Researcher ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8757-7959
Graduation Year
2023
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
American Studies
Reader 1
Aimee Bahng
Reader 2
Joti Rockwell
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Rights Information
© 2023 Sammy M Shrestha
Abstract
I place online artifacts and phenomena in conversation with extensive academic writing on the nature of gender and the nature of abolition, and I contend that particular types of exploration and identity formation online can constitute gender abolition in practice. Ultimately, I argue that gender abolition is a helpful framework for building queer community and life, and I secondarily argue that social media, with significant limitations, does allow for gender abolition to take place in ways it would not be able to otherwise.
Recommended Citation
Shrestha, Sammy, "Gender, Abolition, Gender Abolition: An Exploration of Social Media, Identity Formation, and Queer Community" (2023). Pomona Senior Theses. 277.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/277
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
