"Social change doesn’t just happen, it happens because people decide to make change." I chose this quote because it's something I agree with. Change does not just happen; people must make it happen. People must get out there and tell the world what they disagree or agree with and push for a change. So, this is what I did, I created a poster for women, for abortion rights, also known as a basic human right, right? I drove around with my poster in my truck. Some people were giving unapproving looks, almost confused as well. Some people would beep and applaud. Mostly the concessive was that a lot of people support the right for a woman to make her own decision about being a mother or not. But it goes way beyond that even. I have endometriosis and in certain states now I probably couldn’t safely get treatment because my treatment is revolved about birth controls and hormones. So, this speaks deeply with me, and I do what I can to get out there and part take. While reading an introduction to activist art another quote stuck out to me. "When the public is looking away from suffering that could be prevented or does not want to be confronted with it, activist art often creates a dialogue and forces people to think about these problems". This one is very self-explanatory for me, and very much something happening today. Social media makes it very hard for people not to pay attention anymore. Artwork is everywhere, in memes especially for users on social media. I did in fact also post my poster on my social media and got a lot of likes on my story. This is art activism because I made a poster, my own artwork and it had a message and pictures to back up the purpose of the image. While I mostly saw people enjoying their interaction with my artwork, with my message I did also encounter people who did not approve. That is the whole point of protesting, making activist art. A female’s body is a battleground, we must constantly fight for our own humane rights. "There’s more than one way to be an activist, and that is to say, there’s more than one way to raise your voice and speak up in the name of change." This struck me because I am now understanding more of the artistic ways of being an activist, not just going out into the street and protesting. What you create can make a huge impact and social media can also now help that. The artworks stay for years and years, they are right in your face forcing you to feel. Forcing you to look. I also bought a shirt that donated money to abortion clinics that has the same message as my poster. That was my inspiration. So much more must be done.
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