Projects tagged
Sex & Gender
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One Billion Rising
Read more: One Billion RisingThe One Billion Rising campaign is a global movement that’s using dance to combat gender violence worldwide. Initiated by “Vagina Monologues” creator and women’s activist Eve Ensler, the campaign will see cities across the world hold dance parties on Valentine’s…
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Building Images
Read more: Building ImagesIsabelle Wenzel’s series of photographs entitled ‘Building Images’ is a striking view on the idea of the office/ workplace. Not only do her images ironically translate the uncomfortable positions office workers endure sitting in a single position for 8 hours…
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Compton’s Cafeteria Riot
Read more: Compton’s Cafeteria RiotCompton’s Cafeteria, 24 hour diner in S.F.’s Tenderloin was a hang out spot for trans women, drag queens, and sex workers. It was a place for the community to meet up for an expensive meal, a place to chit chat,…
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Arabian Nights
Read more: Arabian NightsThe development of the Nights from the oriental oral and literary traditions of the Middle Ages into a classical work for Western readers is a fascinating one. The notebook of a Jewish book dealer from Cairo around the year 1150…
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Feminist Theatre!
Read more: Feminist Theatre!WOW started as an international women’s theatre festival in October of 1980 in NYC. Within 18 months Wow found a permanent location and produced works by women and trans people all year around. In 1984 it moved into its current…
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HarassMap
Read more: HarassMapAcknowledging that sexual harassment is a serious problem in Egypt, the volunteer based organization HarassMap has created a series of strategies -both on site and online- to stamp out the social acceptability of sexual harassment in the country. The aim…
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Kurt Hiller’s Literary Activism
Read more: Kurt Hiller’s Literary ActivismKurt Hiller’s Literary Activism Sexual revolution and sexual liberation movements are traditionally associated with the 1960s and 1970s, and particularly linked to western protests and liberation discourses. However, there are some examples of sexual activism before this period. Kurt Hiller,…
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Suffrage
Read more: SuffrageAlice Paul, along with Lucy Burns, joined the National American Woman suffrage Association (NAWSA) in 1912. They were allowed to take over the NAWSA Congressional Committee in DC but were given no office or funds. For months Paul and Burns…
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Asgarda: Amazons of the Ukraine
Read more: Asgarda: Amazons of the UkraineIn the Ukraine, a country where females are victims of sexual trafficking and gender oppression, a new tribe of empowered women is emerging. Calling themselves the “Asgarda”, the women seek complete autonomy from men. Residing in the Carpathian Mountains, the…
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SlutWalk
Read more: SlutWalkThe SlutWalk protest marches began on April 3, 2011, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and became a movement of rallies across the world. Participants protest against explaining or excusing rape by referring to any aspect of a woman’s appearance. The rallies…