This collection of documents illustrates an abortion protest held by the Redstockings group, a feminist organization. Their two main goals were to first, disrupt the mainstream legislative principles of male “experts” convening to determine laws that primarily affect women and their autonomy. They also physically disrupted the meeting of experts by verbally interrupting and trying to infiltrate the meeting space.
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Protest the Infirmary! (Gainesville Women’s Liberation, 1997)
1990-2010, Date, Defining the Enemy, Occupation, Patriarchy, Subjectives of Refusal, Tactics of Disruption, WomenThis protest leaflet is from the Gainesville Women’s Liberation movement and is part of a wider effort at the University of Florida to increase women’s sexual autonomy through disrupting the mainstream tactics of the healthcare system to dissuade women from receiving the morning after pill. Female students were asked invasive questions, forced to admit to some fault of their own, or even flat out denied the medication. The students came together at the infirmary and disrupted the movements of those who work at the university infirmary, bringing attention to their goals.
Raise Three Fingers for Democracy (2021)
2011-Present, Authority, Date, Defining the Enemy, Disruptive Spaces, Urban SpacesThis website was created by Myanmar artists as a way to unify the global art community in support of the protesters in Myanmar. The three fingered salute, originally from Suzanne Collin’s young adult dystopian novel The Hunger Games, is used as a gesture for support for those fighting for democracy. Anyone can upload artwork to their website.
Website: https://www.threefingers.org/about
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