Graduation Year
2015
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Anthropology
Reader 1
Seo Young Park
Reader 2
Mary Ann Davis
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Abstract
This thesis explores both what feminism looks like in a digital age, as well as how the Internet and technology inform the ways in which feminists interact, build communities, and form identities. I found that online feminist spaces are built as communities of validation and support, education and empowerment, as well as spaces of radicalization and contention. Ultimately my thesis leads toward a new understanding of feminist activism that incorporates the unique characteristics and abilities of online feminism.
Recommended Citation
Riera, Taryn, "Online Feminisms: Feminist Community Building and Activism in a Digital Age" (2015). Scripps Senior Theses. 653.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/653
