The most marginalized groups deserve as much access, resources and social capital in aid against harassment as white victims.

It seems to have occurred to no one that if we could stop punishing people for being mentally ill, and for speaking up about it, we could actually get the "conversation" we claim to want.

#GiveYourMoneyToWomen is more than a hashtag, it’s a theory and practical framework of gender justice.

In the wipe of rights to our ancestral homelands and the realization that a country we call home doesn’t understand our sovereignty, social media has played a huge role in igniting movements that bring awareness and positive change.

The subjugation of Black people will never end until white people confront their desire to see Black bodies suffer.

As women of colour, online spaces and social networks have enabled us to produce and control our own stories, build networks and communities and find our scattered tribes.

Confronting the darkness that lies with anonymity as a defining factor of online spaces.

As much as social media activism has evolved, it cannot escape its dependency on oppressive norms, ripping the legitimacy of movements from their creators.

While trends are provoking of such surprise and dismay, are so formidable, so worthy of journalistic inquiry and coverage, there is little to no critical analysis of “trending” itself.

This is the year that social media has really stepped into its power.