Projects tagged
Sex & Gender
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Artist’s self record of a Chinese marriage market
Read more: Artist’s self record of a Chinese marriage marketA photography project on China’s marriage market has recently reignited the debate about marriage in China, and the phenomenon of women deemed too old to marry, or “leftover women” in the country. In a series of photographs called “The Happiness…
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LOGIC’S ‘1-800-273-8255’ OFFERS AN HONEST TAKE ON SUICIDE & AMERICAN YOUTH
Read more: LOGIC’S ‘1-800-273-8255’ OFFERS AN HONEST TAKE ON SUICIDE & AMERICAN YOUTHLogic, a rapper known to incorporate meaningful messages with his music, recently released his newest track, “1-800-273-8255.” Covering topics of depression and suicide, the song and its subsequent music video uses the phone number of a national suicide hotline as…
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Don’t Cover Up, Set Up – Chinese Women Against Domestic Violence
Read more: Don’t Cover Up, Set Up – Chinese Women Against Domestic ViolenceThe video DON’T COVER UP, STEP UP is a public service announcement raising the issue of gender-based violence. In the video, a vlogger teaches her fans how to cover up bruises with makeup after she has been beaten by her…
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Sister Activism: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Read more: Sister Activism: The Sisters of Perpetual IndulgenceIf you’ve been to a Bay Area protest or community event, you’ve probably seen — or even met those nuns in whiteface — The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Devoted to human rights globally and locally, AIDS education, and respect for…
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Protests in Belfast and Dublin after rugby players’ rape acquittal
Read more: Protests in Belfast and Dublin after rugby players’ rape acquittalProtests have been held in cities on either side of the Irish border after two Ireland rugby internationals were acquitted of rape. Up to 1,000 people took part in a demonstration in Belfast on Thursday after a jury’s unanimous verdicts…
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Chinese High School Students Making Film about Trans Gender
Read more: Chinese High School Students Making Film about Trans GenderA high school student from The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China Made a Movie about “Sexual Minorities”, a Topic Avoided By Almost Every Parent. How Should We Start Talking About This?” was widely circulated among people on…
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Sixth Annual NYC Feminist Zinefest
Read more: Sixth Annual NYC Feminist Zinefest“The Feminist Zine Fest showcases the work of artists and zine makers of all genders who identify on the feminist spectrum, and whose politics are reflected in their work. For the second consecutive year, Barnard proudly hosts the zine fest,…
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Queer vernaculars and visual narratives IRANTI
Read more: Queer vernaculars and visual narratives IRANTIONGOING ORGANIZATION: CALLED: Iranti [pronounced írantì] is the Yoruba word for ‘memory’. Largely found in South West Nigeria and parts of Benin Republic, the Yoruba people consider memory a prized form of intelligence which determines how often one remembers what…
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The Sacred Art of Ori
Read more: The Sacred Art of OriThe story of an artist. Laolu Senbanjo grew up surrounded by the culture and mythology of the Yoruba, an ethnic group from the southwest of Nigeria, but he never imagined how it would influence the artist he is today. After…
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Keith Haring’s AIDS Activism
Read more: Keith Haring’s AIDS ActivismKeith Haring was an American artist and activist in 1980s New York, whose artwork raised awareness on social issues at the time. One the main awareness campaigns Haring participated on was AIDS awareness and activism. As an openly gay man…