Happtivism

The practice of growing happiness by recognizing negative thoughts, understanding their origins, and choosing ones that actually make you feel happy.

Becoming a happtivist and practicing happtivism isn't like joining any organization or religion. It means being committed to being your own happiness activist.

by happtivist June 7, 2021

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.

by TofuGirl January 23, 2010

judicial activism

A term used by conservatives to describe court decisions which they disagree with. More often than not, applies to cases where the court declined the opportunity use its power, such as in the Terri Schiavo case, or Korematsu v. United States (1944).

In a Republican's mind, Lawrence v. Texas (2003) is an 'activist decision' while Bush v. Gore (2001) is not.

by mike April 1, 2005

snowflake activism

When common words, terms, phrases, products, or artistic creations like songs, programming, or fashion are twisted or manipulated to have negative connotations that are racist, sexist, homophobic, or offensive in some other manner, even though its origin intent was free of any such implications

In 2018, the song "Baby It's Cold Outside" was pulled from radio stations because snowflake activism deemed it to be sexist and promoted rape culture when in fact, it was an innocent song featuring playful banter written by a man in the 1940's for his wife and himself to sing at parties.

by Davinci131313 January 5, 2019

performance activism

When a person/group jumps on a political bandwagon in order to keep up appearances.

“Hey, have you seen her posts about BLM?”
“Yeah she’s sharing everything she comes across, so annoying.”
“Yeah man, perfect example of performance activism - how embarrassing.”

by HelloPoppet June 8, 2020

judicial activism

A charge made by conservative activists against liberal judges, accusing them of using their office to make laws instead of resolve disputes over laws.

The term 'judicial activist' is almost applied to liberal judges. Conservative judicial activists, on the other hand, are called 'strict constructionists'.

by LudwigVan October 1, 2004

Designer Activism

Supporting a particular cause, not because one really cares but because it's hip, cool, or chic.

roughly 50%-75% of non Africans who want to "Save Africa" are engaging in Designer Activism

by Waynebruh July 7, 2008