I definitely learned a lot in this class. It helped me to understand that social media can be used to share stories, information about current events/politics (but can also spread misinformation as a result), and it reminded me of the importance of social media. We use it to connect with people, either friends or strangers, find solidarity, learn about different perspectives, and can give marginalized voices a larger audience than was available before. I am definitely interested in reading more stories like #GirlsLikeUs or the Zola story, and finding how writers can keep their readers interested on social media, considering that it is not a “traditional” platform for storytelling.
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Thanks for this, Leigh. We did also talk about a lot of the caveats; in some way, social media is as good at suppressing marginalized voices as it is at allowing sidelined folks new platforms…