Stage 3: Women in Hip Hop Reflection

Our group decided to make a tumblr as our means of social media for Women in Hip Hop. Tumblr is a blogging website that is a bit different from others (e.g. wordpress or blogspot). It encourages interaction between blogs through following other blogs, reblogging posts, sending asks, and submitting content to other blogs. It has all of the benefit of the accessibility of other blog sites but with the addition of more interaction than just comments. However, tumblr does have some drawbacks as a platform. It is a relatively young website that often has server crashes and periods of inaccessibility, as well as some features that don't necessarily work all of the time. Also, because of the nature of the site as primarily a photoblogging website, it is not necessarily the place for wordy, in-depth analyses of things, as many people will skip over long text when it shows up on their dashboard. However, if you can pare your blog content down to a consumable length, it can really be a great way to engage people.
Social media is a very important and popular avenue for spreading information. People can not only learn but also engage with topics and other scholars on topics when they explore blogs, websites, tumblrs, etc. We plan on following other blogs and re-blogging information so that there can be one cohesive space where people can explore women in hip hop. We can also post the link to our facebook/twitter/myspace pages to attract more attention. Hip hop is such a popular aspect of pop culture today that by using tags relating to it, more people will stumble upon the page and information will get to more people. Spreading information on the web takes effort because people have to weed out all of the information that comes at them when they type one word into google or other search bars, but using social media is vital for feminism (any issue/movement for that matter).
Our tumblr can be found here. We have a lot of posts up so far, and more in tumblr's queue feature, which updates automatically, so there's even more content to come!