‘Optics of Intersectionality’: Unpacking women’s travel experiences through Instagram
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2020Author
Geoghegan, Molly
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Geoghegan, Molly. (2020). ‘Optics of Intersectionality’: Unpacking women’s travel experiences through Instagram. Dearcadh: Graduate Journal of Gender, Globalisation and Rights, 1. doi:https://doi.org/10.13025/h23q-ng65
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Abstract
This research applies the feminist framework of intersectionality to female
travel and the role that Instagram plays in those experiences. Using a qualitative
approach and engaging in interviews with four travel Instagrammers, I will explore
these individual experiences with an intersectional lens. Intersectionality helps to
unpack the ambiguities of Instagram’s role in travel—both its power to bolster
community, as well as perpetuate systems of power.
To disrupt patriarchal, neo-colonial constructions in travel, it is vital to recognize the
spaces that research has left untouched and to make aware the complex reality of
female travel experiences. Intersectionality helps to illuminate the ambiguities of
Instagram’s role in travel, erode systemic barriers, and better understand how women
navigate the world.