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#TransLivesMatter, #BlackLivesMatter and Feminism

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I’ve seen some internet dustups over the use of the #translivesmatter hashtag over the past few months. A subreddit asks if it’s okay to use the tag and produces discourse typical of what I’ve observed. Today, I witnessed a rancorous debate on a google group about this issue. Here are some facts about phrasing something as XYZ lives matter: Using twitter’s advanced search, #translivesmatter (12/2011) predates #blacklivesmatter (4/2012). Back in 2012, there were just 3 tweets with #blacklivesmatter and just 3 tweets with #translivesmatter. It’s worth noting that Planned Parenthood was using #womenslivesmatter back in 5/2011 – predating both #translivesmatter and #blacklivesmatter – which makes sense because feminists were phrasing that their lives mattered for a while.

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Interpretive context

Why this article may matter

Community significance

“#TransLivesMatter, #BlackLivesMatter and Feminism” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to feminism and gender politics, while also engaging media, rhetoric, and discourse. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.

Historical significance

As a publication record from 2015 at Cristan’s Research, “#TransLivesMatter, #BlackLivesMatter and Feminism” provides dated evidence of how feminism and gender politics was being argued in relation to media, rhetoric, and discourse. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.

Policy significance

No dominant policy frame was detected in “#TransLivesMatter, #BlackLivesMatter and Feminism.” Its policy relevance, when present, is therefore likely indirect: the article’s treatment of feminism and gender politics may shape later arguments about institutions or public practice rather than proposing a specific rule.

Content analysis

Ranked themes and framings

Rank 1 is the dominant inferred theme or framing. Parent labels identify broader theme families; the relationship key beneath the diagram explains the line styles used for hierarchy, same-family relationships, overlap, and separate-but-related themes.

Themes

  1. 1
    Feminism and gender politicsTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
    100%
  2. 2
    Media, rhetoric, and discourseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
    80%
  3. 3
    Technology, data, and platformsTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
    53%

Academic framing

  1. 1100%

Editorial function

Relationship among the ranked article themes The central circle is the primary theme. Line styles are defined in the relationship key below the diagram. Feminism and gender politics to Media, rhetoric, and discourse: Overlapping theme
Media, rhetoric, and discourse
Feminism and gender politics to Technology, data, and platforms: Separate but related
Technology, data, and platforms
Feminism and gender politicsRank 1
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  • Overlapping themes
  • Separate but related themes
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This article appeared 2 year(s) after the theme’s highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.

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Documented circulation and reception

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Article authors

Author profiles and related researchers

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Related authors are calculated from co-authorship, shared themes and framings, and citation relationships in the registered corpus. This does not imply a personal or institutional association.

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