Post by swalker on Mar 24, 2016 19:25:37 GMT
One of the main criticisms of cyberutopia is its intertwining interactions with face to face feminisms, and the refusal to see online interactions as affecting or potentially conflicting with offline interactions (Brophy, 2010 Pg 932). Is it possible that Brophy is essentializing the problem of separate or non-separate spaces a bit more than she needs to? After all, the separation of the internet from lived feminist experiences allows for the potential of distance between dissenting voices and the pressure they might feel to conform to the dominant opinion; something that is difficult to do in the offline world. How might online feminisms develop voices which are too frequently silenced in offline interactions, and is this a critique of Brophy's problematized cyberutopia?
