Projects tagged
Demonstration & Protest
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Taking Feminist Battle to China’s Streets, and Landing in Jail
Read more: Taking Feminist Battle to China’s Streets, and Landing in JailThe young Chinese feminists shaved their heads to protest inequality in higher education and stormed men’s restrooms to highlight the indignities women face in their prolonged waits at public toilets. To publicize domestic violence, two prominent activists, Li Tingting and…
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Krewe of Dead Pelicans
Read more: Krewe of Dead PelicansIn May 2010, as oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster continued to spread in the Gulf of Mexico, growing outrage from residents in New Orleans at the response by government agents and corporate executives, opened up new horizons of political…
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Kiss of Love
Read more: Kiss of LoveThe Kiss of Love campaign in India is a non violent protest against moral policing. It started out as a Facebook page but gained momentum across India when a mob of conservative, right-wing party members attacked and demolished a coffee…
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Arming Sisters
Read more: Arming SistersWhen Patricia Stonefish returned home to the United States from Egypt in 2014, she brought with her a new outlook for conceptualizing women’s self defense. Having seen firsthand the benefits and empowerment of Taekwando/ Hapkido/ Gumdo classes for Egyptian women…
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Bogota Performance Piece – No Name
Read more: Bogota Performance Piece – No NameRenowned Cuban artist Tania Bruguera surprised a Bogota audience in September when she lined up three people directly involved in the Colombian conflict for a chat. The real performance however, started when a waitress emerged with a tray of neatly…
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Schoolwork, advocacy place strain on student activists
Read more: Schoolwork, advocacy place strain on student activistsTwo weeks ago, the University released the final version of its diversity and inclusion action plan, which could not have been compiled without the exhaustive efforts of students throughout last semester. “There are people breaking down, dropping out of classes…
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Asian and black communities square off over cop prosecution
Read more: Asian and black communities square off over cop prosecutionNearly 15,000 mostly Asian-American protesters rallied in Brooklyn Saturday for former NYPD Officer Peter Liang, claiming that the rookie cop was a “pawn” of anti-police politics and was wrongly prosecuted for a tragic accident.The crowd filled Cadman Plaza Park, with…
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Pro-Choice Trolling
Read more: Pro-Choice TrollingHobby Lobby is a chain of arts and crafts stores that has recently come under fire for denying its employees affordable access to contraception. Jasmine Shea redecorated many of the craft supplies in one of their stores to “troll” them…
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Rhodes Must Fall
Read more: Rhodes Must FallThis series of protests began on the UCT campus in an effort to remove the bronze statute of Cecil Rhodes in the center of campus due to the belief that Rhodes represents the oppressive colonization of South Africa that eventually…
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Ex Libris
Read more: Ex LibrisRecurrent themes in Emily Jacir’s practice—which spans a range of strategies including film, photography, interventions, archiving, performance, video, writing, and sound—are silenced historical narratives, resistance, movement, and exchange. Filmed in the days following the catastrophic loss of Iraq’s National Library…