SlutWalk has used social networks to great advantage. They have both a Facebook account and twitter page dedicated to SlutWalk in general, and in addition most cities have their own in order to organize walks and for local members to network more easily. I have been monitoring the SlutWalk Facebook group for the better part of a month now in preparation for this blog. Not only do the organizers of the group post links to SlutWalks all over the world, but they, as well as supporters, actively post links and images that relate to sexual assault, women's rights, and other articles relevant to the goals of SlutWalk. This has allowed members to be aware of the solidarity available to them as well as showing solidarity to similar organizations.
Courtesy of SlutWalk
References Cited:
Graeber, David.
2009. Direct Action: An Ethnography. AK Press. Zine Library.
http://zinelibrary.info/files/Direct%20Action%20-%20An%20Ethnography.pdf
Warf, Barney and John Grimes
1997. Counterhegemonic Discourses and the Internet. Geographical Review. 87: 2.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/216008
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