ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book argues that the virtual protest constitutes a reclaiming of cyberspace–a way to control the narrative about women's rights and women's bodies. It sets out some important principles about the gaze of the mobile phone camera and the venture into ever more personal and intimate territories via visual phenomena such as 'sexting'–sending a sexually explicit photograph via a mobile phone. The book explores the relationship between gender, looking and power, analysing 'creepshots' featured on an online photography discussion forum The Candid Forum. It argues that the virtual protest constitutes a reclaiming of cyberspace–a way to control the narrative about women's rights and women's bodies. The book considers different spaces: of connection, racialized, non-spaces of white supremacy and spaces of action, which enable other ways of seeing. It explores the relationship between photography and politics in the context of 'post-truth' and 'fake news'.
