Feminist Activism and Platform Politics [Paperback]

Verity Trott is Lecturer in Digital Media Research in the School of Media, Film and Journalism at Monash University. Her published research explores digital feminist activism, networked masculinities, online communities and digital cultures and has appeared in international journals including New Media & Society, Information Communication & Society and Feminist Media Studies.

Introduction: Feminist platform politics 1. The blogosphere and feminist-owned platforms 2. Mapping tools, organisational platforms, and online communities 3. Social media platforms and toxic-techno cultures 4. Negotiating feminist values on social media platforms 5. Social action platforms and the manosphere 6. Web infrastructure and alt-tech 7. Conclusion

'Verity Trotts Feminist Activism and Platform Politics does a brilliant job of describing and analysing individual actions and #hashtag activism but setting them in the context from which these actions emerge. Read right to the end to discover why its #yesallwomen. Scholarly but also beautifully written.'

Dr Jenna Price, Australian National University, Australia.

'Feminist Activism and Platform Politics provides a timely and compelling intervention into the complexities of digital spaces as sites of gendered violence and feminist resistance. Verity Trott offers a thoughtful and nuanced account of how platform architecture, misogyny and resistance are deeply intertwined.'

Dr Bianca Fileborn, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Trott interrogates how feminist activists navigate complex technological ecosystems to build awareness of misogyny, violence againls5