What Makes Online Engagement and Activism, Including the Creation of Successful

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Essay

What makes online engagement and activism, including the creation of successful hashtags, a meaningful form of democratic participation? What are the limits to Internet activism, and how do Black feminist activists work to use the Internet to full advantage?

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Definitions:

Autonomic Ganglion

A cluster of nerve cell bodies in the autonomic nervous system that regulates involuntary functions such as heart rate and digestion.

Somatic Motor System

Part of the peripheral nervous system that transmits signals from the central nervous system to skeletal muscles, facilitating voluntary muscle movements.

Postganglionic Neuron

Autonomic neuron that has its cell body located within an autonomic ganglion and sends its axon to an effector organ.

Sympathetic Impulses

Nerve impulses that stimulate the body's fight or flight response, part of the autonomic nervous system.