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Item Open Access Crawling home(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2022) Sabo, Angela Lucia, author; Levy, EJ, advisor; Carter, Genesea, committee member; Humphrey, Mike, committee memberCrawling Home investigates the life of a young woman ready to disrupt the norms around her. The memoir follows the narrator backwards through time from the loss of her best friend at age nineteen, to her earliest school memories, acutely aware of the ways in which she stands out—from being labeled disruptive in class throughout elementary school, to feeling disruptive of social norms through later years as she is diagnosed with a chronic physical disorder brought on by womanhood. Through a series of essays, divided into four parts, the narrator grapples with loss of loved ones, loss of home, loss of security and trust, and the need for answers.Item Embargo Invisible citizens: how marginalized Ghanaian LGBT+ citizens shape their stories on Instagram(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2024) Addison, Sheilla, author; Arthur, Tori, advisor; Humphrey, Mike, committee member; Attai, Nikoli, committee memberIn Ghana, like most African countries, LGBT+ members are relegated to the background and generally live in fear of persecution. The media has played an instrumental role in framing the discourses surrounding queerness, leading to exclusion, marginalization, and moral panic in the country. Currently, the emergence and active use of social media have afforded many Ghanaians a platform to engage and express harmful opinions that are implicit and explicit queerphobia. In a similar vein, queer activists and some LGBT+ individuals have appropriated social media platforms, including Instagram, as a powerful alternative platform to redefine negative stereotypes, challenge the narratives around marginalized LGBT+ citizens and provide an alternative way of viewing their worlds. Using defensive digital alchemy as its theoretical framework, this thesis employs Critical Technocultural Discourse Analysis to assess @lgbtrightsghana's defensive digital alchemy in Instagram to fight against the marginalization of sexual identities in the face of Ghana's anti-LGBT+ Bill. The findings suggest that @lgbtrightsghana's defensive digital alchemy challenges master narratives, redefines negative stereotypes, and provides alternate views of queer Ghanaians.Item Open Access Tailored for the gram: a technocultural analysis of Nigerian Igbo women fashion designers' self-presentation on Instagram(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2022) Enyinnaya, Joy, author; Arthur, Tori, advisor; Humphrey, Mike, committee member; Wolfgang, David, committee member; Souza, Caridad, committee member; Scolere, Leah, committee memberUsing African Technocultural Feminist Theory, this study uncovered the ways Nigerian Igbo women fashion designers use Instagram and its affordances to perform digital identities online as well as examined their negotiation of patriarchal ideologies within Igbo culture. The Critical Technocultural Discourse Analysis (CTDA) of Instagram posts and interview data revealed Nigerian Igbo women fashion designers employed self-promotion and cultural digitization of Igbo-centric fashion in their self-presentation online. Instagram's affordance of photos allowed them post visually appealing pictures which showcased the intricacies of their designs as well as facilitated the designers' cultural digitalization of Igbo-centric fashion while creating space to challenge patriarchal structures within Igbo culture. The analysis also showed Nigerian Igbo women fashion designers value building and maintaining professional relationships with their clients as they embodied visual aesthetics, relatability, and authenticity in their self-presentation online. Implications, recommendations, and limitations were discussed.