Historically, groups fighting for women’s rights and racial civil rights have both intersected and been in conflict with one another. This began with the abolitionist and suffragist movements of the 19th century in the United States, and it carries on today. Contemporary iterations of these causes can be found in the Me Too and Black Lives Matter movements. However, considering the changes in mechanisms to speak out (e.g., social media), we need to examine how the ideals of these movements are manifested in individual expression. In other words, how do people negotiate overlapping and conflicting identities on social media? By mapping to what extent Twitter users link these movements together or speak about them separately online, we discuss how these two modern iterations of old movements both follow and diverge from the patterns of their predecessors. Additionally, we discuss what intersecting social movement activity looks like in the age of the internet.
