RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Valkovičová, Veronika
A1 Maďarová, Zuzana
T1 The Practices and Subjects of Feminist Digital Activism: Experiences from  Slovakia and Czechia
JF Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research
YR 2025
VO 26
IS 1
SP 59
OP 84
DO 10.13060/gav.2025.007
UL https://genderonline.cz/artkey/gav-202501-0009.php
AB This study explores the developments of digital feminist activism in Slovakia and Czechia amidst rising anti-gender rhetoric and anti-NGOism. In the climate of polit-ical change over the past five years, women in both countries began using Instagram to raise awareness of gender-based violence, harassment, and sexism. Through interviews with digital activists, this research examines the online dynamics of these networked publics. It analyses activists' strategies for navigating public/private boundaries and balancing individual and collective efforts in a corporate-controlled online space. Despite the challenges posed by Instagram's influencer-driven structure, these activists use the platform to engage in feminist awareness-raising and advocacy. This study contributes to the scholarship on digital feminist movements by highlighting the potential and limitations of social media to foster new forms of feminist praxis in a hostile political environment.