ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on black feminists' digital activism, Durham traces the history of hip hop feminism, a post-civil rights movement that centers women of color and recognizes culture, particularly media, as a powerful site for resistance. Durham fills in this gap, framing the Million Woman March as a precursor to the organizational strategies characteristic of today's online feminism while simultaneously disrupting white-centric narratives regarding feminism's history that erase women of color. The March, with its grassroots origins and intersectional values, drew on analog black feminist strategies that circumvented white and male political leadership to connect the specific concerns of local communities with national movements and prioritize the situated knowledge of women of color. The chapter focuses on feminist activism in two different arenas–FM radio activism and open-technology cultures–to evaluate the political potential and limitations of projects seeking to increase women's involvement in technological development.
