Performative Activism

Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 1 p.m.

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What is activism without the performance? When does performative activism just become about the performance and your own ego? There\'s a slippery slope between how we curate our lives online and what our lives, and our activism, looks like without the filter. Throw in a pandemic and activism and it gets even more complicated when we use social media to convey political beliefs. Jewelz and Chrissy discuss the now notorious black square on #blackouttuesday: why Chrissy didn\\u2019t post it and Jewelz did.\\xa0\\xa0On the flip side, why Chrissy posted a black and white #challengeaccepted while Jewelz didn\\u2019t. What does it mean IRL and why we want there to be more dog accounts.\\xa0

The Black Square:\\xa0Forbes Article

The\\xa0NYTimes article\\xa0on #challengeaccepted that says it better than we do.\\xa0

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Chrissy: CoachChrissy
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