Projects tagged
Sex & Gender
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MeToo movement takes hold in South Korea
Read more: MeToo movement takes hold in South KoreaYoung women in South Korea are fighting for a new future. The #MeToo movement which has highlighted sexual harassment and abuse around the world has taken a surprising hold in this socially conservative country. In fact, barely a month before…
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Stop Telling Women to Smile
Read more: Stop Telling Women to Smilepublicly displayed posters feature the portraits of women, along with a quote relaying their experiences with street harassment. Fazlalizadeh hopes the captions speak directly to offenders by placing the posters outside in public spaces where harassment happens. External sources: https://stoptellingwomentosmile.com/
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Harris Reed is building a fantasy world for gender-fluid fashion
Read more: Harris Reed is building a fantasy world for gender-fluid fashionLast June, Harris Reed became a member of the “Class of 2020” — the crop of young fashion talent who graduated into an industry on rocky ground due to the pandemic. Over the eight months that have passed since earning…
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Daughter of China
Read more: Daughter of ChinaChen Boer’s first heroine film, which she co-wrote and directed, was “Daughter of China,” about female soldiers in the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army. They didn’t have much filmed material at the time, but as a feminist, Chen Boer clearly wanted…
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Weaponizing pink glitter
Read more: Weaponizing pink glitterOn August 16, 2019 thousands of women marched in various cities across Mexico. One particular case may have triggered them, but these marches were an answer to the systematic violence against women and girls in our country. On August 6,…
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Women’s March Taiwan 2018
Read more: Women’s March Taiwan 2018Women’s March Taiwan 2018 “Women’s Rights are Human Rights” is the slogan of the Women’s March Taiwan 2018 held by the feminism organization Women’s March Taiwan. On March 8th, 2018, Women’s March Taiwan held a parade in Taipei city to…
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#KuToo Movement: protest against mandatory high heels at work in Japan
Read more: #KuToo Movement: protest against mandatory high heels at work in JapanYumi Ishikawa, a Japanese actress, freelance writer, and part-time funeral parlor worker, started the #KuToo Movement because she feels it’s unfair she has to wear heels at work. She also feels that being required to wear heels is rooted in…
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Iran’s Shaming of Young Dancer Draws Backlash
Read more: Iran’s Shaming of Young Dancer Draws Backlash“But Ms. Hojabri lives in Iran, where women are not allowed to dance, at least not in public. The 19-year-old was quietly arrested in May and her page was taken down, leaving her 600,000 followers wondering where she had gone.…
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WomXnish
Read more: WomXnisha month-long interactive art exhibition in the heart of downtown Chicago celebrating women and gender nonconforming folks. Two sisters have made it their life’s mission to support women and create safe, uplifting, and simply FUN environments to connect in. After…
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Fashion label Vaqar is dispelling conservative perceptions of what Iranian fashion looks like
Read more: Fashion label Vaqar is dispelling conservative perceptions of what Iranian fashion looks likeIran is a nation with a fine art tradition that stretches back thousands of years; its reputation for contemporary fashion design less so. Writing that from an external, Western perspective may read unduly dismissive, but it’s a statement that holds…