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#Hacked...but back!

#Hacked…but back!

Over the past few weeks, Hashtag Feminism has been experiencing random hacks. This isn’t the first time we’ve been #hacked. Nonetheless, we’re back (actually we never left). We are currently in archive mode because, as you know, it takes a village to raise a multimedia web platform–(and because I need to finish writing my dissertation). We’re proud to be one of the only resources online where…

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#BaltimoreUprising

Editor’s Note: #F contributor Aisha Springer lives and works in Baltimore; below she writes about her experience of life in Baltimore during and since the Uprising. Also see the curation here of the evolution of hashtags used to organize the movement in Baltimore. Since the cameras have left Baltimore, the national media has instead focused on other parts of the country dealing with racial…

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What’s your take on #empowertising campaigns? 

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Why All of Our Girls Needed #ToTheGirls

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#AddWomen, #WomenInStem, #STEMinism tackle issues of representation concerning women in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).

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#IWD2015 is a hashtag that represents and celebrates International Women's Day in 2015.

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#BlackGirlsMatter is a response to the exclusion of Black girls and women in public discourse around issues of education, criminal justice, and violence.

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2015 Round of Feminist New Year Resolutions from feminists online and on Twitter.

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Top feminist hashtags of 2014 presented by HashtagFeminism.com and Mic.com

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Domestic violence is incredibly common. The statistics are staggering: In the U.S. one in four women experiences domestic violence in her lifetime. Internationally, domestic violence kills more people than war. Yet domestic violence and violence...

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Call for Contributors: Ferguson, Social Media, and Activism

Call for Contributors: Ferguson, Social Media, and Activism

Hashtag Feminism invites contributions that provide insightful perspectives on the recent events transpiring in Ferguson, Missouri. Specifically, we are looking for perspectives that account for the ways social media, namely Twitter has played a role in igniting activism in Ferguson and across the country. Topics may include (but are not limited to):

The disconnect between Facebook and Twitter…

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Last week, two major media outlets - Huffington Post and Buzzfeed - tweeted projects centered around street harassment. HuffPo Photo released a series of pictures of their female editors holding pieces of paper with things men had said to them on the...

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On the heels of a decision to overturn the law that guarantees “buffer zones” outside of women’s health centers, the Supreme Court has once again devalued women and their reproductive health choices. Monday’s 5-4 decision in Burwell v....

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The #YesAllWomen hashtag started trending worldwide after Twitter user @gildedspine purveyed the tweet on May 24th in response to the Isla Vista shooter who killed six people and himself and recorded a video vowing revenge on women who had rejected him....