@sjjphd #HashtagActivism, is on my list definitely! Hello from Athens!

Seems like a good time to re #introduce myself and write my first #mastodon thread. Hi! I wrote a book about #activism on #Twitter https://www.amazon.com/HashtagActivism-Networks-Gender-Justice-Press/dp/0262043378 But, I've never been a #tech optimist. We've always known that technology can be used for good, mundane, and evil. What I am an optimist about is the ability of ordinary people to organize for change and insist on being heard, that's the central argument of #HashtagActivism.

Me newbie intro: I'm Sarah (she/her). In short I think about/research #race, #gender, #democracy, and #activism through their relations to #media and #tech. I wrote a book about Black #celebrity & the press, then about #HashtagActivism & #counterpublics on that other site, & am now writing a cultural & political history of Black mediamaking in the U.S. I'm a #Sagittarius and I love #dogs, #peloton, #yoga, #protest, and the #outdoors. Based on land stewarded by the Lenape.