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Strong, Independent Women Who Know Their Worth and Shrug at the Very Idea of Discrimination. The Black Protest in the Context of Changing Ideals of Femininity in Poland

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Sieradzka J.

Władza sądzenia

2018

issue 14

13-29

This article is a critical analysis of the rhetoric of successful mass mobilization against the proposed total ban on abortion in Poland, focusing on the Black Protest initiated in social media in September 2016 and resulting in the All-Poland’s Women Strike which took place on the October 3rd, 2016. I argue with the dominant feminist narrative of the Black Protest, which conceptualizes it as a radical transformation of public debate and civil society in Poland as well as a clear manifestation of changing identities and attitudes towards the political among the so-called “ordinary women“. Instead of a story of change, I propose a narrative of continuity, arguing that 2016 women’s mobilization was successful and mobilized so many different women because it was rooted in well-known neoliberal discourse and traditional social genotypes of femininity, such as the Polish Mother and the indispensable family life manager.

Explaining mass protests against abortion ban in Poland: the power of connective action

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Korolczuk E.

Zoon Politikon

2016

issue 7

91-113

This article examines successful mass mobilization of Polish women against the proposed total ban on abortion in 2016. It is argued that the mass participation in the protests resulted from a range of factors, e.g. the heightened political climate in Poland and normalization of street protests, as well as an emotional dynamic of mobilization and wide use of social media for communication and networking. The analysis shows that the protests followed the logic of connective action based on the use of flexible, easily personalized action frames, which were well-embedded in local cultural narratives referencing the struggle for Poland’s independence and resistance against an oppressive state.

Artykuł analizuje masową mobilizację Polek przeciwko projektowi ustawy zawierającej całkowity zakaz aborcji w 2016 r. Mobilizacja ta wynikała z wielu czynników, w tym politycznej polaryzacji polskiego społeczeństwa i normalizacji protestów ulicznych, emocjonalnej dynamiki mobilizacji oraz wykorzystania mediów społecznościowych jako narzędzia komunikacji i budowania sieci współpracy. Protesty charakteryzowała logika połączonego działania, w której kluczową funkcję odgrywają komunikaty o charakterze kulturowych memów. Są one elastyczne i można je łatwo spersonalizować, a tu nawiązywały także do popularnych kulturowych narracji opowiadających o tradycji oporu wobec opresyjnego państwa.

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Strong, Independent Women Who Know Their Worth and Shrug at the Very Idea of Discrimination. The Black Protest in the Context of Changing Ideals of Femininity in Poland

Explaining mass protests against abortion ban in Poland: the power of connective action