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Woman Life Freedom Uprising Main MenuWoman, Life, FreedomIran, Islam & the InevitableContextualizing the Islamization of IranThe Making of the Modern WomanIcons & Personas of Woman Life FreedomOrigins of the UprisingFreedom through the FemaleThe Writing in the MarginsNasleh Zed's Youthful UprisingSoundtracking Woman Life FreedomUrban Canvases of the UprisingFeminist Placemaking of a Digital UprisingAfterlives of Woman, Life, FreedomWLF ResourcesHere you will find our sources all compiled in one placeNahid Siamdoust - UT Austin Iran Collab Networka897e5b6082169b816946b1032f8b3c01e62c1ee
1media/Social Media.jpeg2024-10-29T18:27:03-07:00Gen Z Rising16How Gen Z Women, Life, Freedom Better Than Anyone Elseimage_header2024-12-06T11:43:20-08:00The Women, Life, Freedom movement has exponentially grown faster and stronger than any of its predecessors. So what is the difference this time that has made the Women, Life, Freedom movement the global call to action we know today? Ivana Saric argues that a major contributor to Women, Life,Freedom is the young Gen Z Women participating on the front line of the movement. These Gen Z Women, unlike older women who participate, do not participate within the constriction of fear. Due to their young age, these women tend not to focus on the risks or consequences of their actions like the older generation might. Expanding on this idea, older generations are those who either witnessed, were affected by, or participated in the 1979 revolution or the Iran-Iraq war. Experience in both would explain a hesitation to risk themselves by participating in protests or movements due to trauma. I would also like to add that these young women, unlike their older comrades, do not have the burden of participating in past conflicts and only know the oppression of today. Because of this they do not think of themselves as much as they think of the future. This explains their complacency with risk. This generation of Women also have unprecedented access to the internet and the subsequent social media. Social media has allowed for the Women, Life, Freedom movemnet to proliferate not only in Iran but throughout the world as well. Pictures, videos, and the media are only a few of the many avenues social media has allowed WLF to spread it’s message. While being a proliferator, social media also acts as a source for these Women to draw ideas from. Gen Z, through social media, sees societies, governments, and people that are living lives completely different from theirs. This exposure showed young women in Iran a life with freedom and rights, as well as other women's rights movements happening around the world.
