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Vasel, K. (2017). 5 things to know about the gender pay gap. CNN Money. Retrieved from: http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/04/pf/equal-pay-day-gender-pay-gap/

CNNMoney. 2017, March 22. Patricia Arquette: We need fair pay laws. [Video File]. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHbatQLTz8Q

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I agree that we as women need to keep up the momentum and not let fear bring us down. It is so important to keep up with activism and fight for what is right and what we as women deserve. It is scary and people are going to say things that may bring us down, but we have to keep fighting for what is right. 

The issues I find important to take under consideration is to recognize the inequalities that are reproduced in obvious spaces and not so obvious spaces. Feminist action starts with an intention this means standing by one another and being present when women need support most. Feminist action doesn’t have to be in a specific form “There was a freedom and in a sense an emancipation in that kind of creative outlet that set the stage for the kind of thinking that would eventually implement change.”(Bennett, 2016). The LIFEFORCE art show, artists such as Panteha Abareshi expresses through her artwork the tokenism of the representation of black women set by the media, along with the marginalization of women’s rights to their own bodies (Abareshi, 2016). Feminist activism goes beyond the standards that were set a decade ago, with the internet and increased access to likeminded individuals its important to be open to undermined groups who don’t have the support or representation they deserve. Knowing the oppression that exists in our society, it is up to the millennials to be the catalyst for change. But change doesn’t happen over night, and it doesn’t happen by solely sitting behind a computer screen, we have to represent ourselves and demand respect online and in everyday life. We should understand that feminist action and activism are both growing and changing with the times, but it is up to us women to keep up the momentum and not be silenced because of fear. It will not be enough to hit the ‘Like’ button on Facebook to show our support. Creativity and representation of what we believe to be right is how we can spread knowledge and awareness to other women who may be uninformed. Reading factual information and not buying into petty irrelevant gossip is how we can remain above the ignorance. Both action and activism means taking the opportunity to inform when we hear ignorance being and standing up for ourselves and the marginalized groups in society.

We should understand that feminist action and activism are both growing and changing with the times, but it is up to us women to keep up the momentum and not be silenced because of fear. It will not be enough to hit the ‘Like’ button on Facebook to show our support. Creativity and representation of what we believe to be right is how we can spread knowledge and awareness to other women who may be uninformed. Reading factual information and not buying into petty irrelevant gossip is how we can remain above the ignorance. Both action and activism means taking the opportunity to inform when we hear ignorance being and standing up for ourselves and the marginalized groups in society.

I loved Pantehas artwork so much I found her tumblr which featured her most recent artwork. This one is titled “She Is Red and Virile” by Panteha Abareshi

Ongly, Hannah. 2016. “the all-female art show imagining a cyborg feminist future.” (i-D)

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I personally think that individuals who use the internet to put information out there often use it in both an empowering and exploitative form. It is a place where there is not always a censor and it can cause individuals say and do whatever they want. For example blogs are something that I often keep up with mainly workout and fitness blogs. It is very empowering to see the transformation of many of the bloggers I follow. They show their transformation from unhealthy to healthy, but the blacklash that many of them get though is awful. I understand that they are putting their body out there for the internet to see, but there is no need to call someone fat, ugly, or other hurtful words. It takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there in an empowering form. I understand that there is always going to be people who say mean things on the internet or in general, but the people who post more empowering things are always nice to see when I am on the internet. I hate to see the mean comments when on the internet. 

http://www.angelacrickmore.com/site/

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It was also eye opening for me because it introduced me to the industry. I think that women are always being shamed for expressing their sexuality and this film normalized it like you said. The cyber internet is opening many peoples eyes with things just like Cam Girlz. As a woman I have heard countless things from people about how we should act because of our sexuality. It’s not normal to tell someone how to act with their sexuality and like you stated we were able to see that expresses sexuality should be normal regardless of what it entails. I hope people see that it is okay to be free with your sexuality and not listen to judgement or criticism from others. 

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I personally felt like this was an amazing film because it was not only eye opening to me by introducing me to an industry that I didn’t even know existed, but because it normalize the idea that women also have a sexual identity they should get to express. Often times women are looked down upon or even shamed for expressing the fact that they also have an interest in their own sexuality and I felt like the film Cam Girlz was about demonstrating that not only is it normal, but people can profit from it too. It helped me understand why women might turn to this as well as actually learn about a field of work I didn’t know existed. I liked that the film gave each of the women an opportunity to express how it made them feel and empowered them in a sense when it came to their own sexuality. The diversity the film depicted was also something impressive because it featured not only a variety of races but women of different shapes, sizes, and ages in a sense demonstrating that all women should have the right to express themselves in sexual and nonsexual manners. Although the film was clearly trying to normalize expressing sexuality online by not only showing the women but some of the men I felt like even than these women are in part contributing to industries like porn that oversexualizes the female body but the fact that they’re really the ones in control here backs up the idea that sexuality is something both genders should be able to express. Clearly the digital world is helping further sexual economies by allowing sex work to basically be possible anywhere at any time and documentaries like Cam Girlz demonstrate how it is even beneficial for women because it allows us to see that expressing your sexuality should really be normalized.

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Vlogging

l watch vlogs all the time on youtube. I probably watch vlogs and YouTube videos more than tv at times. A popular youtuber/vlogger that I have heard of is Gigi Gorgeous. I have watched a few of her videos before and she has over 2 million subscribers on youtube. Gigi Gorgeous is a transgender women who filmed and documented her transition on youtube. Since Gigi Gorgeous has filmed such an important part of her life and the struggles she has had to over come, it has allowed viewers to understand what Gigi Gorgeous went through during and after her transition as well as what other transgender individuals go through. Gigi Gorgeous’s youtube channel has raised awareness and transgender activism. I feel like it has allowed viewers a more personal view of what happens during a transition. She also had a movie made about her called This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous. Deshane (2014), “The serial nature of vlogging makes it the perfect way for people to take control of their own stories, and document the process of transitioning as it happens.”

https://www.youtube.com/user/GregoryGORGEOUS/featured

Eve Deshane (2014). "This Is My Voice: YouTube and the Transgender Autobiography." The Atlantic.

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I have had this happen to me with spotify before. I agree that it brings up unwanted emotions that affect our moods at times. It is weird like you stated, because it actually just happened to me. I was listening to music on spotify and a song came on that was a family member of mines favorite song. They passed away a while ago, but I don’t like listening to the song because of the sad mood it puts me in. After the song started I turned it off, but it had automatically posted to my facebook saying I listened to the song. Then I got text messages from family members about it. It was just not conversations I wanted to have because a song came on and my spotify was linked to my facebook, but I didn’t know this. 

Facebook and Affect

The site I am choosing to analyze is Facebook. Specifically, Tanya Kant’s article which looks at Facebook and the role that affect plays in the application. Affect plays a big role in the Facebook app. The Facebook app claims that it allows for users to express themselves, but is this really true? Through this study, it was clear that Facebook allows us to express ourselves, promote ourselves and appeal to the invisible audience, but it also how auto posts change our identity in a way. Kant concludes that apps can be looked at as a “social network activity” which may act on the user’s behalf by posting for them. Apps like Spotify have the potential to intervene and mess up the staged performance that users are trying to create ultimately. The fact that these auto-posts are happening makes it clear that they are helping write our identities for us and perform for us. These apps have even the potential to affect us in our everyday lives and outside of the social media realm. These apps also have the potential to change us and make us more normative than we want to be. Kant is ultimately conceptualizing Facebook as an identity performance for an invisible audience. Obviously, affect or emotion on Facebook plays a big role. Sites like Spotify that bring up songs from the past (without asking permission in the now) are stirring up all different kinds of emotions without our permission. Facebook and other apps that auto-post for us create affect, which then has an effect on how we view ourselves and how we identify ourselves. Overall, when I think about it and analyze this article, I think that affect plays even a bigger role in the social world than I thought. These auto-posts I have been seeing have definitely affected how I have felt for the rest of the day, or how someone may have even thought about me. Facebook literally can write our story for us, stir up emotions for us, be us. This is really weird to think about considering I have gone on Facebook happy and gotten off sad. Affect clearly plays a big role here, from auto-posts, and just in general to creating a profile that appeals to an invisible audience. The link below is to an article about data collection and how cookies are collected which creates the ads we see online. kinda interesting! 

https://blog.adroll.com/product/how-do-advertising-cookies-work

picture: https://www.google.com/search?q=cookies&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNsZ64huzSAhVmilQKHZszDm8Q_AUICCgB&biw=1278&bih=655#imgrc=1CrkiW2VlGLIVM:

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MIDTERM - SEX TRAFFICKING

Recently I was on facebook and came across an article. It was about a flight attendant that stopped a girl from sex trafficking on the flight. The post was raising awareness about sex trafficking. This article really stuck with me, because I know it’s a problem I just didn’t know how bad of a problem it was. I was shocked by what I was reading as I was doing more research. It’s such a problem that I feel goes unnoticed that needs to be put to an end. By raising more awareness through the internet about sex trafficking it will educate those that are unclear about how big of a problem this is. This digital artifact that I made has three photos that show the ownership that victims are through. Along with the photos I provided a few facts and warning signs about sex trafficking to try and help viewers understand the problems of sex trafficking. I’m hoping that just by a few people viewing this digital artifact it will spread awareness. Sex trafficking is modern day slavery and it’s not okay. It needs to be put to an end. 

Work cited

Shared Hope. Retrieved from: http://sharedhope.org/ 

Hub of Human Trafficking: Underground Sex Trade Thrives In Milwaukee. Retrieved from: http://www.totpi.com/hub-of-human-trafficking-underground-sex-trade-thrives-in-milwaukee/

Why I Wrote a Novel About Sex Trafficking. Retrieved from: http://lithub.com/tag/sex-trafficking/

The Price of a Soul: The Truth About Sex Trafficking. Retrieved from: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/the-price-of-soul

National Human Trafficking Hotline. Retrieved from: https://humantraffickinghotline.org/

11 Facts About Human Trafficking. Retrieved from: https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-human-trafficking

Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking - Who is Buying Our Children. Retrieved from: http://www.neverforsale.com/who-is-buying-the-children-minor-sex-trafficking.html

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For my tumblr post this week I decided to talk about how feminist activism has been shaped by the internet. Feminist activism is seen all over the internet and has made huge milestones for women’s rights and feminism. Not too long ago in another one of my tumblr post I posted a link to a video about feminist activism. The video has almost 3 million views on youtube. This is amazing!! The internet has allowed us as women and feminist to use it as a platform to raise awareness. On social media like facebook and twitter topics are always trending. Topics about feminism are often trending and this allows users to see what is going on with feminist activism every step of the way. Hashtags are a big part of social media. These hashtags create conversation about feminist activism. The hashtag #feminismfriday was trending today on twitter. After I clicked on the hashtag I was brought to a page full of tweets with articles, photos, etc. all about feminism. The internet and social media is public and because of this users are able to use it as a platform. 

I follow many celebrities on social media and so do millions of others. I often see different celebrities using the internet and social media to standup for what they believe in. Feminism is a popular topic that many celebrities stand for. 

I also remember when Kim Kardashian posted a naked selfie on social media. The internet went crazy either slut shaming her or agreeing with her for standing up for women and being a feminist. I thought it was amazing that a single picture like that allowed so much buzz and talk about feminism! 

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Resisting inequalities online

This week we take a look at online resistance focused on resisting inequalities online. Online resistance is important when standing up for what you believe in. As a woman reading the article about Sad Girl Theory it was very interesting for me. It allowed me to realize that just because I’m sad at times and upset that doesn’t make me weak. Women’s rights have come a long way and feminism is a hot topic right now, but that doesn’t mean women are always happy and smiling. It’s hard being a woman, so there will be tears and times of sadness in our day to day lives. We as women do go through times of sadness and Sad Girl Theory allows viewers to understand that just because a women is sad and showing signs of pain, that doesn’t mean deep down she’s not strong and stands up for herself. Seeing the pain on a woman’s face in a photo proves just how strong she truly is. It takes a lot of courage and strength in my opinion to post personal and deep photos or information online.

Resisting inequalities online can come with strong backlash from those who disagree, but with everything in life these days people will disagree. I have found that blogs are becoming a space for people to use resistance towards inequalities. There was a youth LGBT blog I came across recently on facebook. It created a space for individuals who were exploring their sexuality to go and feel comfortable, and get their questions answered. 

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I agree 100 percent that is an example of inequalities being produced. Being a girl I love makeup and often watched youtube makeup tutorials often. This has been an issue for many about how there is not enough darker toned makeup products out there and this is true. So it is shocking for me to see the negative comments about there not being any light shades and how it is now reversed. I agree that it should be possible for all makeup companies to carry light to dark shades to please everyone.

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I think a space where inequalities are reproduced is when it comes to different color foundations for certain makeup brands. This came to my mind because of something I saw on twitter recently. There was a makeup line that came out and it had mostly darker skin tones and someone with a lighter skin toned commented on it saying it was unfair because there were no lighter colors.  Others were commenting back saying plenty on makeup lines carry lighter colors.  Hannah Rosefield said in The Politics of Emoji Diversity as a solution, “Another possibility would be to provide a wider colour palette, enabling users to choose from dozens of realistic skin tones.”  Even though they are referring to the small emoji color palette I think the solution could work for both.  Having all lines carry more colors for everyone to choose from. I neither agree nor disagree I think there are a lot of brands that carry enough of different colors but It could be a solution to avoid the controversy like the picture and comments below.

The comments on the pictures were just really a bunch of people going back and forth saying that there weren’t enough of each color.  The caption at the top of the picture says that all other brands carry enough of the light the other colors.  I don’t think this tweet should’ve gotten the negative comments in the first place because its just someones opinion and women love makeup so if this is someones idea of a broad shade range then thats their prerogative and I’m sure there are other people who think other brands have a batter color range.  It’s twitter a place to express your thoughts and feelings and be open and liberated. This tweet came to mind when I read the prompt and the article in the case studies. 

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Cyberfeminisms today

First of all finding a definition for cyberfeminsms is tough! This weeks readings helped me figure out my own definition for cyberfeminisms. There isn’t a clear definition, so learning and reading about the background history of cyberfeminisms gave me the information I needed. 

Being a woman is hard in general, but adding the internet to the mix can make things more complicated and tough. We as women are putting information out on the internet for the cyber world to see. Those that disagree will make sure to make that known, but on the bright side the internet allows feminist to put a twist on what they believe in. As I was looking on the internet for an example of cyberfeminisms in today’s society I came across a video that I had seen on facebook a couple years back. The youtube video has close to three millions views. The youtube video is called Potty-Mouthed Princesses Drop F-Bombs for Feminism by FCKH8.com. In my opinion this video did exactly what it was meant to do. It brought awareness by using the internet for issues like gender wage gap and sexual assault. As the reading from this week A Cyberfeminist Manifesto for the 21st Century said “a project in multiple media that gave vivid expression to the emerging political position of cyberfeminism, which saw new technology as an opportunity to disrupt society’s patriarchal norms, and to have fun doing it”. This is what that video did. Link to video (this video does use the F-word a lot, but made a great point towards feminism): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqHYzYn3WZw 

A campaign that I found that caught my eye is Ms. Foundation For Women. This campaign had articles and media that were about feminism. I was able to read about the mission of the campaign, history, and more about it. Link to campaign: http://forwomen.org/my-feminism-is/ 

https://anthology.rhizome.org/a-cyber-feminist-manifesto-for-the-21st-century

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Hi everyone! My name is Hannah Barker, Everyone calls me Hannah! The gender pronouns that I prefer are she, her, and hers, My relationship with the internet is daily. I wake up and I’m on my phone checking my social media sites, email, and other internet related things. Basically I’m on my phone looking at something on the internet when I first wake up. Also since I’m fully an online student here at ASU I’m in front of my computer doing schoolwork all the time. The internet is always right at my fingertips, so it’s easy to get on and get distracted. The internet is something that when I think about it I’m always on it, which I should change. I need to not always be on the internet, but I will admit that is hard!! I love the internet! The internet is a great resource for many useful things. The fact that I can finish my college degree online using the internet is amazing! The internet is very convenient. It’s interesting for me to see how fast the internet is growing, but that is also scary for me as well. What’s scary for me is the fact that I put a lot of personal information out on the internet. Facebook, twitter, instagram, snapchat, linkedin, pinterest, and other sites have information about me as a person on them. Even though I can set all my settings to private it can still be scary at times, As a woman I’m very passionate about feminism. Combining the internet and feminism together how could I say no to this course? I’m excited to see what this course entails and extend my knowledge on this topic. Plus Women’s Studies course here at ASU are my favorite. My major is Communications, but I’m now able to minor in Women’s Studies because of the amount of Women’s Studies elective courses I have taken! 

Link to article about cyberfeminism: http://www.livemaguk.com/5-examples-internet-feminism/