Tag: activism
Look at the Activist Artists Who Actually Walk the Talk
Now is the time to get political. Some of us are already doing that. Brilliantly.
How Katherine Dunham Embodied Activism (and What It Means Now)
As political polarization intensifies, the choreographer's legacy offers the dance world a template.
Punishing Faith Fennidy For Her Black Hair Is What’s Unnatural
Discrimination against Black hair is a modern way of keeping us out of spaces we had to fight, march and protest our way inside.
Niegel Smith of The Flea Theater Will Make Us “Color Brave”
An artistic director leads us toward a wise new way of approaching race and identity.
Historian Richard Vinen Connects Our Agitated Era to ‘1968’
Remembering when America provided a model for protest around the globe.
Paul Rucker Makes Colorful Klan Robes to Fight Racism
The activist-artist takes a historical, artifact-based view of American racism yesterday and today.
Who Should Educate White People About Racism?
Am I improving conditions for artists of color? Or providing feel-good education for white people?
Pussy Riot Returns (On the Album of an All-Woman Vocal Quartet)
Lyrics and trial transcriptions join forces in a powerful oratorio.
Why I Am Boycotting Writers Theatre in Chicago
When a board papers over staff misconduct, maybe it's time to just say no.
What I Learned Marching for International Women’s Day in Peru
Silent language: it is what the disenfranchised share.
‘Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.’ Proves We Need More Political Pop Stars
Listen before Homeland Security takes this down.
Sorry, Mark Manson: I Prefer the Difficult Art of Giving a...
I'm not a privileged white guy. I have to do something.
Kids May Realize the Dreams of the Baby Boomers
On days when they’re not getting killed, they're getting screwed out of a future.
Can We Imagine a Hollywood For the Greater Good?
Let's unleash a new generation of revolutionary, socially conscious, planet-saving cinema.
Ordinary Citizens Can Be Civil Rights Activists. Just Ask Edna.
Meet someone who survived Jim Crow and demanded justice.
20 Change-Making US Artists You Should Track During 2018
They are global spitfires -- artists making a difference -- and they are producing hope.
The Year of Empowered Women
We aren't stopping with a march or two. We are a force. We are going to win.
Kidman, Johansson, Gadot and Other Reasons to Stop Reading Now
The powerful do not instigate mass movements. They appropriate and profit from them, then kill them at the grassroots.
RIP RGB, RIP GOP, RIP USA
None of the second-rate white men currently on the Supreme Court will receive the honors given to RBG when they finally die.
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Herman Cain (and Republicans Unable)
And then there was Jerry Falwell, Jr., with his open pants, evangelical FUPA and his hands veering into prime side-boob territory with -- hey, doesn't she have a name?
