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#YesAllWomen

Date:
May 15 2014

In May, the horrific mass shooting in Isla Vista, CA, triggered national conversations about violent misogyny. After some Twitter users began using the hashtag #NotAllMen to defensively derail the conversation, the hugely popular hashtag #YesAllWomen emerged, getting tweeted over 1…

India’s new comic ‘super hero’: Priya, the rape survivor

Practitioner:
Ram Devineni

Date:
May 15 2014

A new comic book with a female rape survivor as its “super hero” has been launched to focus attention on the problem of sexual violence in India. Priya’s Shakti, inspired by Hindu mythological tales, tells the story of Priya, a…

Pro-Choice Trolling

Practitioner:
Jasmine Shea, Nathaniel Peck

Date:
May 15 2014

Fun Craft Idea: Pro-Choice Trolling in Hobby Lobby Aisles Jezebel By Callie Beusman Hobby Lobby is a large corporation-person whose interests include crafting, God and denying women affordable contraception access. If you’re miffed that this chain retailer is a more…

Performance Art Feminism in Beijing

Practitioner:
Xiao Yue

Date:
May 15 2014

Xiao has organized and participated in a series of activities that combine performance art with a strong social message. Despite a well-known Chinese maxim expounding that women “hold up half the sky,” feminism has largely been an underground movement in…

#ShoutingBack with Coasters

Practitioner:
Diana Al-Mahmood, Lila Urda, Madeleine Dalkie, Ranim Hadid

Date:
May 15 2014

The group of NYU graduate students went to bars in Manhattan to shout back against sexual harassment and bring awareness to the Everyday Sexism project. Armed with coasters that said “#shoutingback” on them, as well as a slogan. Three different…

#ShoutingBack with Business Cards

Practitioner:
Diana Al-Mahmood, Lila Urda, Madeleine Dalkie, Ranim Hadid

Date:
May 15 2014

The group of students from NYU took to the streets of Manhattan to shout back against sexual harassment and bring awareness to the Everyday Sexism project. Armed with business cards that said “#shoutingback” on one side, and “Real men don’t…

Sluts Across America

Practitioner:
Roopa Vasudevan

Date:
May 15 2014

In 2012, Sandra Fluke stood up in front of Democratic members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to advocate for the mandatory inclusion of birth control coverage in health insurance. Republicans on the committee refused to allow her…

Nude protest for International Women’s Day

Practitioner:
Amina Sboui

Date:
May 15 2014

On 8 March 2014, International Women’s Day, several female activists (Amina Sboui, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Solmaz Vakilpour, Safia Lebdi, Meriam Russel and Maryam Namazie) protested nude in support of women’s rights in the Middle East and North Africa in front…

Female students in Guangzhou protest topless for gender equality

Practitioner:
Female students from the Guangdong University of Technology

Date:
May 15 2014

Female students from the Guangdong University of Technology in Guangzhou called for equal job opportunities and for people to “pay attention to the value of women” while protesting on the school’s campus, shirtless and covered in body paint. The photos,…

The Monument Quilt

Practitioner:
Force

Date:
May 15 2014

The Monument Quilt: a public healing space by and for survivors of rape and abuse. The Monument Quilt is a crowd-sourced collection of thousands of stories from survivors of rape and abuse. By stitching our stories together, we are creating…