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Unfiltered and Unapologetic: March for Our Lives and the Political Boundaries of Age

Bent, Emily·2019·Jeunesse Young People Texts Cultures
DOI 10.1353/jeu.2019.0017
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When young people took to the streets on 24 March 2018 as part of March for Our Lives (MFOL), they leveraged narratives of age and generation to inspire others to take action on preventing gun violence incidences across the United States. Despite the political precarity associated with their ages, student-activists claimed public space and voice as more than the victims of the so-called "mass shooting generation." This article explores how narratives of age and generation shape their political legibility and authority in the MFOL movement. Based on analyses of Parkland student speeches and reflections and MFOL protest signs, I consider the paradoxical manner in which youth-activists play with notions of age in order to mark themselves as essential political actors and vulnerable not-yet subjects in need of protection. It is my contention that MFOL illustrates the liminal borders of youth political (in)visibility and the transformative possibilities of age-based politics for youth-activists.

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Authors
Bent, E.
Corresponding author
Bent, Emily
ORCID
Bent, Emily
Venue
Jeunesse Young People Texts Cultures
Publisher
Project MUSE
Published
2019
Volume
11
Issue
2
Pages
55-73
ISSN
  • 1920-2601 (ISSN-L)
  • 1920-261X
DOI
10.1353/jeu.2019.0017
OpenAlex
W3012200141
Cited by
20
References
16
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3
FWCI
3.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Jeunesse Young People Texts Cultures (publishedVersion)
  • Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Youth, Politics, and Society
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia
  • Social Sciences › Communication › Rhetoric and Communication Studies
Keywords
March for Our Lives, youth activism, age and generation, gun violence prevention, political visibility, political precarity, protest signs, political authority

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