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Queering TikTok by Rebecca Fox [KEY: magenta= connections; dark purple=…
Queering TikTok by Rebecca Fox [KEY: magenta= connections; dark purple= readings/sources]
DIFFERENT BODIES
TikTok used as a platform for the representation of bodies that are not shown in pop culture and media
Challenging the normative idea of an influencer, who can be an influencer or celebrity, and beauty standards
Examples
plus size:
adelialaughs
(also de-stigmatizing plus-size pregnancy);
allisonkimmey
veneziacruz
acne positive:
laviniarusanda
disabled:
baylen.dupree
(Tourette's)
emrrowley
(limb difference)
Encourages viewers with bodies that aren't represented widely to have confidence and realize they can relate to others who embrace and accept their bodies and share their stories/experiences and challenge prejudice/stereotypes
DIFFERENT LIFESTYLES
Encourage viewers' curiosity and questions
"It's Here and Queer: How TikTok Became the Gen Z Tool of LGBTQ+ Education" by Zoya Raza-Sheikh
Examples
Orthodox Jewish mother:
miriamezagui
Iranian woman, protests of mandatory hijab:
mahyabli
Creators who share their non-normative lifestyles (ie religion, spirituality, sustainable/off-grid lifestyles, special diets, etc.) educate people about their experiences, lifestyle choices, and daily life
DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES
Educate viewers on their unique or marginalized experiences that are not often represented, acknowledged, or shown in popular media
Share personal stories, especially through the transformation and cooptation of "a day in my life as-" or "get ready with me" style video formats
"TikTok's Queer Potential: Identity, Methods, Movements" by Stefanie Duguay
use of "stitching" videos, duets, hashtags, filters, repeated sounds, formats, trends, etc.
Examples
Life in Ukrainian bomb shelter:
valerisssh
Life as a homeless single mother:
lifeasmelani_
CONCERNS
Hate & Harassment
Examples
anti-semitism/islamophobia
homophobia/transphobia
"mom-shaming"
classism
ableism
racism
"It's Not Perfect, But TikTok Has Become a Place for LGBT+ People to Thrive" by Tom Haynes
Privacy & Security
Proposed US ban on TikTok
Loss of community, income source, visibility, and platform to share information/educate others/relate to communities; seen as censorship of a platform that is vital to many voices and communities
Tied to concerns about "the algorithm" hiding or "shadow-banning" certain marginalized identities/users/words/topics/videos
"Indecency, Obscenity, and Queer Voices Online" by Avery Dame-Griff
Data privacy/information leaks/selling
Specific concerns in areas where certain identities or lifestyles are in legal or physical danger
QUEER IDENTITIES
Users can acceptably play with gender through certain filters and trends
Imagining utopia
"Queerness as Horizon: Utopian Hermeneutics in the Face of Gay Pragmatism" by José Esteban Muñoz
"'Do You Want to Form an Alliance with Me?': Glimpses of Utopia in the Works of Queer Women and Non-Binary Creators on TikTok" by Claudia Skinner
concept of "digital neighbors" (Skinner, pp.79)
reclaim public space as a site of queer joy, pleasure, celebration, and reclamation (Skinner, pp.79)
"...TikTok's interpretation and implementation of conduct violation policy continually [falls] on the side of the white supremacist heteropatriarchy" (Skinner, pp.81)
censorship on TikTok
Examples
Lesbian couple:
lundenandolivia
Trans visibility:
dylanmulvaney
Gay couple, one husband is blind:
matthewandpaul
Users can experiment with sexuality in socially accepted or appropriate ways through the use of certain trends, songs, or phrases that play with and/or signal to queerness and the queer community
Platform for queer people (actors, comedians, historians, business owners, artists, etc.) to easily reach large queer audiences, generate support for their work and interests, and find community and support for their identity and their experiences
QUEER AS NON-NORMATIVE
TikTok as a platform for resisting and breaking social norms, challenging dominant narratives, and increasing representation of non-normative and/or marginalized identities and experiences