Black Feminist Pleasure on TikTok: An Ode to Hurston’s “Characteristics of Negro Expression”

The article presents the discussion on Black women dealing with racism and sexism both as embedded features in the design of apps. Topics include TikTok forming community and participating in the pleasure of producing and circulating the cultural artifacts in short video content; and evolution of social networking in a society containing influencer culture, online content creation, and audience fragmentation.