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Pots, Pans, and Pussyhats: The Impacts and Ethics of Feminist Protest Tools
(2022) Balasubramanian, Aira
Feminist protest is a strong catalyzing force for change, politically and socially. However, various social groups under the overarching feminist movement view its’ goals differently, through intersectional lenses of race, class, disability, sexuality, and gender. These factors contribute to relative privilege and marginalization of subgroups within feminist ideology, and determine who has power in designing and demonstrating the goals and symbolic tools of a protest. In some cases, this acts against elevating inclusive policy that elevates feminists’ societal voice and power. This leads us to explore the effect of social and economic privilege in designing effective feminist protest tools within the historical context of Chilean cacerolazo and arpelleria protests, and the modern lens of the “Pussyhat Protest” that swept through the 2017 Women’s March on Washington.