Relevance of Feminism in Digital Space :A Study

Atlantis Critical Studies in Gender Culture Social Justice, 2008

Journal of International Women's Studies, 2023

In the continually evolving digital landscape, the impact of digital platforms and social media on feminist activism, representation, and women's interactions has been transformative, offering unparalleled opportunities for women's expression and connectivity (McLean et al., 2016). However, this evolution has spotlighted escalating concerns regarding online harassment (Megarry, 2014) and its profound implications for women in these spaces (Toffoletti et al., 2023). This proposed special issue of the Journal of International Women’s Studies intends to explore how women engage with and are affected by digital platforms, social media, and technology in the spheres of activism, self-representation, and online harassment (Gillett, 2023). This initiative seeks to unravel the intricate interplay between digital platforms, feminism, and women's experiences in online spaces, contributing to a nuanced understanding of the challenges and opportunities posed by technology in contemporary feminist discourse (Morrow et al., 2015).

Economic and Political Weekly, 2015

Does social media enable forming networks of solidarity between different marginalised groups? Is there a space for non-normative discourses such as the discourse on pleasure? Does digital technology aid in the construction of feminist counter-publics? These are some of the questions explored in this paper. Power relations that operate through social media, including forms of gendered and sexualised violence, are also discussed.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY FIELD , 2025

In recent years, the rise of digital activism has dramatically reshaped the landscape of feminist discourse. Among the most influential developments in this shift is the emergence of hashtag feminism—a phenomenon that blends activism, social commentary, and digital communication. Through case studies such as #MeToo, #YesAllWomen, #IWillGoOut, and #TimesUp, the paper examines how social media platforms have enabled grassroots mobilization, reshaped feminist discourse, and challenged mainstream narratives. By analyzing the rhetorical strategies, digital divide, participatory dynamics, and socio-political impact of these hashtags, the paper aims to assess both the strengths and limitations of feminist activism in the digital era. Ultimately, the study finds that while hashtag feminism is not a panacea for gender inequality, it is a powerful tool for visibility, solidarity, and social change in the contemporary era.

Jurnal Aspikom, 2022

Social media is a platform used by feminist activists for activism. It overcomes spatial and temporal barriers, and helps spread the movement's message more quickly and efficiently. The participatory culture encourages the feminist movement to develop more massively. Many argue that social media helps feminist activists to empower women. Related to the statement, this study observes how activism practices in social media represent women's voices and problems. This study also seeks to reveal the problems in the movement. The researcher observed five accounts of feminist activists on Instagram (@Indonesiafeminis, @lawanpatriarki, @perempuanfeminis, @muslimahfeminis, @perempuan.merdeka). Through the virtual ethnography method, the researcher found a representation problem when digital feminist accounts published the problems experienced by women through their content. These accounts only represent middleclass women's problems. There is also an ethical problem because these accounts tend to be reactive by ignoring the ethics of doing activism.

Journal of anthropological and archaeological sciences, 2021

Many social media platforms in these days are overflowed with messages and contents targeting the Jamia Milia Islamia (JMI) scholar and activist Safoora Zargar who was arrested by the Delhi Police's special cell on April 10, 2020 for her alleged participation in the Delhi riots for her marital status and pregnancy. Trollers targetted her that she is unmarried 1. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) on one side being a powerful device to enhance gender equality and empower women, on the other side are becoming danger to women's physical and emotional integrity when used to perpetrate violence 2. Over the years, the social media platform has advanced as a device for political appointment, campaigning and activism. Almost on dailybasis , women across these platforms face a barrage of abuse for exercising their fundamental human right of Freedom of Speech and Expression 3 , as well as right to dignity. Girls and women around the world are subjected to violence on account of their gender. Violence towards women and girls (VAWG) knows no boundaries, cutting across borders, race, culture and income groups, deeply harming sufferers, persons around them, and society in general 5 .

This paper examines the discursive content, media representation, and social movement role of the Twitter hashtag campaign #YesAllWomen, a massive feminist Twitter event of more than 2 million tweets that emerged and trended in May 2014. We ask: What were the contours of the #YesAllWomen narrative? What made it so compelling to participants and to journalists and bloggers who engaged with it? What can #YesAllWomen tell us about contemporary feminist communication and the dynamics of social change more generally? As an aggregative narrative of the experiences of thousands of online participants, #YAW vividly illustrated the power of “connective” action and the persistence of fundamental inequalities around sex/power. It was both a critically important expressive protest moment for feminist politics and an effective intervention into gender politics more generally. Patterns of interaction between #YesAllWomen and online-only media also suggest some shifts in movement ecologies and dynamics.

The main aim of this study is to investigate 'Does social media is being used for violation of women's human rights in India'? Further this study will examine various examples of online harassment of women and examples of misuse of social media for violation of women's human rights. This study is 'Feminist Theory' and source of data collection is secondary data. Internet services are available to every citizen of India due to technological innovation. The Internet makes it easy for every citizen to get any information on one click. It was expected that the rise of social media through the internet will become an excellent way to increase freedom of expression. But in recent days, it is observed that; free voices of people have not been respected. Trolling, harassing, blackmailing and many other ways are being used as a weapon for silencing the women's voices on the social media. Social media has turned out to be a new threat to the women's human rights.

This article questions the underlying social and political factors explaining the revival of feminism, and analyzes how feminists use digital media to promote their cause. It presents the results of a two-year research project on feminist activism in France; however, many results have broader implications for the evolution of feminism in Western countries. The survey is based on an ethnographic online observation of nine feminist collectives, on face-to-face interviews with activists, and on a qualitative survey of ordinary feminists. We examine the diversity of feminist collectives and how digital media have contributed to the rise of a new leadership and of new organizational practices. Young activists are experts in producing visual narratives (images, video, etc.), in using unconventional repertoires of action (humor, satire, etc.) and in networking. They make events and campaigns which are widely echoed in the public sphere and the mediation of digital media leads to a form of performative activism. Connectivity widens the audience and contributes to the building of virtual communities. However, the high visibility of digital feminism led to the rise of a virulent cyber-sexism. Finally, questions remain about the empower-ment of feminists at a time when conservative forces are re-emerging in Western societies.