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Shafiqah Hudson
Born
(1978-01-10)January 10, 1978

Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
DiedFebruary 15, 2024(2024-02-15) (aged 46)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Alma materHobart and William Smith Colleges

Shafiqah Hudson (January 10, 1978 – February 15, 2024) was an American Black feminist.[1] She launched the #YourSlipIsShowing hashtag, exposing a disinformation campaign in which anti-feminist trolls posed as Black feminists.

Early life and education

Hudson was born January 10, 1978, in Columbia, South Carolina and grew up mostly in Florida with her mother, a computer engineer, and her brother, after her parents divorced. Her father was a martial arts instructor and author. She also had three sisters.[1]

Hudson attended

Africana studies with a minor in political science in 2000 from Hobart and William Smith Colleges.[1]

After college, Hudson moved to New York City, where she worked for non-profits,[1] and as a freelance writer who wrote for publications such as Essence, The Toast, xoJane, Model View Culture and the website of Ebony.[2][3][4]

Online work against disinformation

Hudson became aware of digital blackface in the mid-2000s, and began calling it out on Twitter after she joined in 2009.[5]

Beginning in 2014, under the Twitter handle @sassycrass,

African American Vernacular English.[2][8] She aggregated their posts under the #YourSlipIsShowing hashtag.[1] The trolls' invention of the fake #EndFathersDay hashtag, as part of a broader 4chan-based campaign called Operation: Lollipop,[7][9] has been identified as a precursor to Gamergate and the disinformation spread during the 2016 election that resulted in Donald Trump becoming president of the United States.[2]

Despite the significance of her work on disinformation, Hudson was never compensated.[1]

Death

Hudson died at an extended-stay hotel in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2024, at the age of 46. Hudson was survived by her father, her brother and her sisters.[1] She had suffered from Crohn's disease and respiratory illnesses, her brother told The New York Times.[1] She also told social media followers that she had Long COVID, a recent cancer diagnosis and that she had no money to pay for her care.[1]

Publications

  • "Black In The Imaginationscape". Model View Culture. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

References

  1. ^
    ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  2. ^
    ISSN 1091-2339
    . Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  3. ^ Netroots Nation: Speaker/Trainer Profile: Shafiqah Hudson
  4. ^ "Black In The Imaginationscape". Model View Culture.
  5. ISSN 0261-3077
    . Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  6. ISBN 978-1-78873-880-4
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  7. ^ a b Eordogh, Fruzsina (March 9, 2018). "Black Feminists Are USA's Best Defense Against Meme Warfare, Fake News, Foreign And Domestic Trolls". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  8. ^ a b Gallagher, Fergal (October 25, 2020). "Minority communities fighting back against disinformation ahead of election". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  9. ISBN 978-0-8070-1180-5
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