Projects tagged
Sex & Gender
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Los Intocables
Read more: Los IntocablesA CUBAN artist’s controversial photographs of children being hung from crosses has landed him in hot water. Erik Ravelo took a series of photos of children hung like Jesus from a cross, but in the place of the cross were…
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Feminist Art Activists ‘The Guerrilla Girls’ visit Wellesley College
Read more: Feminist Art Activists ‘The Guerrilla Girls’ visit Wellesley CollegeThey call themselves feminist masked avengers in the tradition of Robin Hood, Wonder Woman and Batman. They wear costume gorilla masks to remain anonymous, and they are devoted to fighting sexism and racism within the visual art world internationally. With…
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Can Graffiti Remake Egypt?
Read more: Can Graffiti Remake Egypt?Last week, a dozen of female artists turned the walls of a downtown parking lot in Cairo into a street art gallery. Colourful group murals carrying personal stories and spreading messages to increase women’s visibility, and positively affect public consciousness.…
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Girl Be Heard
Read more: Girl Be HeardGirl Be Heard is a theatre company founded by Artistic Director, Ashley Marinaccio and Executive Director, Jessica Greer Morris, which melds talent and background to create social justice theatre. The company has performed throughout New York City and worldwide to…
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Shake Girl, The Graphic Novel
Read more: Shake Girl, The Graphic NovelShake Girl is a massive collaborative effort between fifteen students and two instructors over the course of one quarter (Winter 2008). These students comprise the first edition of the Stanford Graphic Novel Project — a group dedicated to acheiving this…
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Female students in Guangzhou protest topless for gender equality
Read more: Female students in Guangzhou protest topless for gender equalityFemale students from the Guangdong University of Technology in Guangzhou called for equal job opportunities and for people to “pay attention to the value of women” while protesting on the school’s campus, shirtless and covered in body paint. The photos,…
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Dove Real Beauty Campaign
Read more: Dove Real Beauty CampaignThe Photoshop action — a downloadable file that applies an action with a single click — is aimed at art directors who may be creating such ads. The action, which was disseminated on Reddit and other places where Dove thought…
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Art Activists Use Sex Dolls To Protest Spain’s Controversial Anti-Abortion Law
Read more: Art Activists Use Sex Dolls To Protest Spain’s Controversial Anti-Abortion LawIn response to Spain’s increasingly restrictive legislation limiting access to abortion in the country, a group of art activists known for their bold, disruptive flair are taking action. The members of Luzinterruptus created “Rights to Trample On,” a radical art…
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Project Impact
Read more: Project ImpactBy Lauren Hersh, with Katie Cappiello, Artistic Director, The Arts Effect. It’s dark outside, 20 degrees, and we’ve taken to Super Bowl Boulevard in NYC with a team of teen girls who are passionate about ending modern day slavery. They’ve…
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Putting a Stop to Supermodel Minnie Mouse
Read more: Putting a Stop to Supermodel Minnie MouseWhen Disney and Barneys partnered together to create a runway-ready Minnie Mouse, outrage ensued from size and body acceptance activists claiming that the new Minnie Mouse was too skinny. Ragen Chastain, a leader in the Health at Every Size movement,…