Projects tagged
Strengthens (community)
Strengthens, builds and celebrates community through ritual and/or symbol.
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Rose Boy
Read more: Rose Boy“Rose Boy” (玫瑰少年) refers to Yeh Yung-chih, a 15-year-old junior high school student in Taiwan who died on April 20, 2000, after years of bullying due to his non-conforming gender expression. Though the official cause of death was ruled accidental—he…
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menstrual pad mutual aid boxes
Read more: menstrual pad mutual aid boxesSince 2020, university students across China have launched a grassroots initiative to combat menstrual stigma by placing “menstrual pad mutual aid boxes” in campus restrooms. These boxes, often accompanied by signs reading “Take one if you need it, donate if…
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21-Day Survival Challenge
Read more: 21-Day Survival ChallengeIn her 2021 graduation project from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Chinese performance artist Zou Yaqi staged a provocative social experiment titled “21-Day Survival Challenge.” For three weeks, Zou assumed the persona of a wealthy socialite, using counterfeit…
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Extravaganja
Read more: ExtravaganjaRooted in decades of grassroots organizing, the cannabis reform activism at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is one of the longest-running student-led efforts for marijuana legalization in the United States. Led by the Cannabis Education Coalition (CEC), founded in 1991,…
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Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Suicide Intervention Program
Read more: Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Suicide Intervention ProgramThe Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, completed in 1968, is one of China’s most iconic infrastructural projects and a potent symbol of national pride. Spanning over 6,700 meters across the Yangtze River, it was the first double-decked road-rail truss bridge designed…
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My vagina says, “I want freedom.”
Read more: My vagina says, “I want freedom.”In November 2013, a group of 17 female students at Beijing Foreign Studies University sparked national debate when they staged a bold social media campaign in support of an upcoming performance of The Vagina Monologues, a feminist play by Eve…
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White paper protest
Read more: White paper protestThe White Paper Movement was a large-scale, decentralized protest movement that erupted across China in late November 2022, initially sparked by a student demonstration at the Communication University of China, Nanjing. In response to the tragic fire in Urumqi—where strict…
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Tom of Finland
Read more: Tom of FinlandTouko Valio Laaksonen (8 May 1920 – 7 November 1991), known by the pseudonym Tom of Finland, was a Finnish artist who made stylized highly masculinized erotic art, and influenced late 20th-century gay culture. He has been called the “most…
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Courthouse Protest
Read more: Courthouse Protesthe tundra of northern Norway is a long way from the Venice Biennale. Indeed, it is a long way from anywhere, at least viewed through western eyes. To reach the gentle herd of reindeer who are now feeding under the…
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P.A.I.N. Die-Ins
Read more: P.A.I.N. Die-InsThis afternoon, in the Sackler Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, a mother and daughter threw coins into its reflecting pool while a couple posed for engagement photos in front of the Temple of Dendur, the…
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European leaders visit Kyiv, and tell Russia: 30-day ceasefire now or face massive sanctions
Read more: European leaders visit Kyiv, and tell Russia: 30-day ceasefire now or face massive sanctionsKyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — The leaders of Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Poland have told Russian leader Vladimir Putin to agree to a 30-day ceasefire starting on Monday or face possible “massive” sanctions, according to French President Emmanuel Macron,…
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Groups Build Parks From Parking Spaces
Read more: Groups Build Parks From Parking SpacesOriginally a project of San Francisco-based art and design studio Rebar, Park(ing) Day participants from Tucson to Tehran set up temporary installations ranging from simple unrolled sod to art galleries and even free health clinics. “In urban centers around the…