I'm taking Women's Studies to fulfill an English requirement and a gen. ed. and everyday we start of the class with what our professor fondly refers to as WTF moments. Essentially, we share little bits of feminist news or personal reflections whether it relates to the current class material or not. I was browsing a feminist news website ( http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswire.asp) when I stumbled upon the headline "Activists Project 'Rape is Rape' on to US Capitol". Well, obviously I found this intriguing and so when I looked at the picture of what had been done, I found this:
Hella cool, right? It leads you to start thinking about the different, non-detrimental ways that activists, or really anybody with a message can speak to the world at large. I chose blogging. Luminous Intervention and FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture chose a typography display using light as their medium.
And when you really think about it, light is just a wave. Light is a wave that moves continually and allows us to see things we might have missed otherwise. Similarly, our actions and words are just a wave that allow us to think about ideas we might never have considered. And if light can affect our government, then we can affect the world.
Now, isn't that something?
Cheers!
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