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Exploring feminist social media tactics that use humor as a form of resistance to misogyny, the affective dynamics of shame, shaming, and shamelessness.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: What's laughter got to do with it?
2. #MeToo, outrage, and sexual shame
3. Affective homophily and the unlikely comedy of #MeToo
4. Counter shame, startle, and the unsolicited pussy pic
5. Shameless hags, tolerance whores, and the vibrancy of language
6. Manels, dadpreneurs, and the allure of binary gender
7. Conclusion: Laughter and networked absurdism
References
Index

About the Author

Jenny Sunden is Professor of Gender Studies at S dert rn University in Sweden.

Susanna Paasonen is Professor of Media Studies at the University of Turku in Finland. She is the coauthor of NSF- Sex, Humor, and Risk in Social Media (MIT Press).