Scaling the Black Feminist Imagination Across Cyberspace
This blog currently serves as the living research journal for my masters thesis “Networks of Solidarity: Digital Black feminism and the YouTube video essay” (see Thesis Info page). I aim to document every step of my research journey and contribute to the vibrant tapestry of digital Black feminist thought-work via the open publication of reflexive and analytical memos, field notes, flash essays, and curated multimedia roundups related to my research.
Beyond the scope of my thesis project, I have also founded Oyster Knife Media with my close friend and fellow creative Julia McAllister. Oyster Knife Media is an independent media network that produces long-form video essays, critical cultural commentary, and digital learning objects which analyze the intersectional internet and popular culture through a Black feminist lens. “Networks of Solidarity” will be the first in a series of critical video essays posted to the Oyster Knife Media YouTube channel. You can learn more about our network’s programming on the Shows page.
Through original programming and a commitment to public scholarship, Oyster Knife Media seeks to cultivate a diverse and engaged multimedia environment that promotes principles of Black feminist epistemology, open pedagogy, and scholar-activism.