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Moya Bailey
Assistant professor of cultures, societies, and global studies and women's, gender, and sexuality studies

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The rise of TikTok, Snapchat, means the biggest hashtag of 2020 might not be a hashtag at all
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The rise of TikTok, Snapchat, means the biggest hashtag of 2020 might not be a hashtag at all

In 2018, it was #MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter, and #NoBanNoWall. In 2019, it was the #ClimateStrike. In 2020, Twitter hashtags might not cut it, says Northeastern assistant professor Moya Bailey. “There’s more of a cultural shift that I think young people understand needs to happen, and that’s not something that’s easily conveyed in a hashtag or on a social platform,” she says.
Could the youth who organized global climate strike be uniquely positioned to influence world leaders?
Climate change activists participate in an environmental demonstration as part of a global youth-led day of action, Friday Sept. 20, 2019, in New York. A wave of climate change protests swept across the globe Friday, with hundreds of thousands of young people sending a message to leaders headed for a U.N. summit: The warming world can't wait for action. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Could the youth who organized global climate strike be uniquely positioned to influence world leaders?

The young people leading a global strike to protest climate change are uniquely positioned to influence the decisions made by world leaders, say two Northeastern professors.
What The Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu’s dystopian drama, can teach us about the future

What The Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu’s dystopian drama, can teach us about the future

Science fiction stories that take place in dystopian futures offer viewers a chance to imagine what they want the world to look like decades from now, says Moya Bailey, an assistant professor at Northeastern who will teach a new course on science fiction and feminism this fall.
Here’s what these Northeastern professors say is missing from the national debate over blackface

Here’s what these Northeastern professors say is missing from the national debate over blackface

What happens when the people we entrust with our lives and well-being compromise their credibility with a single photo? Northeastern professors Margaret Burnham and Moya Bailey take on the recent blackface controversies.
Want to know which hashtags will dominate in 2019? Look to what worked in 2018.

Want to know which hashtags will dominate in 2019? Look to what worked in 2018.

Last year was the year of #MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter, and #NoBanNoWall. Which social movements will dominate 2019? Look for conversations about climate change to emerge online, says Moya Bailey, an assistant professor at Northeastern who studies the way digital media is used to promote social causes.