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Faiz
Read more: FaizFaiz | Hum Dekhenge | BolFaiz Ahmed Faiz, born 13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984, was an influential left-wing intellectual, revolutionary poet, and one of the most regarded poets of the Urdu language, being considered four times for the Nobel Prize in poetry. A notable member of the Progressive…
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Zanele Muholi: ‘I’m a visual activist’
Read more: Zanele Muholi: ‘I’m a visual activist’I am a visual activist. Most of what I have done over the years focuses on black LGBTQIA+ and gender-non-conforming individuals from South Africa and other neighbouring countries. It’s about making sure we exist in the visual archive. I call…
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Ovary Funny: Womens’ Rights Project Hopes to Have Members of Congress In Stitches
Read more: Ovary Funny: Womens’ Rights Project Hopes to Have Members of Congress In StitchesBY MIRANDA NEUBAUER | Friday, March 30 2012 Calling itself “Government Free VJJ,” a group started by three women after a conversation on Twitter is hosting an organizing initiative asking women to knit — or crochet! — a uterus for each man…
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Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé’s Act of Reclamation
Read more: Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé’s Act of ReclamationCan’t say she didn’t warn us: As per her Instagram message last week, Cowboy Carter, the Act II sequel to 2022’s Renaissance, is a Beyoncé album, not a country album. “Texas Hold ’Em,” the advance single that last month made…
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Will Work for Empty Wallets
Read more: Will Work for Empty WalletsWill Work for Empty Wallets is a community outreach project dedicated to the millions of unemployed United States Citizens. Over 3,000 empty wallets were collected nationwide with the help of the Georgia Department of Labor to construct an 11’x21′ American…
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Hologram Protest
Read more: Hologram ProtestLate last year the Spanish government passed a law that set extreme fines for protesters convening outside of government buildings. In response to the controversial Citizen Safety Law, which will take effect on July 1, Spanish activists have staged the…
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Maya Lin’s Eco-Art at Pace Gallery
Read more: Maya Lin’s Eco-Art at Pace GalleryArtist Maya Lin first burst onto the scene in 1981, when her design was selected for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial while she was still a senior at Yale. Since then, Lin has turned her focus to environmental issues, with her…
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Chinese Feminist Act Against Sexual Harassment on Subway
Read more: Chinese Feminist Act Against Sexual Harassment on SubwayZheng Xi 郑熹, a Ph.D. candidate with a focus on gender studies at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou. Zheng has launched a campaign asking city governments around China to display anti-sexual-harassment logos, complete with a groper’s “salty-pig hand” visual (etymological context…
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Who killed Rodrigo Rosenberg?
Read more: Who killed Rodrigo Rosenberg?In May of 2009 lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg was murdered in Guatemla City. A video was released of Rosenberg directed to the Guatemalan public. If you are watching this, he said, I have been murdered by the president Alvaro Colom. The…
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what is missing?
Read more: what is missing?“What Is Missing?” is a multi-sited memorial created by Maya Lin to raise awareness through science-based artworks about the present sixth mass extinction of species, connect this loss of species to habitat degradation and loss, and emphasize that by protecting…
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Ringgold’s art – a visual symphony that harmonizes activism
Read more: Ringgold’s art – a visual symphony that harmonizes activismFaith Ringgold is a successful painter, sculptor, mixed-media artist, author, feminist, and political activist. She is particularly known for her narrative quilts, as she explores identity, race, family ties, as well as cultural and political topics through her many different…
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ECO Fashionable Collectibles- Made From Recycled Plastic
Read more: ECO Fashionable Collectibles- Made From Recycled PlasticIn 2019, Adeyemi Emmanuel began collecting bits of discarded plastic and used them to make a backpack. Seeing a way to raise environmental awareness in fashion-conscious Nigeria, Emmanuel in November launched a line of bags, wallets and gift boxes made…