Any form of 'activism' that you do while sitting on your ass. An attempt to feel like you're making a difference, but without making the effort to put clothes on and get off the couch.
Example: E-mailing a show's sponsors to demand that they stop advertising on that show.
Example: E-mailing a show's sponsors to demand that they stop advertising on that show.
I went to a town hall meeting and argued against a new policy; it was more meaningful than the asstivism that people on Facebook do.
by Maenadsattack November 6, 2015
Get the Asstivism mug.An apptivity is usually a game or activity that takes place on a mobile device and is slowly replacing outside games and other activities in newer generations.
Kids don't even play tag anymore. They just sit around on their tablet/mobile devices playing an apptivity and texting friends.
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Clicking the thumbs-down button on youtube, urban dictionary, or elsewhere because it offends your ethical sensibilities, in the hope that this action will somehow contribute to social change.
Jimmy thumbs-downed a definition because it wasn't politically correct.
Newt Gingrich reduced us to thumbs-down activism when he disabled comments on his videos.
Newt Gingrich reduced us to thumbs-down activism when he disabled comments on his videos.
by freeinternet4eva February 29, 2012
Get the thumbs-down activism mug.when someone wears an armband to support a specific cause. This is especially applicable when someone wears many armbands at once.
by bassfrog7 May 24, 2011
Get the armband activism mug.(New)Type of activism that is designed to make you feel guilty. It doesn't care about solving problems in the real world, it just cares about making you feel guilty. It's also put people down unlike good activism.
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The guy approached me and asked me some weird questions to make me feel guilty, which represents guilt activism.
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comment on needed societal changes but also to inform others on these pressing issues and inspire them to take action. An example of an artivist is Kusama who held art happenings where she ministered over the first weddings between gay men in the USA. Goldsworthy is another artist who uses eco art that inspires mindfulness of our natural surroundings (healing art) but crosses over into artivism in that it serves as a catalyst for nature preservation.
comment on needed societal changes but also to inform others on these pressing issues and inspire them to take action. An example of an artivist is Kusama who held art happenings where she ministered over the first weddings between gay men in the USA. Goldsworthy is another artist who uses eco art that inspires mindfulness of our natural surroundings (healing art) but crosses over into artivism in that it serves as a catalyst for nature preservation.
Mele Murals is artivism that combines street/graffiti mural art with raising awareness of and preserving Native Hawaiian culture.
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