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Communities without borders: Feminism fuelled by social media

Download PDF for offline readingDownload Abstract Social media has changed feminist communication and activism strategies from small, local movements to vast, global campaigns.  The use of filters on social media has allowed communities of strangers to form so they may carry out global and multilingual feminist campaigns. The use of social media by such campaigns has the added effect of empowering young women and girls while giving them online safe spaces to practice speaking out. Introduction The Read more [...]