Female artists and intellectuals in the public sphere

This course is part of the BA Online Culture: Art, Media and Society or the MA Online Culture at Tilburg University. Click on the link for more info on the courses and the programme.

In this international program Online Culture: Art, Media and Society (Culture Studies) the focus is on digital culture and (new) media. From disciplines such as cultural studies and media studies you study how digitalization and globalization influence our way of living. You discuss new ways of communication, art expressions as well as (social) media expressions like memes and trolls. You research how such ways of communication and expressions are established and how they manifest in, and have influence on a society that increasingly takes place online. Additionally, you actively contribute to digital culture by writing papers and opinion pieces for our own online platform Diggit Magazine.

How the Commercialization of Feminism Equals Activism In the Millennial Age

Paper

Miah Ke-leigh

03/11/2023

17 minutes to read

Within viral communities, many uploaded posts often include hashtags in correlation to celebrity feminism. I will discuss the relevance of these hashtags to feminism and how celebrity figures use them to endorse themselves further.

A deep dive into the pinky glove scandal

Pinky Glove: A feminist analysis of the menstrual status quo and digital menstrual activism

Article

Nathalie Schabio

06/09/2023

13 minutes to read

The Pinky Glove proves that periods are a societal taboo topic. This article is a deep dive into how German media reinforces menstruation stigma and stereotypes and how digital menstrual activism combats the negative menstrual status quo.

Code red: Rupi Kaur’s menstrual activism that invited online trolls

Article

Jessaline Tanjung

17/02/2023

12 minutes to read

This article breaks down Rupi Kaur's online menstrual activism. We see how menstrual activism evolved into online activism and discuss whether the negative comments and trolling Kaur experienced are inevitable consequences of activism.

What Greta Gerwig's Little Women (2019) tells us about injustice in Hollywood

Paper

Lola Vos

27/05/2022

15 minutes to read

The Academy Awards have long been criticized for their lack of diversity in their Oscars nominations. This research explores the consequences of the Academy’s Oscars nominations on Hollywood through a case study of Little Women (2019).

Taylor Swift accepting Woman of the Decade award

Taylor Swift's “Fearless”: A feminist analysis

Article

Leonie Milder

20/01/2023

11 minutes to read

The life of the singer and songwriter, Taylor Swift, has been in the public eye for certain problematic issues over a decade. In this article, her personality and art are examined through the concepts of (cyber)sexism, stereotypes, and feminism.

Challenging sexual objectification through 100 vulvas

Paper

Mijke Akkermans

15/01/2020

13 minutes to read

This paper addresses the phenomenon of women's sexual objectification in contemporary society, explored through Dodsworth's feminist artistic project and documentary 100 Vaginas (2019) and informed by Nussbaum's sexual objectification theory.

An intimacy coordinator on the film set: an unnecessary luxury?

Article

Nadine Visser

28/08/2019

14 minutes to read

Power imbalances often lead to abuse in the film inustry. #MeToo has made companies like HBO search for solutions. An on-set intimacy coordinator can ensure that actors' rights are being respected when filming intimate scenes.

Bloody amazing, this menstrual activism

Column

Mijke Akkermans

14/08/2019

4 minutes to read

The necessity of the powerful practice of menstrual activism is deliniated in this column, which discusses its development and achievements, a personal opinion on its influence and its presence in the contemporary artistic sphere.