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Felicia's Day Tumblr Message on #YesAllWomen
The #YesAllWomen hashtag spread to Tumblr. The actress, Felicia Day, describes her experiences on Twitter after she used the #YesAllWomen hashtag. Day lost followers because of the hashtag. She describes how a tweet about men will only women alone…
Vox's Tweet
The blog, Vox, tweeted how seven in ten assaults against women are perpetrated by an intimate partner. They include a graph demonstrating their tweet. This tweet shows how major blogs and new sites were discussing the #YesAllWomen hashtag. It also…
The Twitter surge #YesAllWomen is a useless weapon against endemic misogyny
Fionolo Meredith sympathizes with the angry and pain behind the #YesAllWomen movements. However, Meredith argues the hashtag is useless against endemic misogyny. Meredith believes the #YesAllWomen movement will be forgotten when another controversial…
Laura's Tweet
Laura tweets that she has to wear shorts under dresses at bars because unseen groped and penetrated her. Her tweet demonstrates that women are regularly assaulted in public. Laura's feed also shows the backlash against the hashtag. Users tweeted…
#Hashtag Activism-Turning Whispers Into Shouts and Fighting Sigma with Story
Eric Yaverbaum examines hashtag activism. He argues hashtag activism is powerful because it puts the narrative into hands of anyone and everyone. It give back power to those who have been silenced. He claims #YesAllWomen and #BlackLives Matter…