Activism for humanitarian or political causes taking part interactively on the internet. When physical involvement is not a possibility, interactivism usually is. The internet is a fantastic tool for communication, and as with all forms of communication before it, it can be used to influence other people through the sharing of ideas and opinions.
Amnesty International launched a trend on Twitter and a petition on Facebook; encouraging people to take part in interactivism!
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Due to some timely intactivism, the young woman was able to resist the doctor's suggestion that her healthy and happy newborn son be circumcised merely to mirror his father's circumcised penis.
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the act of raising awareness that men should have the right to choose whether or not they keep their entire penis they were born with and that partial genital amputations should not be performed on babies.
Thanks to some well-timed intactivism, the expectant mother realized that we as a society should not be cutting erogenous body parts off of non-consenting members of our society.
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Get the intactivism mug.An interactivist is somebody who takes part in virtual activism on the internet, this is known as interactivism. Either through blogging or social media, petitions or hashtags, the spreading of ideas on the internet is becoming more and more effective.
I had Facebook apprehension so I signed an online petition through Facebook to get them to protect our privacy, and they changed their privacy policy! I'm an interactivist!
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We were a victim of introactivism; all our computers were stolen by disassembling them and shipping them overseas.
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Get the interactivized mug.The idea of being against circumcision and trying to outlaw it worldwide. Intactivism sees circumcision as a barbaric and unnecessary crime against both boys and girls.
I strongly support intactivism because circumcision is one of the world’s biggest problems that needs to end now.
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