Pros

• Black Feminism --> Nakamura 2011

  • acknowledge intersectionality of globalisation / Digital forms of communication between gender & race
  • black females face double oppression in offline world
  • women from range of ethnic minorities gain online presence
  • platform for people to have a voice
  • access to support networks

  A02 --> Laura Bates 'everyday sexism'

  • project to catalogue sexism experiences
  • platform for women to build up evidence of sexism occurrence
  • 'house of commons accused women of over reacting'
• Cyber Feminism --> Sadie Plant

  • challenges male dominating nature of media
  • author of 'zero's and one's' -> alternative feminist account of history & nature of digital technology
  • emphasise women's role in development of technology
  • argues digital revolution caused sexual revolution -> females empowered
  • challenges idea that men are innovators of the internet
• Cyber Feminism A02

  Ada Lovelace

  • wrote 1st algorithm intended for computers
  • explained how the machine could be used beyond calculations (art/music)

  Kathleen McNulty

  • one of 6 programmers of 1st general-purpose electronic digital computers
  • used in the world war by US army for calculating artillery firing
• Postmodern Feminism --> Haraway

  • female = social construction from western patriarchy stereotyping
  • tech advances -> women advance
  • cyborgs = part human part machine -> DFOC blurs boundaries between both
  • demonstrates human construction/ programming

  if we can blur man / machine, we can blur men / women etc
• Hashtag Feminism

  • recognises intersectionality
  • use of internet for activism
  • knows power of internet to draw attention all over world
  • impacts offline world --> protests, marches, change in behaviour

  A02 --> #MeToo movement

  • Tarana Burke , Alyssa Milano
  • used twitter, Instagram,
  • raised awareness of how common sexual violence was
  • led to cultural shift, survivor support, global impact