Girls Feminist Blogging in a Postfeminist Age

This book explores the practices of teenage girls who actively maintain feminist blogs and participate in the feminist blogosphere as readers, writers, and commenters on a variety of platforms including Blogspot, Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr.

Informationen zum Autor Jessalynn Keller is a Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK. Her research on girls' digital media cultures has been published in Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies ; Feminist Media Studies; Information , Communication & Society ; and Celebrity Studies , as well as in several edited anthologies. Klappentext This book explores the practices of teenage girls who actively maintain feminist blogs and participate in the feminist blogosphere as readers, writers, and commenters on a variety of platforms including Blogspot, Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr. Zusammenfassung This book explores the practices of teenage girls who actively maintain feminist blogs and participate in the feminist blogosphere as readers, writers, and commenters on a variety of platforms including Blogspot, Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Transforming Feminist Conversations? Girls, Blogging and Feminist Politics in the Twenty-first Century 1. Click Moments and Coming Out: Girl Bloggers and the Performance of Feminist Identities Online 2. "Spread the Good Word of Feminism!" Defining a Girl-Centered Feminist Activism 3. "Loud, Proud, and Sarcastic:" Young Feminist Internet Communities as Networked Counterpublics 4. "I've really got a thing for Betty Friedan:" Feminist Girl Bloggers and the Production of Feminist History Online 5. Performing a Public Politics: Feminist Girl Bloggers and New Citizenship Practices 6. Conclusions: Articulating a Girl-Friendly Feminist Future

Autorentext

Jessalynn Keller is a Lecturer in Media Studies at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK. Her research on girls' digital media cultures has been published in Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies; Feminist Media Studies; Information, Communication & Society; and Celebrity Studies, as well as in several edited anthologies.

Inhalt

Introduction: Transforming Feminist Conversations? Girls, Blogging and Feminist Politics in the Twenty-first Century 1. Click Moments and Coming Out: Girl Bloggers and the Performance of Feminist Identities Online 2. "Spread the Good Word of Feminism!" Defining a Girl-Centered Feminist Activism 3. "Loud, Proud, and Sarcastic:" Young Feminist Internet Communities as Networked Counterpublics 4. "I've really got a thing for Betty Friedan:" Feminist Girl Bloggers and the Production of Feminist History Online 5. Performing a Public Politics: Feminist Girl Bloggers and New Citizenship Practices 6. Conclusions: Articulating a Girl-Friendly Feminist Future