Projects tagged
Sex & Gender
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Wrap my Hijab
Read more: Wrap my HijabMona Haydar’s first single, “Hijabi (Wrap My Hijab)” is an empowering anthem for women everywhere who wear headscarves. It’s also a sharp rebuke to those who dare to ask headscarf-clad women what their hair looks like underneath, whether they’re hot…
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Printing a Revolution: The Posters of Paris ’68
Read more: Printing a Revolution: The Posters of Paris ’68During the major strikes and student uprisings in France that year, the École des Beaux-Arts turned itself into a workshop for revolutionary messages. PARIS — Fifty years ago, almost to the day, students here began to strike over the rigidity…
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DR Congo: performing for change
Read more: DR Congo: performing for changeDriving along an ordinary dirt road, it’s hard to miss the Goma Cultural Centre with its bright blue gate, emblazoned with the Congolese flag. “As you can see, we are proud to be Congolese around here,” said Belamy Paluku, a…
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This is America
Read more: This is America(NEWS 8) — A day after pulling double-duty as both the host and musical guest on “Saturday Night Live,” actor-writer-comedian-musician Donald Glover was garnering attention on Sunday for another reason. Social media blew up this weekend with reactions to Glover’s…
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The SOA Cycle
Read more: The SOA Cycle“SOA Cycle, and what it later became, which is called the Democracy Cycle, is a group of seven large works that approach the question of democracy. What is democracy? How is it constructed? How is it implemented? Is it something…
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STYLELIKEU
Read more: STYLELIKEUElisa and Lily chose to create StyleLikeU as an alternative to this disempowering status quo. In 2009, the duo picked up a home video camera and launched their “Closet” series, documenting diverse individuals who were challenging fashion industry norms in…
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A Handmaid’s Tale of Protest
Read more: A Handmaid’s Tale of ProtestIn state capitals and street protests, women’s rights activists have been wearing red robes and white bonnets based on “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the 1985 novel that is now a series on Hulu. Silent, heads bowed, the activists in crimson robes…
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This Private Network For Creatives Is Also A Safe Space For Women
Read more: This Private Network For Creatives Is Also A Safe Space For WomenHow would you describe Mixer? Anis Bennaceur: It’s a professional network for creatives—people working in arts, fashion, film and media, and music. You can showcase your work, past projects to everyone else on the platform, and you can search, discover,…
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‘RBG’ documentary reveals how Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a meme — and why that’s so surprising
Read more: ‘RBG’ documentary reveals how Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a meme — and why that’s so surprisingThe Ginsburg without photoshopped sunglasses and a crown fueled a revolution with lawsuits instead of protests. She believed in incremental progress instead of bold gestures. She was projected to be a conciliator on the court, not its preeminent liberal dissenter.…
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Artist and Activist Niki Lopez Helps Trauma Survivors Through Art
Read more: Artist and Activist Niki Lopez Helps Trauma Survivors Through ArtArtist and activist Niki Lopez is a survivor. From age 11 to 25, she was trapped in a religious cult in Georgia, where she was separated from the rest of her family. The cult’s leader sexually abused her. But in…