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Fungai Machirori is a feminist researcher and writer whose areas of interest include digital and social media, and online feminist activism.

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Can Black African Women Finally Hack The System Through Their Digital Feminism?

Posted Thu 14 Jul 2022 - 09:13 | 6,991 views

Young Black women are moving away from the "Stong Black Woman" narrative, and using online platforms to redefine digital feminism for them. Fungai Machirori explores how one young Black woman is attempting to hack the system. But is it working?

Graffiti saying "Together We Create" on a brick wall

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Who is your global South feminism serving?

Posted Thu 20 Aug 2020 - 13:38 | 9,084 views

In this article, the Zimbabwean feminist researcher and writer Fungai Machirori challenges the idea of "the global South" as a homogenous space.

Illustration with colored faces of women from different origins

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Interview with Just Associates SouthEast Asia

Posted Mon 6 Nov 2017 - 11:45 | 7,804 views
Just Associates believes that women who are most affected by the political, economic, environmental and health crises reverberating across the world are on the frontlines of change. In this interview with Fungai Machirori, JASS speaks about the changing nature of activism and how they rise to the challenge put forth by digital movements and tools.

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¿Por fin Facebook se dio cuenta de que el consentimiento es más importante que los pezones?

Posted Fri 5 May 2017 - 17:36 | 5,826 views
Cuando recibes llamadas a toda hora de mujeres desesperadas por que eliminen de la red fotos íntimas suyas publicadas sin su consentimiento, resulta un alivio enterarse de la última movida de Facebook para enfrentar la distribución no consensuada de imágenes íntimas. ¡Por fin!

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Did Facebook finally figure out that consent is more important than nipples?

Posted Wed 3 May 2017 - 10:57 | 6,792 views
In April 2017 Facebook announced a new tool that will prevent an intimate image posted without consent from being shared further on Facebook, Messenger and Instagram. Erika Smith and Fungai Machirori go deep and debate the pros and cons of this proposed system, and how feminist-friendly and positive about alternate sexualities it is.