Projects tagged
Demonstration & Protest
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Weaponizing pink glitter
Read more: Weaponizing pink glitterOn August 16, 2019 thousands of women marched in various cities across Mexico. One particular case may have triggered them, but these marches were an answer to the systematic violence against women and girls in our country. On August 6,…
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Papel Machete Fights for Liberation
Read more: Papel Machete Fights for LiberationThe work of a radical theater and puppetry collective, known as Papel Machete, produces and performs throughout Puerto Rico and the United States. Papel Machete was established on May 1, 2006 during protests responding to the government shutdown and political…
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Richmond’s new take on Robert E. Lee
Read more: Richmond’s new take on Robert E. LeeOver the winter break, I was actually able to see the recently re-decorated Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Virginia. After the height of the Black Lives Matter Protests over the past summer, it couldn’t be torn down, but it…
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TikTok’s teen communists are reclaiming the hammer and sickle
Read more: TikTok’s teen communists are reclaiming the hammer and sickle20-year-old Ilyssa, from New York, sees communism as the only viable alternative, one that will improve the societal issues we currently face. “From a young age, I was very aware of the stark class differences that existed,” she says. “I…
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Women’s March Taiwan 2018
Read more: Women’s March Taiwan 2018Women’s March Taiwan 2018 “Women’s Rights are Human Rights” is the slogan of the Women’s March Taiwan 2018 held by the feminism organization Women’s March Taiwan. On March 8th, 2018, Women’s March Taiwan held a parade in Taipei city to…
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#KuToo Movement: protest against mandatory high heels at work in Japan
Read more: #KuToo Movement: protest against mandatory high heels at work in JapanYumi Ishikawa, a Japanese actress, freelance writer, and part-time funeral parlor worker, started the #KuToo Movement because she feels it’s unfair she has to wear heels at work. She also feels that being required to wear heels is rooted in…
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Iran’s Shaming of Young Dancer Draws Backlash
Read more: Iran’s Shaming of Young Dancer Draws Backlash“But Ms. Hojabri lives in Iran, where women are not allowed to dance, at least not in public. The 19-year-old was quietly arrested in May and her page was taken down, leaving her 600,000 followers wondering where she had gone.…
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Snwmn 4 Carbn Pricng
Read more: Snwmn 4 Carbn Pricng500+ snowmen appeared outside the office of Senator Chuck Schumer in Melville Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. The snowmen appear to be placed there by climate activist @pricecarbonplz. (Source: Newsday, https://www.newsday.com/long-island/photos-of-the-day-1.50139710) The project is connected to a Twitter account @pricecarbonplz and…
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The masked artist protesters in a polluted city of China
Read more: The masked artist protesters in a polluted city of ChinaIn the south-western city of Chengdu, by all accounts a city on the edge coping with heavy pollution but also with authorities scrambling to put a lid on simmering discontent. That night police detained a number of artists who managed…
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Las Carpetas
Read more: Las Carpetas“Las Carpetas looks at the bureaucratic residue of a 40-year-long secret surveillance program that aimed to destroy the Puerto Rican Independence Movement. Through still-lives, archival appropriation, and investigation, Christopher Gregory-Rivera provides a counter-history to the way many understand this period…