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Maya Angelou:
Maya Angelou wrote a poem called “Equality”, and it resonates deeply with Black feminist futures. It paints a future that is truly equal, a future where Black women can excel and take care of themselves. A future where they are valued, respected, encouraged. Angelo has to deal with a lot of generational pressure to be this new leader and figure for the new generation to come. To fulfill this role is not easy especially when it’s a constant job there are no off days. She is always active and always engaged in the community and in the politics of everyday life. Some of the luxury of being able to ignore what’s going on in the world or as others have no choice Angela is a role model, and someone everyone should look up to.
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via @kadiatoutubman Patriarchy, like any system of dominance, dictates and regulates which behaviors, beliefs, and standards are acceptable, appropriate, and worthy. And those behvaiors, beliefs, and standards must always, all-ways, uphold and reinforce the power of the dominant group and maintain a social order. 😪 That is what scares folks (of all genders) to see a Black women and MaGes (marginalized genders) like @chloebailey enjoy/own/profit from their sexuality and body autonomy. Some are afraid of us and some are afraid for us. I was afraid for Chloe because I recognized that what she was doing directly (and publicly) challenged power, control, and dominance, which is always met with violence, repression, and policing from both men and women (see my previous post called "How 'Protect Black Women' Can Be Problematic" for a primer). It can't just be "Protect Black Women." It's also "Abolish the Patriarchy/Misogyny." So, to all the Black women folks, Trans folks, gender nonconforming folks, sex worker folks, marginalized folks, they will not bury us. Do you, boo, do you. #freedomfromshame #bodyautonomy #liberation #abolition #blacklivesmatter #smashthepatriarchy #blackwomenmatter #protectblackwomen #feminism #black #women #blackfeministfuture #transliberation #freedomfromfear #selfpreservation #decisionsdecisions #mypower #radicalselflove #radicalselfacceptance #selflove #blackwomenhealing #blackfeminist #blackfeminism #abolition https://www.instagram.com/p/ClHalhpvIOS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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[ID: A light green square post with a wavy lighter green shape in the center-bottom of the page. In the shape is all-caps green text with a Black outline that reads "Queer Youth Assemble wishes you a happy Juneteenth." Above the shape are four illustrated people, drawn from the waist up. They are all BIPOC, and drawn with various clothing, hair styles, and jewelry. End ID.]
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⚖️#ArtIsAWeapon
😡#NYC #AbortionRightsRally Today 6.24, #WashingtonSquarePark, 6:30PM & #UnionSquare, 8:00PM.
Reposted from @mvmnt4blklives Today, the #SupremeCourt has overturned #RoevWade, opening the door to statewide bans that will harm Black people disproportionately. #Reproductivejustice is central to #Blackliberation, and any limit on #abortionaccess disproportionately harms Black women, girls, transgender, and gender non-conforming people.
Black women, girls, transgender, and gender non-conforming people have been subjected to a long history of reproductive control rooted in the brutal legacy of enslavement, and denying access to safe, legal abortion services is a continuation of that troubling history. Self-determination is a key pillar of #Blackpower: the right to maintain our bodily autonomy and make decisions about our families – to have children, to not have children, and to parent the children we already have safely – is essential to our #freedom.
Ultimately, our freedom comes from the movements we build, not courts. And as a Black liberation movement guided by #Blackfeminist values and committed to abolition, we see the fall of Roe for what it is: another avenue for the state to criminalize and harm the most vulnerable among us. The fall of Roe is painful, but now is a time to stay vigilant and engaged. We have tools at our disposal to resist. Get involved with and donate to your local abortion fund at m4bl.link/AbortionFund and follow the lead of organizations like @blackfeministfuture , @sistersong_woc, @newvoicesrj, and @harrietsdreams to get involved in actions near you.
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Are you a Black feminist who’s tired of other people writing our stories? As Black women, girls, and gender-expensive people we can move in the world without side eye from ni$$as with podcasts or expectations of sassy Madea-isms… Smdh. Join @blackfeministfuture for our Miss Me with Misogynoir Summit on Friday, May 20th! Featuring our own @diamondstylz , @teawithqj and Nicole Young.... free to the public so chat with us. We are a trans podcast that covers current events and politics from a pro black feminist lens. Follow. Listen. Share #blackwomen #transwomen #blackfeminism #transnews #transgender #socialjustice https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdv7G6Epzo2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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You bring joy in our darkest hours. You are @harrietsrevenge, our #ReproJustice inspiration and our #BlackFeministFuture. Happy Birthday and I love you my dear friend. 🎂🥰👊🏾 https://www.instagram.com/p/CEiZfH3DBz0SLNjwNvazp7JCMfX3tEUlZZmCHk0/?igshid=15scvkbu72j27
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#Repost @harrietsrevenge • • • • • • In 2016, @blackfeministfuture put out a call to action to Defend Black Womanhood and build community altars for the Black women(cis and trans) and girls killed by the state. @mvmnt4blklives is launching In Defense of Black Life week of action. We are asking people to build community altars honoring our beloveds who were stolen from us due to state violence. To access the community altar building toolkit, visit the link in the bio. #DefendBlackLife #defendblackwomanhood https://instagr.am/p/CA6XT2-AeC4/ Follow #ADPhD on IG: @afrxdiasporaphd
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Yellow = Sunshine = #SolarPlexusChakra = Your center of power. I use yellow to remember who the fuck I am when those identities have been lost or lessened, threatened or minimized. On Thursday, like many others, it was my 1st time seeing so many of my folks in one space. It was my 1st time in a long while feeling connected to my power without effort & feeling connected to y'all. I miss y'all. And I'm grateful so many folks could feel right into what they needed to release. And I honor those who took their necessary time. I'm grateful to the land for holding everything we released & everything we celebrated that night. We need to grieve in order to be well enough, clear enough, fluid enough to do this work. We need to feel safe enough to grieve. We need that grief to move around and to move out. Sometimes we need to sit in it. All times we need to honor it. Thankful for @blackfeministfuture, @mvmnt4blklives, @byp100, & for @evadickerson inviting me to grieve through sound, breath, & movement with y'all. I needed this space. I only took a few pics after it was all over, so.. (at West End Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBGqZ_ZBLgd/?igshid=wdq5mh42j34v
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03.05.2020 VCP2 WEEKLY REPORT
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Just a few words…
In fact, doing a comprehensive research provides a plenty of insights into the content of a subject. Having the multifaceted knowledge of a subject makes a scholar self-confident. In this case, the scholar gets an opportunity of doing interesting observations and making unique arguments when doing a study. In previous studies on hashtag movements, the right-wing discourse is always associated with misogyny, racism and oppression. In my case, the right-wing discourse is double-sided. On one hand, some right-with actors are using a misogynistic and racist language in the context of Syrian refugees, on the other hand, some right-wing actors supports Syrian refugees.
Reading the research material
This week, to be sure about the uniqueness of my argument in my thesis, I revised all studies about hashtag movements. Actually, most of the studies in the context of hashtag activism are about feminist activism, including Turkish ones. While some studies are pure feminist reading of a case, some of them focuses on the interaction between race and gender. More specifically, these works examines the portrayal of black women’s hashtag movements. In a nutshell, they argue that social media platforms can be alternative spaces for women of color to express themselves freely. In this sense, social media is more democratic than news coverage in mainstream media.
One of the most intriguing hashtag movements is #AskThicke. Horeck’s study (2014) focuses #AskThicke movement which is introduced on social media as protest and reaction against misogynistic lyrics of “Blurred Lines” written by Robin Thicke and Pharrel Williams. Under this hashtag, participants humorously criticized Thicke by asking questions (Horeck, 2014, p. 1105–1107). Another study that examines the usage of hashtag activism against sexism is Drüeke and Zobl’s study (2016) (Drüeke & Zobl, 2016, p. 35-54). This study argues that Twitter adopts the function of a simple public, where values and norms are negotiated at everyday level. More specifically, drawing upon the movement of #aufschrei, this article analyzes the sexism nd sexual harassment in German-speaking world. Based on the collected data, this study argues that Twitter does not offer a safe space; anti-feminist and sexist comments are equally visible and might signify new experiences of violence for women (Drüeke & Zobl, 2016, p. 35-51).
In 2017, Indian government defined sanitary pads as luxury good used by women and increased the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on them. Later on, the womens’s rights organization SheSays introduced the hashtag of #LahukaLagaan(tax on blood) on social media. Also, this organization started a petition campaign called #DontTaxMyPeriod with the aim of abolishing the tax on sanitary pad. This hashtag movement had a great media coverage both locally (Times of India, Daily News and Analysis, Hindustan Times and The Economic Times) and internationally (The Huffington Post, NPR, The New York Times and The Guardian). In my case, only online news sites (local) like Time Turk, Diken and Yeni Şafak applied to media coverage. Also, celebrities joined this movement. This struggle is very important for Indian women because according to official numbers 88 percent of Indian women struggle with menstruation with unhygenic methods and the reason behind it is financial burden. In addition to this, the main reason for a high number of absenteeism among female students in schools of rural India is the expensiveness of sanitary pads. However, this hashtag movement achieved its goal partially. Although Ministry of finance did not abolish the tax on sanitary pads, it decreased the percentage of tax on them. Here, again the transformative force of hashtag activism is discernible (Fadnis, 2017, p. 1111-1113).
Feuntes’s study (2019) examines the violence against women and femicide on social media in the context of hashtag of #NiUnaMenos (Not One Woman Less). Feuntes’s concept of “hashtag performativity” highlights the work hashtags do as anchors of digitally networked iterative or citational practices with worldmaking effects. In NUM’s activism, hashtags shape feminist publics, help disseminate counter-pedagogies seeking to debunk patriarchal pedagogies of cruelty, and, ultimately, usher in utopian futures (Altınay, Contreras, Hirsch, Howard, Karaca & Solomon, 2019, p. 172-186).
Some hashtag movements are on the intersection point of race and gender. Especially, they are about black feminists’s resistance against racism-oriented sexism. Drawing upon hashtag movements such as, #JadaPose, #StandWithJada, #JusticeForJada, #JadaCounterPose, #SupportJada, #IAmJada, #BlackFeministFuture, #RememberRenisha #FreeCeCe and #FastTailedGirls, Williams (2015) argues that black feminists’s usage of hashtag activism is a unique fusion of social justice, technology, and citizen journalism (Williams, 2015, p. 341-343). Drawing upon the hashtag movements like #UrgentAction4Women, #EndFGM (female genital mutilation), #VAWFree, #Power101, #lifewithoutpatriarchy and #16days, Kangere, Kemitare and Michau (2017) argues that social media is a promising tool to reinforce feminism, feminist organizing and movement-building (Kangere, Kemitare & Michau, 2017, p. 899-902).
Drawing upon the movements like #bystanderintervetion and #YouOkSis?, Rentschler (2017) supports that the social media tactics of a transformative justice informed framework on bystander intervention constitute a particular kind of networked feminist witnessing centred by the experiences of women of color and a model of justice that challenge police violence and incarceration. Hashtagged conversations serve as key sites of knowledge production about feminist bystander intervention that feed into the development of movement organizations and their own process of community accountability and survivor support (Rentschler, 2017, p. 55-579). Based on the content analysis of 60 posts on Tumblr in the context of #BlackDontCrack, Mondé’s study (2018) examines how the struggle on Tumblr can challenge stereotypical depictions of aging black women in American culture. Based on the different images, this study argues that content producers (either celebrity elites or ordinary users) manage impressions of black women and do so in ways that offer a new narrative counter to historicaly negative representations of black American women (Mondé, 2018, p. 47-57).
References
Altınay Ayşe Gül. (2019). Women mobilizing memory. New York: Columbia University Press.
Drüeke, R., & Zobl, E. (2016). Online feminist protest against sexism: the German-language hashtag #aufschrei. Feminist Media Studies, 16(1), 35–54. doi: 10.1080/14680777.2015.1093071
Fadnis, D. (2017). Feminist activists protest tax on sanitary pads: attempts to normalize conversations about menstruation in India using hashtag activism. Feminist Media Studies, 17(6), 1111–1114. doi: 10.1080/14680777.2017.1380430
Horeck, T. (2014). #AskThicke: “Blurred Lines,” Rape Culture, and the Feminist Hashtag Takeover. Feminist Media Studies, 14(6), 1105–1107. doi: 10.1080/14680777.2014.975450
Kangere, M., Kemitare, J., & Michau, L. (2017). Hashtag activism: popularizing feminist analysis of violence against women in the Horn, East and Southern Africa. Feminist Media Studies, 17(5), 899–902. doi: 10.1080/14680777.2017.1350526
Mondé, G. C. (2018). #BlackDontCrack: a content analysis of the aging Black woman in social media. Feminist Media Studies, 18(1), 47–60. doi: 10.1080/14680777.2018.1409972
Williams, S. (2015). Digital Defense: Black Feminists Resist Violence With Hashtag Activism. Feminist Media Studies, 15(2), 341–344. doi: 10.1080/14680777.2015.1008744
Rentschler, C. A. (2017). Bystander intervention, feminist hashtag activism, and the anti-carceral politics of care. Feminist Media Studies, 17(4), 565–584. doi: 10.1080/14680777.2017.1326556
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BRAVE OR NOT? They ask, whilst quoting Piers Morgan.. who shockingly says she was NOT and that she actually let down her whole COUNTRY for pulling out of her first event, the floor routine, when she got what gymnasts call “the twisters” during the 2020 Summer Olympics.
In her autobiography Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance, she dives into the state of her mental health and why she decided not to complete her floor routine when she was losing her spot in the air, despite immense pressure, and why she felt it was important to put her mental state before a possible medal. She set an example for Black women, she took the time she needed to rest herself when she felt it was dangerous for her to continue, and the outlash she received was astronomical. Intentional or not, her pulling out was a form of resistance against the impossible standards set on Black woman, and the responses she got affirmed the oppressive capitalist system we live under. Black women often feel they must constantly be productive to even be at the same starting line as non-marginalized folk. And as Piers Morgan felt the need ti comment, in his view, she mattered less than a medal. That she could have been hurt didn’t matter. That being hurt could have impacted her future gymnastics career or injured her permanently didn’t matter. It was her job to perform. Simone Biles showed immense strength by saying no, which is something few Black athletes are able to do, especially with the world watching and demanding more. It was the right decision—she performed superbly for the rest of the Games, and has continued to break records and awe everyone who sees her compete to this day. Black girls are watching, and see that even an Olympian needs to take time out, and it’s okay to do so even when it’s inconvenient for others.
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#Repost @theglorioushum ・・・ Reminder: not all people with uteruses identify as women. Sitting in huge feelings of rage, grief and sadness. But not shock. And if you’re sitting in those same feelings too, it is so valid. It is ok to feel deep deep grief around this decision and what it means for so many of us. Not the first or last time the government, capitalism and white supremacy has or will harmed us. And just because you see it coming doesn’t make it hurt any less. Banning abortion doesn’t STOP abortion, it stops the access to SAFE abortions. Shared from @mvmnt4blklives via @yabablay. Will be sharing resources/ ways to support in stories. ・・・ • Today, the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v Wade, opening the door to statewide bans that will harm Black people disproportionately. Reproductive justice is central to Black liberation, and any limit on abortion access disproportionately harms Black women, girls, transgender, and gender non-conforming people. Black women, girls, transgender, and gender non-conforming people have been subjected to a long history of reproductive control rooted in the brutal legacy of enslavement, and denying access to safe, legal abortion services is a continuation of that troubling history. Self-determination is a key pillar of Black power: the right to maintain our bodily autonomy and make decisions about our families – to have children, to not have children, and to parent the children we already have safely – is essential to our freedom. Ultimately, our freedom comes from the movements we build, not courts. And as a Black liberation movement guided by Black feminist values and committed to abolition, we see the fall of Roe for what it is: another avenue for the state to criminalize and harm the most vulnerable among us. The fall of Roe is painful, but now is a time to stay vigilant and engaged. We have tools at our disposal to resist. Get involved with and donate to your local abortion fund at m4bl.link/AbortionFund and follow the lead of organizations like @blackfeministfuture , @sistersong_woc, @newvoicesrj, and @harrietsdreams to get involved in actions near you. https://www.instagram.com/p/CfUsO70vQWv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Does this image look familiar to you? Yes? Well, that’s probably because it's referencing the iconic V-J Day Kiss! This is actually a fairly large painting done by Amy Sherald, an amazing and talented Black female artist currently working in New York City. The original photographed kiss was taken in 1945, after news World War II ended, of a sailor kissing a woman in Times Square. The image gained a lot of fame and spread fast, but unfortunately, the news came out soon after that revealed this kiss was in fact, non-consensual. The image stayed famous, but remained very controversial. Sherald’s painting of the two men carry very different emotions or feelings than the original photograph does. In her work, the man that is tilting backwards is holding his hat, which indicates he took it off and is therefore, allowing this kiss to take place. The man who is holding him from above, is holding his head gently, which, unlike the original photograph, conveys love and compassion. This representation of two black men sharing so much love and tenderness is vulnerable and very powerful, and also very rarely depicted. Black men and especially women are already underrepresented in the art world, let alone queer Black people. In the documentary “1619 Project: Race”, there’s an emphasis on the importance of using an intersectional lense when fighting oppression, that in order to fight, one must look at all of the issues rather than honing in on one, which is exactly what Sherald achieves.
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#Repost @blackfeministfuture ・・・ We’re breaking up with patriarchy! For all Black people to be free, we must defeat patriarchy, especially misogynoir, and transmisogynoir; Black feminisms will get us there. Let us know in the comments below how you define patriarchy. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 Join us for #Jubilee21 to get inspired and learn ways to take action! Register for free at BlackFeministHomecoming.com (link in bio). #jubilee21 #blackfeministfuture #blackliberation #virtualgathering #free #blackfeminist #feminist #feminism #blackfeminism #blackfeminisms #blm #patriarchy #misogynoir #transmisogynoir https://www.instagram.com/p/CXkAtlav4uy/?utm_medium=tumblr
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In our BLM link in profile, there are many resources on zine making, stencil making, and guides to good trouble all made by POC zine makers. Please utilize our resources and zines to help you with your ongoing learning and allyship with creating spaces for and by us. . During this movement it's critical to be sharing information that can't be censored. It's also critical to be radical in your education and voice in this movement. Whether you’re organizing to protest by bike or underground, these resources are helpful. . For many of our new followers, Cyclista Zine, at the heart, is an anti-racist and intersectional feminist radical response to the cycling industry. We are unapologetic in our advocacy and the voices we share. We are a safe space for BIPOC and Queer voices, we don't pander to be palatable to white respectability and the patriarchy's delicate feelings and have every right to ignore and block those who challenge and take up space made for and by us. . To our allies, please consider supporting us financially so we may be able to keep our work going in services to others. If you're learning and benefiting from this space please consider supporting us by buying our zines or become a monthly supporter over on Patreon so we can support Black, Indigenous, and PoC / WTF contributors. Their stories matter more than ever. . Doing good trouble isn't for the clout, white cis patriarchy has been a problem and we’re here to correct it. . #internationalzinemonth #zines #zinelibrary #zine #fanzine #zine #pocketzine #queerzine #microzine #nanozine #artzine #blackzine #afrozine #educazine #protestzine #protectblackwomen #protectblacktranswomen #protectblackgirls #blacklivesmatter #zinester #zinesofresistance #blackfeministfutures https://www.instagram.com/p/CDRRpC4Flrg/?utm_medium=tumblr
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@BlackFeministFuture founded by my NIZ Paris Hatcher has launched Constellation: a Black reproductive health, rights, and justice network! Constellation envisions an invigorated network of Black RJ leaders, advocates, organizers, lawyers, educators, scholars, birthworkers, artists, and beyond, advancing together towards autonomy, power, and resources for our communities, organizations, and movements. Head over to our Constellation website to learn more. #BlackConstellationNetwork #ReproJustice https://blackconstellationnetwork.org/ (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHv89kiBCQrEcOSmkTehfrrQfdM-MEnigUFkxs0/?igshid=1b79n2khryxdp
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