Characterization of black feminisms

from the MNU generation collectives to virtual collectives

Abstract

This article seeks to trace the main characteristics of Brazilian black feminism from its emergence in the late 1970s through black women's collectives to the present day, where black feminist collectives are present and active on digital social networks. Based on the collection of data via online forms, focus groups and the use of the Content Analysis method, the article presents the forms of organization, agendas, strategies and references mobilized by contemporary black feminists whose activities take place mainly on social networks such as Facebook and the now-defunct Twitter. The analysis of the data revealed that black feminism active on social networks maintains a large part of the agendas and principles that guided the generation that preceded it, but presents its own aspects such as the distinction into two different segments, the production and dissemination of knowledge as a fundamental guideline, and the incorporation of LGBTQIA+ issues.