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#YesAllWomen

#BlackLivesMatter

#YesAllWomen

• #YesAllWomen (created by a young American hijabi Muslim woman)
• Started May 24th, 2014
• 1.2 million tweets in 2-3 days

Source: http://mashable.com/2014/05/26/yesallwomen-hashtag/#HBRarHRxckqU

#BlackLivesMatter

• #BlackLivesMatter (created by 3 young queer black women)
• Started in 2013

Sources; http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54cd497fe4b0f397549ad63e/551f13bbe4b01852f6ef4649/553bd1cae4b06f8ca0c8a4bf/1430257489184/?format=1500w

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Alicia Garza

Opal Tometi

Patrisse Cullors

#SayItIn140characters

• Trivializing
   
• More than trends
   
• Real choices

i.e. what #? and why?

#nakamura

• In LambdaMOO, "Gender is an element of identity which must be defined by each player ... the choice is not optional"
   
• "However, race is not an "option" which must be chosen–though players can elect to write it into their descriptions"

Source: Race In/For Cyberspace: Identity Tourism and Racial Passing on the Internet" by Lisa Nakamura

#WhatDoÜMean

• Empowering women of colour?
   
• Support for multifaceted movements?
   
• Limiting identities and solidarity or fine-tuning?

#thanks

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