote harmful legislation. We describe common derailing strategies used in the open source community, and think through what it means to be “visible” on the internet. Header image CC-BY Eric Fischer, cropped and filtered.
Tweeting From Inside The Bell Jar
Grappling with social media’s dual nature as both an outlet and a trigger for depression.
“Internet Famous”: Visibility As Violence On Social Media
How the fuck does your “meritocracy” explain this?
The Brogrammer’s Guide to Derailing
Soon enough, you'll have defeated all those misguided Social Justice Warriors, for the good of mankind (where mankind = brogrammers)!
#TwitterPanic
Feminist Killjoys, #TwitterPanic, And AAPI Feminist Digital Disruption
“Raving Amazons”: Antiblackness and Misogynoir in Social Media
I can’t help but see historical parallels in the multiple forms of antiblack backlash Black women have received on social media over the past few years.
No IVAWA
Often absent from the mainstream discussion of global and domestic violence against women is the recognition of the state as a perpetrator.
Reckoning with a Decade of Breaking Things
The Zuckerberg Files and Facebook’s Enduring Contempt for the World
More Than the Message
Media, Safety and Attribution in Online Activism
The Hashtag: Building #StandWithLeah
Powerful institutions speak two languages: media and money.
This issue is made possible in part by some of our generous readers: Cameron Russell, Michael Handler,Anil Dash, Leo Franchi, Christina Morillo, Chase Tingley, Keith Rarick and John Feminella.