Networked Feminisms: Activist Assemblies and Digital Practices

Feminists use online platforms, practices, and tools to create solidarity and articulate a critical politics that refuses popular forms of individual, consumerist, white feminist empowerment. This collection of essays showcases how feminists are organizing online to mobilize various feminist, queer, trans, disability, reproductive justice, and racial equality movements. It provides a comprehensive overview of how feminists are employing the tools of the internet for political change, grounded in intersectional feminism.

Format: Hardback
Length: 262 pages
Publication date: 16 November 2021
Publisher: Lexington Books

Feminists have embraced the power of the internet to create spaces of solidarity and articulate a critical politics that challenges popular forms of individual, consumerist, and white feminist empowerment. Through a diverse range of online platforms, practices, and tools, feminists are organizing online to mobilize various feminist, queer, trans, disability, reproductive justice, and racial equality movements. This collection of essays, featuring scholars and activists from various disciplinary perspectives, showcases the diverse ways in which feminists are leveraging the internet to drive political change.

Intersectional feminism, which recognizes the interconnectedness of power and oppression based on race, class, gender, ability, sexuality, and other identities, serves as the foundation of this book. It gathers provocations, analyses, creative explorations, theorizations, and case studies of networked feminist activist practices, providing a comprehensive overview of how feminists are employing the tools of the internet for political transformation.

By archiving important work already done within feminist digital cultures and serving as a blueprint for future feminist action, this collection plays a vital role in shaping the future of feminist organizing and advocacy. It highlights the potential of the internet to create meaningful connections, amplify voices, and foster collective action, as feminists continue to navigate the complexities of a rapidly changing digital landscape.

Weight: 608g
Dimension: 225 x 158 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781793613790