Projects tagged
Domestic Violence
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Estados de excepción
Read more: Estados de excepciónEstados de excepción (States of Exception) is series of participatory cultural interventions created for women to freely and joyfully exercise our rights in public and secure environments, currently being produced in Mexico and abroad. Conceived in response to the growing…
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With Red Lipstick, Indian Acid Attack Victim Makes a Bold Statement
Read more: With Red Lipstick, Indian Acid Attack Victim Makes a Bold StatementIn her peppy and helpful online video tutorial, Reshma Bano Quereshi promises to teach her viewers “how to get perfect red lips.” But unlike the more than 200,000 other online videos dedicated to the application of lipstick, this one goes…
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Abused Goddesses
Read more: Abused GoddessesThe bruised and beaten faces of these beautiful Hindu goddesses have an important point to make — that despite the reverence for women that is a part of Hinduism, India’s most populous religion, the country has become extremely unsafe for…
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#YesAllWomen
Read more: #YesAllWomenIn May, the horrific mass shooting in Isla Vista, CA, triggered national conversations about violent misogyny. After some Twitter users began using the hashtag #NotAllMen to defensively derail the conversation, the hugely popular hashtag #YesAllWomen emerged, getting tweeted over 1…
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India’s new comic ‘super hero’: Priya, the rape survivor
Read more: India’s new comic ‘super hero’: Priya, the rape survivorA new comic book with a female rape survivor as its “super hero” has been launched to focus attention on the problem of sexual violence in India. Priya’s Shakti, inspired by Hindu mythological tales, tells the story of Priya, a…
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What Kind of Man are You?
Read more: What Kind of Man are You?In a dark nod to International Women’s Day, artist aleXsandro Palombo has turned to the world of cartoon characters to shed light on the horrors of domestic violence. His series, “No Violence Against Women,” transforms iconic animated women into victims…
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Shake Girl, The Graphic Novel
Read more: Shake Girl, The Graphic NovelShake Girl is a massive collaborative effort between fifteen students and two instructors over the course of one quarter (Winter 2008). These students comprise the first edition of the Stanford Graphic Novel Project — a group dedicated to acheiving this…
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Party with Playboy
Read more: Party with Playboy“Every year Playboy releases the ultimate guide to campus life: our infamous party school list. Over the years, it has been brought to our attention that some of our long-standing party picks have a not-so-toast-worthy, rape-ridden side to their campus…
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“Playboy’s” Top 10 Party Commandments
Read more: “Playboy’s” Top 10 Party CommandmentsForce: Upsetting Rape Culture is a group of creative activists who seek to raise awareness about rape culture and promote consensual sex. They “create art actions to generate attention and get millions of people talking,” in hopes that sex can…
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Canadian Documentary Tackles Gender Violence, Race and Privilege
Read more: Canadian Documentary Tackles Gender Violence, Race and PrivilegeThe annual Toronto film festival Hot Docs is underway, and one of the featured documentaries tackles the tragic and gruesome story of serial killer Robert Pickton. The notorious murderer was responsible for the deaths of at least 26 women, many…