Feminist alliances and resistances on Facebook for the 8m call in Spain

Abstract

This article explores the political militancy exercised through a social media site by the feminist movement in Spain, analyzing the resources used to communicate and disseminate the strike call for March 8th, 2018 through the social network Facebook. For this, the level of activity of two accounts has been studied in a comparative way: one of national scope, Huelga Feminista 8M, and another one of regional coverage, Feminismos Madrid. The exploration was carried out on the contents published during the two weeks prior to March 8th, also including this date. We wanted to detect, by means of a quantitative study, the main frames used in Facebook messages, their contribution to knowledge on the call for a strike or on the feminist movement and the origin of discourses. We conclude that the fabric of alliances before and during the call contributed to the creation of a feminist community willing to exercise online and offline resistance and to politicize the reasons that led to the strike.