Manifesto for Our Times: Theorising and Demonstrating “Affective Bridges” for Intersectional Feminist Coalitions

Dilara Asardag
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Dilara Asardag: Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Finland

Media and Communication, 2026, vol. 14

Abstract: The article proposes the theoretical concept of “affective bridges” to describe “affective connection,” “solidarity practice,” or “political articulation” that elevates intersectionality within feminist and trans activisms in Turkey through its three elements: experience, movement, and discourse/action. It explores the emergence of affective bridges for bodily autonomy, against femicides and gender-based violence, as well as against the specific anti-gender backlash conditions created by anti-gender networked authoritarianism in Turkey. Turkey was chosen for the case study to build, establish, and demonstrate this concept, but the concept is intended to be applicable transnationally, particularly in countries where global political events have local ramifications and where such forms of intersectional solidarity, coalitions, and collaboration are needed.

Keywords: affective bridges; bodily autonomy; digital feminist activism; femicide; gender-based violence; intersectional feminist solidarity; performative theory of assembly; right to appear; space of appearance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.17645/mac.11053

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