Nolitetebastardescarborundorum
Self-Publishing, Hashtag Activism, and Feminist Resistance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12918500 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caroline N Bayne (0000-0001-9657-7936, University of Minnesota, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 201-205 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-22 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Communication Culture and Critique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1753-9137 • E-ISSN: 1753-9129 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ccc/tcx016 |
| OpenAlex | W2795340914 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 3 |
The nonsense Latin phrase nolite te bastardes carborundorum, scratched into the closet baseboard in The Handmaid’s Tale and subsequently reborn as a hashtag, fits neatly into the legacy of feminist forms of self-publishing. These forms often rely on personal knowledge and lived experiences to generate and circulate meaning, and to bring this knowledge into public spaces as a form of activism specific to those able to solve the puzzle. Feminist forms of self-publishing offer a lineage of collective meaning making and knowledge generation practices beginning with scrapbooking in the early 1900s, in which women would archive personal ephemera alongside newspaper clippings and current events, often writing commentary and corrections to best describe and document their daily lived experiences (Piepmeier, 2009), sexual health pamphlets in the 1920s, consciousness-raising groups in the 1970s, zine culture in the 1990s, and in a multitude of ways in the now, including feminist trolling practices and meme hive-minds.1
Closet · Meaning (existential · Media studies · Political science · Publishing · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Digital Games and Media · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · History · Law
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |