Date of Award

7-2024

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Art History and Visual Culture

Department

Art

Abstract

This paper explores the Intersectional Feminist and Queer activist's work in the Contemporary arts through a reconsideration of the existing scholarly literature and the use of social media platforms from the third wave of Intersection and Transnational Feminist and Queer work. Looking specifically at motifs that connotate to the bodies of people assigned female at birth, there are recognizable impacts at both micro and macro community levels. This research is done in an Intersectional Feminist and Queer theoretical methodology to better understand the implications of valuing multifaceted identities in the 21st century. This paper identifies artists and activists who work in the arts and are using their platforms to push boundaries and take their autonomy back. The Intersectional and Transnational waves of Feminist and Queer movements are building safe communities worldwide and are progressing inclusivity in the arts while demanding reparations for injustices in the past against individuals who identify with these multifaceted realities. This is seen in posts and comments on Instagram, Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter), and Reedit, while this discourse remains prevalent as more perspectives are brought forward. As future researchers continue to consider the power held in social media for community development, more validity will emerge around diverse experiences as gaps in knowledge are further narrowed.

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