A fast-food restaurant shaped like a pig in Los Angeles.

Feminism is something that has been around for forever, however it’s only recently gained popularity on social media platforms such as Tumblr and Twitter. Keller argues, that this movement is primarily “teenage girls” who are strategically deciding on what sort of ‘feminist’ content they would like to engage with. (Keller, 2019) #Croptopday was a hashtag apparent on twitter in late spring of 2015. This hashtag encouraging protests surrounding gendered dress code for teenage girls. Keller mentions how a “19-year-old sophomore,”  used this hashtag to protest and bring awareness to the subjection and “policing of girls bodies,” and how harmful it can be to young people. (Keller, 2019) 

It’s also important to acknowledge how different platforms have different Vernaculars which can be related to a specific demographic or gender. For example, the language and content typically distributed on Facebook is considered more “conservative” as their audience caters for typically, older people. Keller mentions how Marlo, (19 year old girl) feels uncomfortable posting feminist content on Facebook, in fear of a dispute with family members who may not be familiar or understand such a movement. Tumblr has always been a place for people to express their interests or hobbies whether it be anonymous or not, it didn’t really matter as there was a large interest and appreciation for people who had similar interests. 

Tumblr has helped spread awareness on social justice issues and feminism movements through the ways they operate as a platform. Since Tumblr is a public forum for discussion, it has allowed many young women to connect with other women and share similar stories and experiences, which has had a strong and empowering impact. Tumblr has taught and will continue to teach “new and important things about feminism.” (Halloran, 2017) the feminism movement is also something that is still “evolving and [is] more determined than ever.” (Halloran, 2017)

Keller, 2019, “Oh She’s a Tumblr Feminist”: Exploring the Platform Vernacular Girls’ Social Media Feminism,’ social media + society, https://swinburne.instructure.com/courses/40896/pages/week-3-readings?module_item_id=2529002

Halloran, 2017, ’How Tumblr provided  with a community of strong, independent woman,’ Thetab,

This talk, delivered by Gioia Guerzoni, will explore the trends, problems, and challenges of creating literary exchange and debate within South East Asia, as well as the crucial role of translation. Gioia Guerzoni is a translator currently based in Milan. She works as a consultant for the Italian publishing house Il Saggiatore and as fiction scout (SEA & Pacific) for the Barcelona-based Pontas International Literary Agency, and with the Asia Literary Review. She’s been recently appointed Chair of the Translation Committee of Asia Pacific Writers & Translators.  ——— Triangulations is a new series of themed talks, which launched in January 2014 at Satellite, Dubai, UAE. Each cycle will consist of three talks, interrogating a different aspect of the theme. The first theme/cycle is ‘Vernaculars,’ which builds on THE STATE’s broader inquiry into the tensions and complications of language. How much of culture is tied to language? How do you think or speak in one language, yet write in another? And what upholds the purity of a language?

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In this talk, Raja’a Khalid looks closely at language purification movements in pre-partition India, the racial and political divisions between Urdu and Hindi, and recent Sanskritization trends on Indian television. Raja’a Khalid is a Dubai-based artist and writer, and a recent graduate of Cornell University’s MFA program. She is currently working on A Minor Histories Archive, her never-ending, Arcades Project-style archive of ‘modern documents’ concerning the contemporary histories of Iran, the Arabian Gulf and South Asia. ——— Triangulations is a new series of themed talks, launching in January 2014 at Satellite, Dubai, UAE. Each cycle will consist of three talks, interrogating a different aspect of the theme. The first theme/cycle is ‘Vernaculars,’ which builds on THE STATE’s broader inquiry into the tensions and complications of language. How much of culture is tied to language? How do you think or speak in one language, yet write in another? And what upholds the purity of a language? ——— The first talk in the cycle was by Saqer Al Marri, on the languages of the Emirates. The last talk in this cycle will look at literature in South East Asia. For a full listing of the program, please click: http://bit.ly/1lGZQ8I

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