Analysing two artists, Hana Shafi and Theo Grimes, Willcox explores the role of intersectionality in feminist art on Instagram.
Marissa Willcox
Marissa Willcox is a digital ethnographer and feminist theorist. She works at Goldsmiths University of London as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Media, Communications and Cultural Studies. She explores how feminist, queer, non-binary and POC artists use Instagram to create belonging for marginalised groups. Her research interests are focused on feminist art and activism, the exploration of digital cultures, young people and their everyday engagement with social media. Marissa’s scholarship can be found in peer-reviewed journals, such as Frontiers Journal of Culture and Communication and Feminist Media Studies, as well as in books published by Palgrave Macmillan and Edinburgh University Press.
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