Your Bedroom as a Stage: Intimacy, Labour, and the #ThatGirl Trend
By Uxía Sánchez Lorda
European Journalism Observatory
In this article published by the European Journalism Observatory, Uxía Sánchez Lorda discusses the #ThatGirl trend present on the social media, and its relation to concepts such as home, intimacy and identity. The discussion further leads Sánchez Lorda to reflect on the meaning of these trends in relation to democracy, human rights and advertising.
Uxía is a PhD student at the Institute for Communication and Journalism Studies. Her research examines female representation on social media through poststructuralist discourse analysis. She is also interested in communication theories, visual culture, and the affective turn. She is the communication officer of the Culture and Communication Research Centre.