We Can Do Better: Feminist Manifestos for Media and Communication

By: Linda Steiner and Stine Eckert and Frieda Werden and Lori Kido Lopez and Meenakshi Gigi Durham and Carolyn Kitch and Denetra Walker and Erin L. Perry and Summer Harlow and Dustin Harp and Carolina Velloso and Dafna Lemish and Gina M. Masullo and Kim Hong Nguyen and Katy Fulfer and Eve Ng and Jade Metzger-Riftkin and Amara Imari Sugalski and Sahar Khamis and Miglena Sternadori

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Synopsis: Feminist Manifestos for Media and Communication brings together evidence-based manifestos for media and communication that take a feminist perspective and add up to a provocative vision of feminist media practices and of feminist communication. The book discusses critical problems and complaints in ways that identify and make the case for actionable, concrete solutions to media problems and deficiencies; it shows how feminist thinking can be usefully and effectively applied to a wide range of journalism, media, and communication practices. The manifestos are not “only” about women but rather offer specific, feasible blueprints for restructuring media in ways that make them fairer and more equitable along many vectors of identity, so that media can better serve democracy. These manifestos give concrete solutions to specific problems that can and should be implemented by journalists, media practitioners, students, faculty, and scholars. The manifestos are organized around three sets of demands: for better media practices, for more participatory online spaces, and for more precise and appropriate language.