Journal article
Uh, unfairly targets rapists? Boo fucking hoo : (anti-) carceral feminist discourses around sexual violence on Twitter
FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES
09 Dec 2023
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
As conversations around carceral responses to sexual violence intensify, this study investigates the phenomenon of carceral feminism on Twitter. In adopting a feminist abolitionist perspective, we looked at Twitter debates and elaborated a discursive continuum that not only reflects a polarization among supporters and opponents of carceral feminism but also acknowledges users' tensions in reconciling with not being completely pro- or anti-carceral in cases of sexual violence. While unveiling transphobic, racist, and sexist language amongst carceral feminists, our results also show a lack of conversations around tangible solutions to cases of sexual violence. These conversational absences enable users at both ends of the discursive continuum and across it to focus on theoretical and hypothetical moral stances, rather than practical examples and solutions. Thus, this paper concludes with a call to action for both abolitionists and carceral feminists to engage in constructive discussions and provide stronger, practical alternative solutions to the issue of sexual violence.
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- Title
- Uh, unfairly targets rapists? Boo fucking hoo : (anti-) carceral feminist discourses around sexual violence on Twitter
- Publication Details
- FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES
- Publisher
- ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD; ABINGDON
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001116415000001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-86000380549
- Other Identifier
- 991021861276104721
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