Projects tagged "women's issues"

Fat Barbie
Practitioner:
Plus-Size-Modeling
Date:
Nov 29 2013
For those of you unfamiliar with the wonderful Worth1000, it’s a website that hosts creative contests of all kinds, most notably for photoshoppers who are outstanding at what they do. Hell, just look at the first question on the site’s FAQ list and you’ll have a basic idea of how good some of these people are at making terrific photoshops.
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'Women on Walls' campaign empower women via street art
Practitioner:
Women on Walls, Mia Grondahl, Angie Balata
Date:
Apr 1 2013
Maha ElNabawi Amid the bleak backdrop of a revolution-riddled Egypt, a beacon of positivity shone on downtown Cairo Friday during the launch of one of the most exciting, social-conscious street art collaborations to happen this year.
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Party with Playboy
Practitioner:
Force
Date:
Sep 1 2013
"Every year Playboy releases the ultimate guide to campus life: our infamous party school list. Over the years, it has been brought to our attention that some of our long-standing party picks have a not-so-toast-worthy, rape-ridden side to their campus life."
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Texas Student's Nude Performance Art Project Goes Viral
Practitioner:
Monika Rostvold
Date:
Apr 28 2015
Monika Rostvold, an art student at Texas State University, sparked a frenzy both on campus and online Monday when she sat on the steps of her university's library wearing nothing but a blindfold, a nude-colored thong, and pasties (see Naked Youths Take to Mexican Streets to Protest Student Killings Documented by Edgar Olguin).
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Carry that Weight
Practitioner:
Emma Sulkowicz
Date:
Sep 21 2014
In a Mattress, A Lever for Art and Political Protest by Roberta Smith
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Oppressed Majority (Majorité Opprimée)
Practitioner:
Eléonore Pourriat
Date:
Feb 1 2014
On what seems to be just another ordinary day, a man is exposed to sexism and sexual violence in a society ruled by women... Eléonore Pourriat's short film imagines how a man might experience a sexual assault in a matriarchal society.
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PINK Loves Consent
Practitioner:
Force
Date:
Dec 3 2012
The satirical website was launched at noon on Monday, December 3. According to the site, “PINK loves CONSENT is our newest collection of flirty, sexy and powerful statements that remind people to practice CONSENT. CONSENT is a verbal agreement about how and when people are comfortable having sex.”
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Vaginal Knitting
Practitioner:
Casey Jenkins
Date:
Nov 27 2013
"Vaginal Knitting" Is the New Thing in Activist Performance Art by Adam Weinstein
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The Monument Quilt
Practitioner:
Force
Date:
Mar 1 2014
The Monument Quilt: a public healing space by and for survivors of rape and abuse.
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Seventeen Says Thanks But No Thanks To Teen’s Photoshop Petition
Practitioner:
Julia Bluhm
Date:
May 3 2012
Seventeen editor Ann Shoket met yesterday with Julia Bluhm, the 14-year-old reader who started an online petition to ask the magazine to curb its use of Photoshop.
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