Projects tagged
Civil Liberties
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@muchachafanzine
Read more: @muchachafanzineThe user muchachafanzine on instagram is an activist who writes a “decolonial native xicana feminist fanzine”. They are an online activist and they spread their message through their page, the zine, and through merchandise. Daisy Salinas began Muchacha Fanzine as…
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Israel’s Handmaid’s Tale Protesters
Read more: Israel’s Handmaid’s Tale ProtestersHundreds of women clad in red, their heads bowed and topped with white wimples, moving slowing in formation with clasped hands is the most unforgettable image from the weeks of recent protests throughout Israel against the judicial reforms proposed by…
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Day of Disruption
Read more: Day of DisruptionText by Jerusalem Post Staff – The “Day of Disruption” kicked off earlier than planned early on Thursday morning when dozens of Israeli artists painted a red line on the road to Israel’s High Court of Justice in Jerusalem. Launching…
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Black Lives Matter to Gaming
Read more: Black Lives Matter to GamingDuring the pandemic of Covid protestors have found many different ways in which they can express themselves. Some examples of which are the BLM rallies that took place in the video game The Sims to the China / Hong Kong…
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Gay, Black, and Revolutionary: The Importance of ‘Moonlight’
Read more: Gay, Black, and Revolutionary: The Importance of ‘Moonlight’The latest Academy Award for Best Picture was earned by a film depicting the story of a poor, gay, black boy in South Florida. Moonlight, by director Barry Jenkins, has achieved great recognition for its beautiful and honest depiction of…
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Black History: Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit”
Read more: Black History: Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit”Many may not realize, but legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday was a big part of the Civil Rights Movement. In fact, her 1939 song about lynching, “Strange Fruit,” made her a target of the FBI. “When you think of Billie…
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Philando Castile: remembering his life through the power of art
Read more: Philando Castile: remembering his life through the power of artIt all started a few months ago, when the Minneapolis Institute of Art got a phone call from Valerie Castile. Castile is the mother of Philando Castile, the 32-year-old black man who was shot and killed by a police officer…
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The Promised Land
Read more: The Promised LandContemporaryand Article: Armitage, born in Nairobi, elaborates upon the contradictory dynamics in contemporary Kenya. Through his painterly language, the artist filters the various spheres that mark both the collective and individual experience in his country of origin — from brief…
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Restored Tennessee Rep. Pearson charts progressive path
Read more: Restored Tennessee Rep. Pearson charts progressive pathTennessee Rep. Justin Pearson never guessed he’d be expelled for leading a gun control protest on the House floor after a deadly school shooting. Nor did he predict that he’d be propelled into the national spotlight, placing his state at…
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International Harlem Fine Arts Show
Read more: International Harlem Fine Arts ShowThe International Harlem Fine Arts Show (HFAS) is the largest traveling African Diasporic art show in the United States. Inspired by the Harlem Renaissance, HFAS provides a platform for African Diasporic visionaries and American visual artists to exhibit and sell…