Catherine Knight Steele, Ph.D.
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This book is a must-read in a time when we need to redouble our commitments to social justice. Catherine Knight Steele helps us understand and celebrate the powerful work that Black feminists do to make the world a better place.
​~Safiya Umoja Noble, author of Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
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With this accessible volume, Catherine Knight Steele has offered readers a compelling explanation of Black feminist technoculture. Black women have long been at the forefront of technological advances, creation and dialogue; Steele skillfully traces their influence into the present and future. 
~Ms. Magazine
winner of the 2022 Association of Internet Research Nancy Baym Book Award and 
the 2022 Diamond Anniversary National Communication Association Award

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JOURNAL ARTICLES
Black Feminist Pleasure on TikTok: An Ode to Hurston’s “Characteristics of Negro Expression.
     in Women's Studies in Communication
When the black lives that matter are not our own: digital black feminism and a dialectic of self and community
     in Feminist Media Studies
‘Joy is Resistance’: Resilience and (Re)Invention of Black Oral Culture Across Platforms Online
     w/ Jessica Lu in Information, Communication & Society
Black Bloggers and their Varied Publics: The Everyday Politics of Black Discourse Online
     in Television and New Media
The Digital Barbershop: Blogs and Online Oral Culture Within the African American Community
     in Social Media + Society
Pride and Prejudice: Pervasiveness of colorism and the animated series Proud Family
     in The Howard Journal of Communications
​BOOK CHAPTERS
Defying Death: Black Joy as Resistance Online
     in Networked Self: Birth, Death, and Life,  ​Z. Papacharissi (Ed.) 
Signifyin’ bitching and blogging: Black women and resistance discourse online
     in The Intersectional Internet, S.U. Noble and B. Tynes (Eds.)
The Intersection of Race, Multiplicity, and Holism with Online Social Media
     in Women of Color Navigating Mentoring Relationships: Critical Examinations, K. E. Tassie & S. M. B. Givens (Eds.)
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