"The Way She Moves" is dedicated to digging into the ways in which the modern world has shaped political movements and organizations. Using critical feminist thinking and political discourse, this podcast explores a few of the most prominent political movements from the last 5 years and analyzes why they work, what makes them unique, and of course, how the women who lead these movements have created their own phenomena.
Here I cover the Black Lives Matter movement and its monumental success since its inception in 2013. We discuss how it started all because of three black women on Facebook, how the movement has taken off on social media and how social media has helped Black Lives Matter, and I share some audio clips with you as I journeyed to a local Black Lives Matter vigil near me and spoke to some folks there.* Enjoy!
Sources from this Episode:
Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism, 2020
Sarah J. Jackson, Moya Bailey, and Brooke Foucault Welles, Hashtag Activism, 2020.
Black Lives Matter's Home Website, https://blacklivesmatter.com
The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/03/us/george-floyd-protests-crowd-size.html
The Anti-Defamation League, https://www.adl.org/education/educator-resources/lesson-plans/black-lives-matter-from-hashtag-to-movement
BBC News, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53273381
*All audio clips of interviews in this episode are mine
