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Mikki Kendall built her career on Twitter. Here’s where she’s going next.

Mikki Kendall built her career on Twitter. Here’s where she’s going next.

FromThere Are No Girls on the Internet


Mikki Kendall built her career on Twitter. Here’s where she’s going next.

FromThere Are No Girls on the Internet

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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
May 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

When writer, cultural critic and OG Twitter icon Mikki Kendall created the viral hashtag #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen, she changed the face of online feminism.  
Ten years later she looks back on where the platform, and all of us, are headed.
 
Mikki’s MIT Tech Review Piece: I made it big on Twitter. Now I don’t think I can stay: https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/10/28/1062414/elon-musk-leaving-twitter-solidarity-is-for-white-women-virality/
 
Mikki’s NPR response about #SolidarityisForWhiteWomen (and NPR’s apology:) https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/09/05/219278156/twitter-feminism-and-race-who-gets-a-seat-at-the-table
 
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May 24, 2023
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