“Fearless, Powerful, Filipino”: Identity Positioning in the Hashtag Activism of #BabaeAko

• Main Authors: Alingasa, Aniceta Patricia T, Ofreneo, Mira Alexis P
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: Feminist mobilization; hashtag activism; discursive identities; identity positioning; positioning theory; Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Psychology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/340; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14680777.2020.1791927
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This study investigated the discursive production and contestation of identities in the Philippine hashtag campaign, #BabaeAko (“I am a woman”). Using Slocum-Bradley’s Positioning Diamond (2009) it explored the relational process of identity negotiation between the women of the campaign and the Pres...