BLACK INTERNET THEORY [ live recording ] | [ Reclaiming Media As A Form Of Reparations ]

SISTERS WITH INVOICES

Sisters With Brothers present BLACK INTERNET THEORY | [ Black Meme Labor, Emotional Response Erasure, Algorithmic Racism + Taking Control Of Media As A Form Of Reparations ] FT Academia by Kandis William, Mandy Harris Williams & Ruth Gebreyseus. This conversation was live recorded at NAVEL on Sunday March 31st 2018. Featured academia + theories presented by: Kandis Williams - @kandis_williams / @cassandra_press is a artist, partner in Cassandra Press and professor at Cal Arts. She presents her reader on the Mammy, Jezebel and Sapphire archetype and how this has blasphemed the image of the black woman, affecting our value /image in internet culture + marketing today. Mandy Harris Williams / @idealblackfemale is the founder and host of #BROWNUPYOURFEED on NTS, internet academic, educator and caption essayist. She speaks about her advocacy in the way the algorithm works against blackness, beauty standards all correlated with the meaning behind #BROWNUPYOURFEED - a hashtag Mandy created that gained global attention. Mandy also speaks to blackfishing, desirability politics and algorithmic racism. Ruth Gebreyesus - @root_g @kotetakotet is a writer (Fader, Guardian) , educator, producer and host of Link In Bio. Ruth presented her work on memes created by young black folks and their subversive power. She speaks on the challenge of archiving visual vernaculars that rely on distortion to remain alive. Also her efforts in archiving memes is very important. Additional featured conversationalists : Alima Lee - @alimalee Whitney Gibson - @whitneygibson Maceo Paisley - @maceopaisley Senay Kenfe - @senaykenfe Def Sound - @defsound Xavier Reed - @xreed32 CREDITS Theme song by Nyah Wilson / @nyahhhh + mastered by Jaylon Mills / Audio engineer, editor and field recorder - Archie Cajaou / @eihcra Motion graphics by Carrie Hargett / @hargogo Moderated by our founder Amelian Kashiro Hamilton / @ameliankashirohamilton Logo by Billy Tsan / @tsansimma A Sisters With Invoices production