Quinn Rhodes (he/him)

Do you post photos of yourself at protests online?

Does seeing photos people post of being at protests on social media encourage you to get involved in local activism?

Would you ever *not* go to a protest or event because you were anxious about photos being taken and shared online?

If you’re up for talking to me about the positives/potential dangers of posting protest photos on social media for a piece I’m working on, please drop me an email at [email protected]!

#Activism #Protests

May 17 at 3:39pmMastodon for iOS
Show threadKestral22h ago
@onqueerstreet there was this photo of me at a protest that went viral a few years ago, ended up in an AP news archive and so was all over the internet and news articles. I had to change my hair colour to get away from it for a bit!
Show threadQuinn Rhodes (he/him)22h ago
@kestral Oh wow. Were you identified by name in the photo or were people putting in effort to find you and be dicks? (I mean, maybe they weren’t being dicks? I’m making an assumption here.)
Show threadKestral22h ago
@onqueerstreet the latter - and it was a mixed bag of both dicks and compliments.
Show threadKestral22h ago
@onqueerstreet I was teaching at the time and it certainly was divisive amonst the students taking my modiles.
Show threadLeia17h ago
@onqueerstreet I don’t mind being in them, and I like seeing them but my opinion doesn’t really add much to any research of this type because I am also in one of the lowest possible risk categories - a middle-aged, white, cis, abled, straight-passing, woman…