bumper sticker activism

To tell the world what they should be doing and what you think by plastering your car with bumper stickers to that effect.

Jim: That "Keep Tahoe Blue" sticker is really making me wonder how to keep Tahoe blue.
Mike: Yeah, Berkeley is full of bumper sticker activism. Too bad the sticker's on a Ford Expedition, since keeping Tahoe blue involves reducing emissions.

by wendyrocks November 6, 2006

Artitism

Name for a condition given to a female whose artistic skills go beyond comprehension... So much that the word artistry is just not enough to validate this female's abilities as an artist.

To bad that Djemila's artitism is not contagious. The world would be a more beautiful place if it was.

by SonRisa March 29, 2013

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

Artimism

Thinking artistically.
Such as optimism = thinking positively
pessimism = thinking negatively

artimism = thinking artistically

"Man, I'm so upset."
"Paint something - have some artimism. You'll feel better."

by CarlyCat November 25, 2011

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