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The Aesthetics of Resistance: Digital Feminism, Visibility, and Backlash in Contemporary Gender Politics

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  • Snehal,
  • Madhubanti Chowdhury
Snehal
Final Year Students, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Madhubanti Chowdhury
Final Year Students, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Published 27.07.2026

Keywords

  • digital visibility paradox,
  • Global South feminism,
  • algorithmic colonialism,
  • incel radicalization,
  • intersectional resistance,
  • platform sovereignty
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How to Cite

Snehal, & Chowdhury, M. (2026). The Aesthetics of Resistance: Digital Feminism, Visibility, and Backlash in Contemporary Gender Politics. Loreto College Academic Press, 203–230. Retrieved from https://loretocollegeacademicpress.com/index.php/lcap/article/view/37
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Abstract

Digital platforms dazzle with feminist promise—hypervisibility igniting resistance against entrenched patriarchies, yet conceal a digital visibility paradox: brighter spotlights cast deadlier shadows, especially over Global South movements. Paris Paloma’s #Labour surges 15 million TikTok views with celebrity retweets fuelling rage against domestic drudgery, facing zero reprisals, while Iran’s #MahsaAmini’s 2.1 billion impressions unleash 2026 Tehran hair-cutting defiance met by NoorNet — Iran’s AI-powered state surveillance system deploying facial recognition to identify and arrest protesters — arrests and Farsi shadow bans cutting reach by 37–52%.​

DOI - https://doi.org/10.66496/LCAP.9788168710122.2026.203-230

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