Suzanna Bobadilla: What inspired you to come up with #hashtagfeminism? What are some interesting lea

Suzanna Bobadilla: What inspired you to come up with #hashtagfeminism? What are some interesting learnings that you have gathered so far?Tara L. Conley: Last year was a transformative year for (what we now know as) “hashtag feminism.” I remember over a year ago following closely conversations and stories attached to hashtags like #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen, #NotYourAsianSidekick, and #MyFeminismLooksLike. I was fascinated and inspired by the stories and activisms that emerged around these digital artifacts. I put on my researcher’s hat and went to Topsy.com to learn more about how these tags came about over time. Topsy showed me the data, but it wasn’t enough.I wanted to locate stories around the data, and I wanted to contextualize and historicize them; something a metrics tool cannot do. I wanted to curate these stories around feminist hashtags, and I also wanted to analyze them in a way that connects the data with our stories in meaningful ways. So in late 2013, I thought about starting a website that could accomplish these things. I wanted to create a space for myself and for other new writers to produce curated and editorial pieces on our own terms. All of this, along with being inspired by the creative design and execution of Beyonce’s last album, influenced how Hashtag Feminism came to be.“TOP FEMINIST HASHTAGS OF 2014http://www.hashtagfeminism.com -- source link

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