Talk:Performative activism

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25 April 2021
Is Performative Activism inherently bad? How can we work to educate those individuals? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brigitw (talk • contribs) 23:02, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

26 April 2021
The term "performative activism" is a nonsense term, this can be proved by simple research on wikipedia. Or rather, Performative simply does not mean "fake" performative activism would then be activism through performance like political theatre and protest demonstrations. This article should just link to "slacktivism," or at the very least there needs to be clarification that this is not associated with actual "Performatives" and captures a specific period in 2020. Ideally "performative activism" would be included as a subheading of slacktivism. Studies of performatives were crucial in recognizing the legitimacy of queer and specifically trans people. The existence of an article on "performative activism" as a cultural page is antiTrans. The existence of this as a separate article delegitimizes Wikipedia, plus it is not enough actual information to constitute its own article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:7000:a703:c99c:74d7:2b34:bc4f:9889 (talk) 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Original research, notability
I'm concerned with the way sources in this article are seemingly being used to draw conclusions not stated in the sources themselves. Take the first paragraph in the section on the George Floyd protests:

It's not clear where any of the sources directly state that the term "rose in popularity" following the murder of George Floyd or that "Social media has become a tool for genuine discussion". These statements look like original research. In the article generally, I'm not seeing sources directly mentioning the topic of "performative activism" itself. Most are simply examples of trivial usage of the term by various commentators. Unless sources can be found that explicitly mention the topic, it may not be notable enough for a standalone article. --Sangdeboeuf (talk) 22:34, 11 November 2021 (UTC)


 * At first glance, it does seem notable as indicated by a simple frequency count of the term and/or the concept thereof in RSes. But I concur that caution should be given when a mention of the phrase is merely a passing reference in an article/commentary that discusses something else. On the other hand, I believe the requirement on RSes should not be so narrow as to focus solely on the etymology. Normchou   💬 03:08, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't think I implied that RSes should focus solely on the etymology. My point is that we need sources that discuss the of performative activism in reasonable depth. --Sangdeboeuf (talk) 06:33, 14 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I've undertaken a large cleanup of the article, scrapping the unsourced statements and all the editorials and trivial mentions. What's left is much smaller, but I believe this satisfies the concerns regarding OR and notability. If notability is still an issue, I wouldn't object to an AFD. Please ping me if there are any concerns. The Wordsmith Talk to me 21:21, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

"Theactrivism"
I was able to find a blog post from 2012 describing a similar phemonemon: https://alfredmacdonald.com/2012/12/17/theactrivism/. Maybe that's worth looking into? Lizardcreator (talk) 20:43, 6 January 2024 (UTC)