December 8th, 2018. João Teixeira de Farias, commonly known as “João de Deus” (“John of God” in Portuguese), the worldwide famous spiritual leader is on the news this time not because of his acclaimed “healing powers”, but surprisingly due to one of the biggest sexual scandals in the world, being accused of sexually abusing more…
Tag: Feminism
“Words and actions”: Donald Trump, Rape Culture, and Hashtag Feminism
Rosemary Clark Donald Trump: I moved on her like a bitch. But I couldn’t get there. And she was married. Then all of a sudden I see her, she’s now got the big phony tits and everything. She’s totally changed her look…I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You…
Paths of “Empowerment” Swept under the Starry Rug
by Marina Fuser Patricia Arquette’s speech upon receiving the Oscar for best supporting actress (Boyhood) was met by an enthusiastic round of applause, sighs and tears of joy by an audience that is rather favourable to gender equity. Nevertheless, the reception of this discourse involved much suspicion and skepticism in Feminist circles due to the…
Decolonizing Coexistence: Beyond Hebdo
By Marina Fuser This was a disturbing weekend for humanity: from Paris to Nigeria, from Lebanon to São Paulo, we have experienced ultimate demonstrations of violence against people that, by all means, did NOT deserve such fate. While Brazilian military police chased, dropped tear gas bombs and shot rubber bullets against an unarmed crowd fighting…
FEMEN: The Unveiling of Colonialist Feminism
Marina Fuser is a social scientist and doctoral researcher in Gender & Film Studies at the University of Sussex. Marina is part of the RE.FRAMING ACTIVISM editorial team and this week explores the protest group FEMEN‘s recent international protests. The 10th of April of 2013 is the day of the 5th anniversary of a controversial “Feminist” group called Femen. These…
Sisterhood and After: first oral history archive of the UK Women’s Liberation Movement
Image included: If this lady was a car photograph © Jill Posener This week, the editor of RE.FRAMING ACTIVISM, Rachel Tavernor, shares information about a new oral history archive. Today is International Women’s Day, the launch of a new archive and my birthday. So the final point about my birthday is irrelevant to many of…
Feminist Social Media Praxis
Jodi Nelson is a filmmaker, actor and musician. She is currently completing a PhD in Creative and Critical Practice at the University of Sussex. This week, we interviewed Jodi about her research project that explores contemporary feminism through digital networks. re_activism:What do you think the 21st century feminist looks likes? This is a very provocative…