Hashtag Re-Appropriation, Voices of Reason, and Strategic Silences: ‘Soft’ Feminist Resistance Practices on Swedish Social Media

Lisa Lindqvist is a fourth-year PhD Candidate in Sociology, specializing in Gender Studies,
at Karlstad University, Sweden. With a decade-long professional background in digital
communications, where she noticed the inequitable access to meaningful online speaking
opportunities, her research is now motivated by a critical examination of this disparity. Her
research interests include digital politics, protest, and culture, with a specific focus on
Swedish social media feminism.