There Are No Girls on the Internet

Mikki Kendall built her career on Twitter. Here’s where she’s going next.

When writer, cultural critic and OG Twitter icon Mikki Kendall created the viral hashtag #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen, she changed the face of online feminism.   Ten years later she looks back on where the platform, and all of us, are headed.   Mikki’s MIT Tech Review Piece: I made it big on Twitter. Now I don’t think I can stay:<a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/10/28/1062414/elon-musk-leaving-twitter-solidarity-is-for-white-women-virality/"> https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/10/28/1062414/elon-musk-leaving-twitter-solidarity-is-for-white-women-virality/</a>   Mikki’s NPR response about #SolidarityisForWhiteWomen (and NPR’s apology:)<a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/09/05/219278156/twitter-feminism-and-race-who-gets-a-seat-at-the-table"> https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/09/05/219278156/twitter-feminism-and-race-who-gets-a-seat-at-the-table</a>   SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON FOR AD FREE BONUS CONTENT:<a href="http://patreon.com/TANGOTI"> PATREON.COM/TANGOTI</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being online what it is. So let’s build them.