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1. Mouse-Click Activism
Political and social action through activities such as signing Internet petitions, clicking on "click to give" sites such as The Hunger Site, posting the color of your bra on Facebook as a way to raise awareness of breast cancer. Arguably either pointless and self-indulgent or tech-savvy, next gen activism.
Two typical examples of mouse-click activism: The Hunger Site, where advertisers agree to contribute funds towards food relief based on the number of clicks per day on the site. Each visitor can be counted for only one click per day. Results are reported each day in number of cups of food for which funds were raised by clicks that day. An example of an Internet petition is one started in Shropshire, UK to protest road tolls, which obtained more than 1 million sign-ons.
2. fat activism
A movement based around the idea that people can be healthy and beautiful at any size. The movement is generally accepted as having started in 1969 with the founding of NAAFA by Bill Fabrey.

Noteable groups in the movement's history include the New Haven Fat Liberation Front and the Fat Underground in Los Angeles, both of which were active in the seventies. More recently, NOLOSE (formerly the National Organization for Lesbians of SizE), NAAFA and the Council on Size and Weight Discrimination have been in the vanguard of the fat activism movement.

Some important figures in the history of the fat lib movement include Bill Fabrey, Karen Scott-Jones (now Karen Stimson), Aldebaran (now Sara Fishman) and Lynn McAfee.

More recent figures in the movement include Marilyn Wann, author of the zine Fat!So?, Nomy Lamm, author of the zine I'm So Fucking Beautiful, and Stacy Bias, founder of FatGirl Speaks, a grassroots fat empowerment conference held in Portland every year.
We're going to NOLOSE's fat activism conference this July - are you coming?

My ideas about body image and self worth changed when I became involved in fat activism.
by Somegirl May 10, 2005 share this
3. Facebook Activism
The illusion of dedication to a cause through no-commitment awareness groups. Specifically in reference to Facebook groups centered around political issues.
Dave: Man, this genocide in Darfur is terrible. I sure wish I could make a difference.

Jenna: Well, I made a facebook group about it. We have almost one million members!

Dave: That's great! Are you all going to donate money to refugees or something?

Jenna: No, but now those murderers will really know how sad we are!

Dave: Sounds like you're really into your Facebook activism!
4. avatar activism
Similar to facebook activism, the belief that no-commitment activities will result in meaningful social change. This meme results from the belief that awareness is all that is necessary to improve society, rather than actually donating money or time.
Real examples of avatar activism:

I changed my Twitter avatar to green to support Iranis!

I blacked out my avatar to support awareness of Australia's Black Saturday!
5. feisty activism
1. n. a type of performance art involving the flipping of pay-phones upside-down

2. n. art form of any medium that can be described as sociopolitical commentary, absurdist performance art, or revolution
Bob: Hey, why did that guy just flip that payphone upside-down?

Sally: I don't know, must be some kind of feisty activism.
6. judicial activism
The failure of a judge to implement the legislator's meaning of a language term in a law.
How to spot judicial activism? In a court issued opinion, look at the source of the evidence that the judge uses to give meaning to a language term in a federal statute. If the source of the evidence is from dictionary definitions, previous court opinions, the writings of legal scholars, or the judges personal beliefs, then you have just found an example of judicial activism. However, if the source of the evidence is from the Congressional Record and the evidence is properly considered based on timing, weight, and order of analysis, then that judge will have implemented the legislator's meaning of a language term in a law per Article I, section 8, clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution (The 'Congress' Power To Make All Laws' clause)
by Vincent Tassinari Jul 19, 2005 share this
7. Passive Jamming
A form of Cultural Jamming.Jamming,Flooding forums with informative chat that's beneficial to humanity
Overwhelming forums with messages of harmony.
Posting large numbers of positive, passive facts.
A form of activism

slangs devaloped out of movment include:
Marmalading
which is sending bitter sweet wake up calls or reality checks backed up with facts. Marmalade comes with no preservatives
Jam Donut
far right or neocon group, posting or forum. Usually used to inform jammers of posts.
Jam sandwich
a situation that a lone jammer often faces when struggling against persistent bloggers it is often used as a call to other jammers for assistance
A large group of jammers, bloggers were successful in the passive jamming of the forum.
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