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Activism and the Academy: Writing, New Media, and Feminist Activism

[audio:https://bcrw.barnard.edu/podcasts-bcrw/2011/BCRW40-Writing-New-Media-and-Feminist-Activism.mp3|titles=BCRW40 Writing, New Media, and Feminist Activism]

Writing, blogging, social networking, and other forms of media are vital channels of communication for feminist activists. Panelists Mandy Van Deven (activist and writer), Ileana Jiménez (blogger at FeministTeacher.com), Veronica Pinto (Hollaback!), and Susanna Horng (Girls Write Now) discuss their own media projects and how they have used new forms of communications to support and build their movements. This discussion, moderated by Courtney Martin (writer and editor at Feministing.com), took place on the first day of Activism and the Academy: Celebrating 40 Years of Feminist Scholarship and Action, a two-day conference held September 23-24, 2011 in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Barnard Center for Research on Women.

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