Digital Empowerment and Feminist Counter-Narratives to Online Violence: A Literature Survey
Keywords:
Feminist Digital Activism, Cyber Misogyny, Online Harassment, Digital Empowerment, Intersectionality, Feminist Counter-NarrativesAbstract
The study explores how digital media has redefined feminist activism by transforming online spaces into arenas of both empowerment and oppression. It examines feminist counter-narratives that respond to online gender-based violence through digital activism, storytelling, and transnational solidarity, based on literature from previous studies. While platforms like Twitter and Instagram amplify marginalized voices, they also perpetuate issues such as cyber misogyny and harassment. Movements such as #MeToo and #TimesUp showcase women's use of digital spaces to reclaim agency and visibility. The findings highlight the importance of intersectionality, revealing how factors such as caste, race, and class impact digital empowerment. Ultimately, digital empowerment entails ongoing negotiation between resistance and vulnerability, as feminist digital activism challenges patriarchal structures and advocates for algorithmic justice and technological accountability. The paper concludes that feminist narratives can transform digital media into platforms for redefining gender, identity, and justice
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