Cyberfeminism - Use of The Term "cyberfeminism"

Use of The Term "cyberfeminism"

The term Cyberfeminism was first used by the Australian collective VNS Matrix in their 1991 cyberfeminist manifesto for the 21st century. In this manifesto VNS Matrix famously proclaimed “The clitoris is a direct line to the matrix”. Julianne Pierce from VNS Matrix explained:

“four bored girls decided to have some fun with art and French feminist theory… with homage to Donna Haraway they began to play around with the idea of cyberfeminism… Beginning as if by spontaneous combustion, from a few hot nodes in Europe, America and Australia, cyberfeminism became a viral meme infecting theory, art and the academy. “