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Feminism
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The Procession of the Holy Cunt: Feminist Activism during Holy Week in Spain
Read more: The Procession of the Holy Cunt: Feminist Activism during Holy Week in SpainEven though Spain is constitutionally defined as a non-confessional nation, the Catholic Church still holds great power. For example, the Catholic Church is exempt from paying certain taxes, and can reclaim certain buildings as their property. This often creates frictions…
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The Vulvatron
Read more: The VulvatronThe Vulvatron was created specifically for Burning Man 2014. A multi-sensory experience, the Vulvatron attempts to communicate to those whom interact with it a distinctly feminine mystery. What is woman? In a world that has politicized, exoticized, sexualized, objectified, made…
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Not Ready to Make Nice: 30th Anniversary of Guerrilla Girls
Read more: Not Ready to Make Nice: 30th Anniversary of Guerrilla GirlsNOT READY TO MAKE NICE: GUERRILLA GIRLS BIRTHDAY 30 YEARS AND STILL COUNTING! BLOWOUT PARTY WITH DJ AND CAKE! Friday, May 15 8-10 PM • ABRONS ARTS CENTER 466 GRAND ST, NY ALSO AT ABRONS ARTS CENTER 466 GRAND ST,…
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An Eternal Optimist: The Positive Message of Yoko Ono’s New MoMA Retrospective
Read more: An Eternal Optimist: The Positive Message of Yoko Ono’s New MoMA RetrospectiveAn Eternal Optimist: The Positive Message of Yoko Ono’s New MoMA Retrospective by Steff Yotka How did they ever make a Yoko Ono exhibit? The pop cultural icon is a figure either so beloved or so reviled that an individual’s…
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Vaginal Knitting
Read more: Vaginal Knitting“Vaginal Knitting” Is the New Thing in Activist Performance Art by Adam Weinstein Casey Jenkins identifies herself as a former “craftivist”—a term she defines as “using traditional craft techniques for a political or social activism purpose.” She and her colleagues…
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Pads Against Sexism
Read more: Pads Against SexismThe latest in street art activism is confronting sexism in an unconventional, but wonderful, way. Street artist, Elonë, from Karlsruhe, Germany, is paving her city with messages against sexism, street harassment and sexual abuse — all printed on menstrual pads.…
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It Was Never A Dress
Read more: It Was Never A DressFrom Time Magazine: It’s not a dress—it’s a cape We’ve all seen the woman in the triangle dress that marks women’s bathrooms. But what if that triangle silhouette isn’t really a dress? That’s the idea of the new campaign called…
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#FreeTheNipple Icelandic Style
Read more: #FreeTheNipple Icelandic StyleIt all started when an Icelandic girl took off her top on Twitter in a bid to promote sexual equality, only for her to be verbally attacked by some male Icelandic tit troll. Despite both comments being deleted, Twitter was…
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Feminist Apparel and Anti-Street Harassment Week
Read more: Feminist Apparel and Anti-Street Harassment WeekAttention catcallers: the streets of New York City do not welcome you. A new campaign hopes to raise awareness about the prevalence of catcalling, which some international studies show between 70 to 99 percent of women face at some point…
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In China, a Young Feminist Battles Sexual Violence Step by Step
Read more: In China, a Young Feminist Battles Sexual Violence Step by StepA hundred days. That’s how long it took Xiao Meili to walk from Beijing, in the arid north, to the humid, central city of Changsha. Since September, the 24-year-old has been trekking south and west across the Chinese heartland, along…