Projects tagged
Sex & Gender
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R-Evolution
Read more: R-EvolutionActivists are working to bring a steel sculpture of a 45-foot-tall nude woman to Washington, where she will temporarily face the White House from a perch on the National Mall. Transporting the sculpture from its home in San Francisco will…
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Handmaid’s Tale of Protest
Read more: 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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Her Story homeless people
Read more: Her Story homeless peopleBrainstorm of ideas and collection of the group individual experiences and input. Preparation and design of the action. Interview of a member of local organization that is working with homeless. Research of data,concrete stories. Build up the scenario to establish…
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Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Read more: Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence“The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence® is a leading-edge Order of queer nuns. Since our first appearance in San Francisco on Easter Sunday, 1979, the Sisters have devoted ourselves to community service, ministry and outreach to those on the edges, and…
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Mamas de la Esquina
Read more: Mamas de la EsquinaArgentina’s Sex Workers Get Creative In Argentina, the combination of prostitution being legal and a lack of protective laws has led one group, AMMAR, to get inventive. Their series of ads featured in this slide show, created by Ogilvy &…
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I’m Every Woman
Read more: I’m Every WomanOur Action: We set up “I’m every Woman” as a 3D street installation. It took place on the Boardwalk, Cork City on the weekend of International Women’s week. Our aims were to promote gender-equality. As a group we identified women…
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Bloody Bridal Gown Protest
Read more: Bloody Bridal Gown ProtestWomen took to the streets of Beirut wearing blood-stained wedding dresses with signs that said “A white dress does not cover up rape. Undress 522,” referring to the number of the penal article in question. The demonstration was an act…
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2016 Pirelli Calendar May Signal a Cultural Shift
Read more: 2016 Pirelli Calendar May Signal a Cultural ShiftWhen Agnes Gund, the 77-year-old philanthropist and president emerita of the Museum of Modern Art, got the call, she thought: “That’s odd. What’s that got to do with someone like me?” When Fran Lebowitz, the 65-year-old author, got the call,…
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Snake in the Grass
Read more: Snake in the Grass“Art is so often only experienced through looking,” artist Caitlin Rose Sweet explained to The Huffington Post. “It’s a short pathway from the eyes to the brain. I want the whole body involved.” Sweet is a Brooklyn-based maker blurring the…
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Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947–2016
Read more: Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947–2016Before it was called the Downtown Arts District, many more artists lived and worked in this stretch of central Los Angeles. The neighborhood was a rough-edged alternative for people in need of large, industrial spaces. A home for those willing…