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Slacktivism in Autism Rights Movement
The reading for this week was centered around the idea of slacktivism. Madison and Klang argue that "slacktivism" is a pejorative phrase...
ellie
Nov 4, 20222 min read
Homosexuality and Autism: The Fight To End Pathologization
Lewis chronicles the history of the conflict involving LGBTQ rights activists and psychologists on the psychiatric state of homosexuality...
ellie
Oct 7, 20222 min read
#Actually Autistic -- My Take Aways
To begin I would say that this article by Ruth Osorio is a great exposé that covers the cultural phenomenons that take place online when...
Dominique Domally
Oct 2, 20222 min read
Crip Camp and Disability Rights Movements
This week we watched the documentary Crip Camp, which depicts how a camp for disabled youth inspired a lot of the work done in the...
ellie
Sep 30, 20222 min read
Dynamics of Acceleration and Personalization in #ActuallyAutistic
For this week, we read "Social Media and Activist Communication," an article by Poell and van Dijck. In this piece, the authors discussed...
ellie
Sep 23, 20222 min read
Sustainability- Acceleration or Personification?
In their article "Social Media and Activist Communication," Poell and van Dijck describe two dynamics that describe how social movements...
Rachel
Sep 23, 20221 min read
Rhetoric and hashtag-tivisim
How Osario's text on rhetoric and hashtags apply to my movement: transgender youth.
e182
Sep 20, 20221 min read
Week 3 Blog Post
Ruth Osorio's article "I Am #ActuallyAutistic, Hear Me Tweet: The Autist-Topoi of Autistic Activists on Twitter" highlights the...
Raine Vazquez
Sep 19, 20222 min read
Hashtags and Topoi in Social Media Activism
In Ruth Osorio's "I Am #ActuallyAutistic, Hear Me Tweet: TheAutist-Topoi of Autistic Activists on Twitter," a deeper understanding of how...
bdemouy1
Sep 16, 20221 min read
Twitter and Topoi
This week's article "I Am #ActuallyAutistic, Hear Me Tweet" by Ruth Osorio highlighted an essential part of the activism process-...
Rachel
Sep 16, 20222 min read
Osorio #Actually Autistic
This week’s reading was on the autist-topoi of the #ActuallyAutistic tag on twitter. A topoi as described by Osorio is a node for...
Kyra
Sep 16, 20221 min read
Osorio's "Autist-Topoi" in #ActuallyAutistic
In her article, "I am #ActuallyAutistic, Hear Me Tweet," Ruth Osorio discusses the history and mechanics behind hashtag activism,...
ellie
Sep 16, 20222 min read
Thoughts on Osorio's I Am #ActuallyAutistic, Hear Me Tweet: TheAutist-Topoi of Autistic Activists on
I found this reading to be very interesting. I had only ever seen the use of the term topos (Greek for "place") in a philosophical or...
Caleb
Sep 16, 20221 min read
#RoeRoeRoeYourVote or Democracy is but a dream.
“Alternative media created by movements is a well-documented strategy, as mass dissemination of activist messaging is crucial to...
mf64773
Sep 16, 20222 min read
Hashtags, Topoi, and the Fight for Trans Equality
One topos or multiple topoi are commonplaces that lay the groundwork for discourse. Topoi fluctuate depending on what the dominant...
Dylan Zumwalt
Sep 16, 20221 min read
Osorio "I Am #ActuallyAutistic, Hear Me Tweet"
This week's reading, Ruth Osorio's "I Am #ActuallyAutistic, Hear Me Tweet," illustrates the way in which hashtags can act as a rallying...
Laura
Sep 16, 20221 min read
Introduction
Hi everyone! My name is Ellie, and my pronouns are she/her. I'm a junior majoring in English on the Communication and Technology track. I...
ellie
Sep 16, 20221 min read
#ActuallyAutistic
A term that will appear throughout my discussions is topos which is Greek for "place" but in a rhetorical sense is used more like a...
Andrew P
Sep 16, 20222 min read
Osario's Topoi & It's Relation To The Understanding of Children
Osario covers the topoi of those living with Autism in her article, "I Am #ActuallyAutistic, Hear Me Tweet." This article bring to light...
Des
Sep 15, 20221 min read
Week 3 Blog Post
The assigned article this week, Osorio's "I Am #ActuallyAutistic, Hear Me Tweet", explored the concept of topoi as they related to the...
Cole
Sep 15, 20222 min read
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