Stories of Feminist Protest and Resistance

Brianna I. Wiens is assistant professor in English language and literature at the University of Waterloo.Michelle MacArthur is associate professor at the University of Windsor's School of Dramatic Art. Shana MacDonald is associate professor in communication arts at the University of Waterloo. Milena Radzikowska is professor in information design at Mount Royal University.

Stories of Feminist Protest and Resistance expands our understanding of the multiple and varied ways that feminists engage with digital culture to produce a more just world. Through a diverse set of methods, theoretical orientations, and global case studies, the chapters illuminate and interrogate key questions about digital feminisms and their relationship to the politics of visibility, intersectional coalition-building, and affective social life. The stories documented throughout this book highlight the richness of the future of feminist digital media studies scholarship.

• Chapter 1: Tactics of Feminist Disappropriation and Cultural Directions in Our Global Digital Era: A Case for #NiUnaMenos in Times of #MeTooFrancesca DennstedtChapter 2: Storying Blackfoot Resilience in the Digital Age Gabrielle E. Lindstrom, Sierra Shade, and Sofia BaptisteChapter 3: #SayHerNameNigeria: Nigerian Feminists Resist Police Sexual Violence on Women's BodiesOlolade Faniyi, Angel Nduka-Nwosu, and Radhika GajjalaChapter 4: Interfering with State Surveillance and Data Collection: Hacking the Affordance of “Identifiability” as Resistance on Social MediaMina MomeniChapter 5: Can Butches be Feminists? Unearthing the Complexities within Butch and Butch/Femme Facebook GroupsKristin ComeforoChapter 6: “Please send a video of yourself breaking shit”: The Digital Assembly Video and Networked Feminist SolidaritiesJulie Ravary-PilonChapter 7: One Taught Me Action: The Digital Meta-Lives and Affective Resonances of Pop Protest SignsMorgan BimmChapter 8: Meme Feminisms: Tactical Iron