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Remixing misandry, manspreading, and dick pics: networked feminist humour on Tumblr

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Ringrose, Jessica, Lawrence, Emilie·2018·Feminist Media Studies

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In this paper, we explore new forms of networked feminist humour curated on Tumblr. First, we consider the Misandry Mermaid Tumblr, exploring how the site remediates antifeminist discourses of man-hating by deploying a sarcastic discourse of misandry. We argue the site is plagued, however, by a form of gender binary antagonism. Second we explore an anti-manspreading site savingroomforcats, showing how the site challenges hetero-masculine spatial dominance through the humorous insertion of cats into manspreading images. We also argue that these posts tend to lack an intersectional awareness of racialised masculinity. Finally, we explore the site critiquemydickpic, which subverts dominant understandings of dick pics as threatening, generating a queer politics of disrupting phallic-oriented desire.

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Authors
Ringrose, J., & Lawrence, E.
Affiliations
University College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Ringrose, Jessica
Venue
Feminist Media Studies
Published
2018-04-20
Volume
18
Issue
4
Pages
686-704
ISSN
  • 1468-0777 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-5902
OpenAlex
W2800706295
Cited by
88
References
46
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 3
FWCI
16.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Feminist Media Studies (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/L009587/1)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Humor Studies and Applications
Keywords
Tumblr, misandry, intersectionality, queer politics, anti-feminism, remediation

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