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Riot grrrl MANIFESTO

Date:
Apr 27 1991

Riot grrrl is a feminist punk rock movement started in the early 90’s, particularly in Washington DC, Olympia, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. Bands that follow the movement include Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Jack Off Jill, Bratmobile, Adickdid, The Butchies, Heavens to…

Bringing Awareness to the TGI Experience

Practitioner:
Kokumo, KOKUMOMEDIA

Date:
Apr 27 1991

Kokumo, pronounced “koh-koo-mah”, is a trans gender activist whose very name embodies her bold path of resistance. Taken from the West African dialect Yoruba, Kokumo means “this woman will not die.” Kokumo chose her name in response to constantly being…

The People v Barack Obama

Practitioner:
Law Office of Jason Flores-Williams

Date:
Apr 27 1991

I am a federal criminal defense attorney and have written a formal legal brief in response to the Obama Administration’s White Paper attempting to justify the killing of American citizens without due process. The brief is a new form fusion…

DC Comics to Publish Comic Books about Privilege and Power

Practitioner:
Art Baltazer, DC Comics, Franco, Gail Simone

Date:
Apr 27 1991

Following in the strong tradition of using graphic novels to explore social ills, DC Comics is releasing two new politically activist issues in their “New 52” series. The first is called “The Movement” and is written by Gail Simone. Simone…

POC Zine Project Presents RACE RIOTS TOUR!

Practitioner:
POC Zine Project

Date:
Apr 27 1991

This piece is about multiple layered “creative activism”. There is art, activism, and community building. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, a zine is a “noncommercial often homemade or online publication usually devoted to specialized and often unconventional subject matter.”…

Just Fashion: Critical Cases on Social Justice and Fashion

Practitioner:
Otto Von Busch, Parsons-New School, Self Passage

Date:
Apr 27 1991

Over the course of a semester, fashion hactivist and fashion social justice scholar, Otto Von Busch, facilitated a course on “Critical Fashion and Social Justice,” where graduate fashion students at Parsons design school researched, contextualized and at times critiqued case…

A is for Activist: An ABC Book for Kids of the 99%

Practitioner:
Innosanto Nagara

Date:
Apr 27 1991

A is for Activism is a children’s book developed by Innosanto Nagara, an author illustrator and founding member of the Design Action Collective, a worker owned cooperative design studio in Oakland that is dedicated to “serving the Movement.” The book…

Rectification of names

Practitioner:
Everyone

Date:
Apr 27 1991

Rectification of names “If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art…

Arabian Nights

Practitioner:
Scheherazad

Date:
Apr 27 1991

The 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…

Kurt Hiller’s Literary Activism

Practitioner:
Kurt Hiller

Date:
Apr 27 1991

Kurt 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,…