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Gender
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I’m Every Woman
Read more: I’m Every WomanOur Action: We set up “I’m every Woman” as a 3D street installation. It took place on the Boardwalk, Cork City on the weekend of International Women’s week. Our aims were to promote gender-equality. As a group we identified women…
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Design4Peace
Read more: Design4PeaceDesign4Peace is a collection of political posters created by Leslie Dwyer. Images speak to issues of war and peace, prisons, solidarity and movement, immigration, economy and class, violence against women, ecology, agriculture, racism, and gender. Leslie works with movement and…
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Sex at the Specs
Read more: Sex at the SpecsThe “Perceiving Freedom” glasses sculpture on Cape Town’s Sea Point promenade looking towards Robben Island, commemorates late President Nelson Mandela and the values of freedom and equality. On April 2nd 2015, as part of a Center for Artistic Activism School…
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Love Has No Labels: Rethink Bias
Read more: Love Has No Labels: Rethink BiasR/GA AND THE AD COUNCIL CREATE “LOVE HAS NO LABELS” CAMPAIGN by IPG R/GA and the Ad Council, along with several top global brands, have launched “Love Has No Labels,” a public service campaign aimed at promoting diversity, inclusion and…
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Lift the Skirt / What the Skirt Lifts / What the Skirt Raises
Read more: Lift the Skirt / What the Skirt Lifts / What the Skirt RaisesWhat the Skirt Lifts is a day long protest against gender discrimination initiated by student Arthur Moinet and sanctioned by the Académie de Nantes, made up of local school officials. Both male and female students were encouraged to school wearing…
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Barbie Liberation Organization
Read more: Barbie Liberation OrganizationOn Christmas day in 1993, kids were finding more than they bargained for under their trees: Mattel’s new talking Barbie dolls growled “Dead men tell no lies,” while Hasbro’s macho GI Joe’s chirped “I love to shop with you.” Enter…
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ARTICULO 6: Narratives of gender, strength and politics
Read more: ARTICULO 6: Narratives of gender, strength and politics“ARTICULO 6: narratives of gender, strength and politics” is an activist design project that aims to raise awareness about the case of forced sterilizations implemented during the government of Alberto Fujimori in Peru. The name of the project refers to…
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Lysistrata
Read more: LysistrataLysistrata, by Aristophanes, was first performed in Athens in 411 BC. The play, while fictional, can be read as an early example of creative activism. It is about Lysistrata’s quest to end the war between Athens and Sparta. She gathers…
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Suffrage
Read more: SuffrageAlice Paul, along with Lucy Burns, joined the National American Woman suffrage Association (NAWSA) in 1912. They were allowed to take over the NAWSA Congressional Committee in DC but were given no office or funds. For months Paul and Burns…
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SlutWalk
Read more: SlutWalkThe SlutWalk protest marches began on April 3, 2011, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and became a movement of rallies across the world. Participants protest against explaining or excusing rape by referring to any aspect of a woman’s appearance. The rallies…