Projects tagged
Civil Liberties
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How Selective Enforcement of Illegal Advertising Laws Punishes Creative Activism
Read more: How Selective Enforcement of Illegal Advertising Laws Punishes Creative ActivismThe enforcement of city and state law pertaining to graffiti, advertising, and other signage has enormous power to visually shape public space. In New York City, enforcement is heavily skewed to ignore illegal commercial advertising, while simultaneously aggressively targeting graffiti…
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Activist Hangs Herself in Protest
Read more: Activist Hangs Herself in ProtestA topless activist staged a mock hanging from a bridge in Paris, to protest against the visit of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. The protester, from international women’s rights group Femen, hung from the bridge in an execution-style demonstration on 28…
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Protest against Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
Read more: Protest against Iranian President Hassan RouhaniA Femen activist, Sarah Constantin, is hanged from a noose-like rope from a Paris bridge to call attention to the large number of executions in Iran as she stages a protest against visiting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Paris, Thursday,…
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Nick Cave Scavenges From a Shameful History: “Made for Whites by Whites”
Read more: Nick Cave Scavenges From a Shameful History: “Made for Whites by Whites”Marcel Duchamp, father of the readymade, forced the world to consider mundane things as significant objects, worthy of greater-than-average contemplation — yet his bicycle wheel, shovel, and urinal didn’t come freighted with all that much history. For Nick Cave, the…
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Surf China’s Censored Web at an Internet Cafe in New York
Read more: Surf China’s Censored Web at an Internet Cafe in New YorkIt may have been a while since you’ve set foot in an internet cafe, but a pop-up one on the Lower East Side offering free tea on top of free wifi is well worth a visit for a lesson in…
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Kiss of Love
Read more: Kiss of LoveThe Kiss of Love campaign in India is a non violent protest against moral policing. It started out as a Facebook page but gained momentum across India when a mob of conservative, right-wing party members attacked and demolished a coffee…
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Poetry and silence: Iran’s Kurds tread the line between art and activism
Read more: Poetry and silence: Iran’s Kurds tread the line between art and activismIn a sleepy town in Iranian Kurdistan, people take off their winter coats. It is evening, and outside one can just about discern the silhouettes of the mountains that lead to the Turkish and Iraqi borders. Inside, some 60 people…
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12 year old bride in Times Square
Read more: 12 year old bride in Times SquareIn order to raise awareness about the global issue of arranged child marriages, 21-year-old YouTube star Coby Persin decided to push the envelope by asking a 12-year-old ‘bride’ to pose with a 65-year-old ‘groom’ in the middle of Times Square.…
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Arming Sisters
Read more: Arming SistersWhen Patricia Stonefish returned home to the United States from Egypt in 2014, she brought with her a new outlook for conceptualizing women’s self defense. Having seen firsthand the benefits and empowerment of Taekwando/ Hapkido/ Gumdo classes for Egyptian women…
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Schoolwork, advocacy place strain on student activists
Read more: Schoolwork, advocacy place strain on student activistsTwo weeks ago, the University released the final version of its diversity and inclusion action plan, which could not have been compiled without the exhaustive efforts of students throughout last semester. “There are people breaking down, dropping out of classes…