Pain Generation : Social Media, Feminist Activism, and the Neoliberal Selfie /
Saraswati, L. Ayu
Pain Generation : Social Media, Feminist Activism, and the Neoliberal Selfie / L. Ayu Saraswati. - 1 online resource
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Explores the perils and promise of feminist social media activismSocial media has become the front-and-center arena for feminist activism. Responding to and enacting the political potential of pain inflicted in acts of sexual harassment, violence, and abuse, Asian American and Asian Canadian feminist icons such as rupi kaur, Margaret Cho, and Mia Matsumiya have turned to social media to share their stories with the world. But how does such activism reconcile with the platforms on which it is being cultivated, when its radical messaging is at total odds with the neoliberal logic governing social media?Pain Generation troubles this phenomenon by articulating a "neoliberal self(ie) gaze" through which these feminist activistssee and storify the self on social media as "good" neoliberal subjects who are appealing, inspiring, and entertaining. This book offers a fresh perspective on feminist activism by demonstrating how the problematic neoliberal logic governing digital spaces like Instagram and Twitter limits the possibilities of how one might use social media for feminist activism.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781479808342 9781479808359
10.18574/nyu/9781479808342.001.0001 doi
2020039539
Feminism.
Sexual harassment.
Social justice.
Social media.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
#12daysofrage. Asian American women. Ecology. Instagram. Kawaii aesthetics. Margaret Cho. Mia Matsumiya. Neoliberal feminism. Neoliberal self(ie). Online Shaming. Performative and collective silence. Phantasmagoria. Practical questions. Racial oscillation. Reimagining social media activism. Sahar Pirzada. Sarcasm. Sexual harassment. Sharing economy of emotions. Silence as feminist agency. Silence as testimony. Twitter. Vigilant eco-love. affect alienation. neoliberal self(ie). perv_magnet. rupi kaur.
HF5549.5.S45
302.23082
Pain Generation : Social Media, Feminist Activism, and the Neoliberal Selfie / L. Ayu Saraswati. - 1 online resource
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Explores the perils and promise of feminist social media activismSocial media has become the front-and-center arena for feminist activism. Responding to and enacting the political potential of pain inflicted in acts of sexual harassment, violence, and abuse, Asian American and Asian Canadian feminist icons such as rupi kaur, Margaret Cho, and Mia Matsumiya have turned to social media to share their stories with the world. But how does such activism reconcile with the platforms on which it is being cultivated, when its radical messaging is at total odds with the neoliberal logic governing social media?Pain Generation troubles this phenomenon by articulating a "neoliberal self(ie) gaze" through which these feminist activistssee and storify the self on social media as "good" neoliberal subjects who are appealing, inspiring, and entertaining. This book offers a fresh perspective on feminist activism by demonstrating how the problematic neoliberal logic governing digital spaces like Instagram and Twitter limits the possibilities of how one might use social media for feminist activism.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781479808342 9781479808359
10.18574/nyu/9781479808342.001.0001 doi
2020039539
Feminism.
Sexual harassment.
Social justice.
Social media.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
#12daysofrage. Asian American women. Ecology. Instagram. Kawaii aesthetics. Margaret Cho. Mia Matsumiya. Neoliberal feminism. Neoliberal self(ie). Online Shaming. Performative and collective silence. Phantasmagoria. Practical questions. Racial oscillation. Reimagining social media activism. Sahar Pirzada. Sarcasm. Sexual harassment. Sharing economy of emotions. Silence as feminist agency. Silence as testimony. Twitter. Vigilant eco-love. affect alienation. neoliberal self(ie). perv_magnet. rupi kaur.
HF5549.5.S45
302.23082