Critical Social Justice Keynote Lecture: Franchesca Ramsey
Your Powerful Online Voice: Social Media for Social Change
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 · 7:30 - 8:30 PM
RESCHEDULED TO WEDNESDAY, February 18th, 2015 at 7:30 p.m ; Doors open at 7 pm.
The Women's Center with Student Life's Mosaic Center present the Critical Social Justice 2015 Keynote Lecture with Franchesca "Chescaleigh" Ramsey: "Your Powerful Online Voice: Social Media for Social Change."
Best known for her viral parody video of racial microaggressions, Shit White Girls Say…to Black Girls, comedian and vlogger Franchesca Ramsey discusses her approach to harnessing the power of social media across multiple platforms in order to engage in meaningful dialogues about social justice. Inspired by her interactions with other prominent social justice bloggers, Ramsey critiques the toxic “call-out culture” that pervades many social justice communities and explores alternative approaches to demanding accountability in online spaces. Her poignant video, How Slut Shaming Becomes Victim Blaming, which centers on her analysis of rape culture and its impact on the literal and metaphorical safe space for women and sexual assault survivors, provides the touch point for examining the role of vulnerability and raw affect in social justice work. Ramsey further explores the possibilities and challenges presented by using new media to talk about contentious issues like race, feminism, and body politics.
Doors open at 7pm. There will be a meet-and-greet reception immediately following the lecture and Q&A.
This Critical Social Justice event is co-sponsored by Women of Color Coalition, Residential Life, Dresher Center for the Humanities (as part of the Spring 2015 Humanities Forum), College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Department of Africana Studies, Department of Media and Communication Studies, Department of American Studies, and Alumni House.
For more information on Critical Social Justice and the CSJ 2015 events, visit: critsocjustice.wordpress.com
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