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The Guerrilla Girls: ‘We upend the art world’s notion of what’s good and what’s right’

Date:
Jan 1 1985

In 1984, a group of women in New York gathered outside the Museum of Modern Art as part of a protest. A group show, An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture, was showing 165 artists, 152 male artists exhibited…

“Cuntrol”

Practitioner:
Marilyn Minter

Date:
Jan 1 1985

It’s almost no surprise that the Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade happened this past week. Since its enaction in 1973, there have been numerous occasions where politicians and people alike have tried hacking away at its success in…

“Your body is a battleground”

Practitioner:
Barbara Kruger

Date:
Jan 1 1985

A woman’s head is bisected by a line that splits her face into positive and negative halves. Over the image, a commanding text, stated in the second person, reads: “Your body is a battleground.” Artist Barbara Kruger’s famous collage —…

Michael Moore demands nationwide boycott of Walgreens for not selling abortion pill: ‘Bigotry and misogyny’

Practitioner:
Michael Moore

Date:
Jan 1 1985

Filmmaker Michael Moore has called for a nationwide boycott of Walgreens after the pharmacy chain announced it would not sell abortion pills in 20 states. n February, 20 Republican state attorneys general wrote to Walgreens Corp. threatening legal action if…

A Story Like Mine

Practitioner:
Halsey

Date:
Jan 1 1985

Halsey Delivers Emotional Speech About Sexual Abuse, Rape at New York Women’s March: Here Is Her Full Poem Halsey penned a powerful, heart-wrenching poem about her own experiences with sexual assault and rape for the 2018 Women’s March in New…

We have to get beyond the shame’: Women of the World launches festival against sexual violence

Practitioner:
in partnership with Birkbeck, international and grassroots organisations and charities join forces with local artists and leading voices to address the global crisis of violence against women and sexual assault., University of London, will see national

Date:
Jan 1 1985

Gender equality charity Women of the World (WOW) is launching a one-day festival of activism that invites people from all generations, genders and backgrounds to take part in conversations around sexual violence. The festival, created in partnership with Birkbeck, University…

We have to get beyond the shame’: Women of the World launches festival against sexual violence

Practitioner:
in partnership with Birkbeck, international and grassroots organisations and charities join forces with local artists and leading voices to address the global crisis of violence against women and sexual assault., University of London, will see national

Date:
Jan 1 1985

Gender equality charity Women of the World (WOW) is launching a one-day festival of activism that invites people from all generations, genders and backgrounds to take part in conversations around sexual violence. The festival, created in partnership with Birkbeck, University…

“Within the Terms and Conditions”

Practitioner:
Caroline Sinders

Date:
Jan 1 1985

A popular theme throughout media is the relationship between technology and art. While art is often bolstered and disseminated through technology, discussions arise of how technology both positively and negatively affects content. Caroline Sinders’ exhibition Within the Terms and Conditions…

Homeworkers

Practitioner:
Margaret F. Harrison

Date:
Jan 1 1985

Homeworkers 1977 is the central piece of a multidisciplinary project that comprised photographs, interviews, news clippings and a large canvas documenting the situation of non-unionised women doing manual work at home. A painting in two parts, Homeworkers comprises a title…

Women are Heroes Project

Practitioner:
JR

Date:
Jan 1 1985

In Women Are Heroes, JR introduces women who sometimes look death in the face, who go from laughter to tears, who are generous, have nothing and yet share, who have had a painful past and long to build a happy…