{"title":"Technofeminism, Twitter, and the counterpublic rhetoric of @SheRatesDogs","authors":"Alexis Sabryn Walston","doi":"10.1016/j.compcom.2023.102788","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article analyzes the Twitter account @SheRatesDogs to determine if and how it rhetorically constitutes a technofeminist counterpublic. Ultimately, this essay argues that SheRatesDogs is a technofeminist counterpublic because it brings together Twitter users who want to end harmful, volatile, and sexist online discourse. The counterpublic uses common themes—humor, anger, and calls to action—to promote the public's awareness of these harmful discourse norms and to demand policy changes from various institutions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35773,"journal":{"name":"Computers and Composition","volume":"69 ","pages":"Article 102788"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Computers and Composition","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S8755461523000385","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This article analyzes the Twitter account @SheRatesDogs to determine if and how it rhetorically constitutes a technofeminist counterpublic. Ultimately, this essay argues that SheRatesDogs is a technofeminist counterpublic because it brings together Twitter users who want to end harmful, volatile, and sexist online discourse. The counterpublic uses common themes—humor, anger, and calls to action—to promote the public's awareness of these harmful discourse norms and to demand policy changes from various institutions.
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Computers and Composition: An International Journal is devoted to exploring the use of computers in writing classes, writing programs, and writing research. It provides a forum for discussing issues connected with writing and computer use. It also offers information about integrating computers into writing programs on the basis of sound theoretical and pedagogical decisions, and empirical evidence. It welcomes articles, reviews, and letters to the Editors that may be of interest to readers, including descriptions of computer-aided writing and/or reading instruction, discussions of topics related to computer use of software development; explorations of controversial ethical, legal, or social issues related to the use of computers in writing programs.
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