On September 7, 2012, Vancouver teen Amanda Todd posted an 8-minute black and white YouTube video, “My story: Struggling, bullying, suicide, self harm“ chronicling her struggles with being teased and harassed by fellow classmates.
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Voqal is delighted to debut its inaugural class of Media Ideation Fellows. From a creative SMS hotline to redesigning the charitable donation process, Voqal’s first class of fellows are tackling concrete social justice issues using a diversity of perspectives and technological platforms.
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Dear Amanda.
Resting uneasily in this contentious, but necessary space, I write this letter to you. Gloria Anzaldúa calls it a nepantla space of consciousness, one of which is characterized by discomfort; a ‘psychic and emotional borderland,’ a threshold space where transformation can occur. I also offer this letter with feminist activist and online organizer Brownfemipower’s work and legacy in mind. In the spirit of nepantla and in homage to the work of feminists who came before us, I hope by the end of this letter we both find ourselves excruciatingly uncomfortable.
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