Tag: Hashtags Activism

Identity and Online Advocacy

The Failure of Feminist TikTok’s Attempt to Combat Toxic Masculinity

Thomas Kelly47 Comments

The Failure of Feminist TikTokDownload Abstract TikTok is a significant social media platform which allows users to advocate for causes which they believe in. This paper will explore how feminism has created an online community on TikTok, and how effective it is in providing a solution to feminist issues. This paper will use popular hashtags and TikTok accounts to gather an unbiased impression and explore the popularity of different forms of content, in order to prove that feminist TikTok Read more […]

Communities and Social Media

From New York streets to Instagram community: The chronicles of body positivism movement of curvy women and its transition to social media

Ruby Vanessa Nancy Cadressen Hurree47 Comments

Conference Paper Full PDF version by Ruby Cadressen Download Abstract This paper will analyze the shift of the curvy women community to Instagram. The social media platform has been promoting body positivity of curvy women by breaking down the beauty standards imposed by the West. For the conference purposes, this paper will provide a brief background history of Body positivism of curvy women, its transition to join Instagram, but focusing mainly on social media hashtags especially #effyourbeautystandards Read more […]