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
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.
Sally: I don't know, must be some kind of feisty activism.
by giosafari February 7, 2010
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Posting incessantly large amounts of overly political and usually uneducated messages online, almost always unprovoked.
Contrary to popular belief, NOT related to actually taking any useful action in the world.
Contrary to popular belief, NOT related to actually taking any useful action in the world.
Person 1: "Guns are literally the only thing in human history that's been used to cause harm to another human."
Person 2: "Please just stop talking"
Person 1: "How DARE you? MY ACTIVISM IS IMPORTANT TO THE WORLD."
Person 2: "Please just stop talking"
Person 1: "How DARE you? MY ACTIVISM IS IMPORTANT TO THE WORLD."
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Get the Activism mug.the action of finding nothing wrong with a current person or thing , so you dig through anything in the past to be angry about
archive activism is toxic. It combines the worst of human interactions, cyberbullying and needing to create an enemy to justify actions
by Grimcrow July 3, 2020
Get the archive activism mug.It is a kind of extremely performative activism that is exclusive to Egypt's upper class. It is a kind of activism/politics that is mainly characterized by being:
-exclusively communicated in either English or franco when most Egyptians only speak Arabic,
-political ideals and demands that are completely disconnected from the cultural and political contexts of Egypt,
-political ideals and demands that are actually just straight up deranged,
-very shallow and ambiguous ideals and demands,
-happens to be almost always photocopied from Western twitter without even so much of an attempt to rediscover a more appropriate approach for the context they exist in,
-has no idea how to solve a problem, isn't even trying to solve a problem, just wants to be a "part of something bigger",
-desperate attempts to turn every single inconvenience into a social or political issue,
-usually practiced by very young people.
-exclusively communicated in either English or franco when most Egyptians only speak Arabic,
-political ideals and demands that are completely disconnected from the cultural and political contexts of Egypt,
-political ideals and demands that are actually just straight up deranged,
-very shallow and ambiguous ideals and demands,
-happens to be almost always photocopied from Western twitter without even so much of an attempt to rediscover a more appropriate approach for the context they exist in,
-has no idea how to solve a problem, isn't even trying to solve a problem, just wants to be a "part of something bigger",
-desperate attempts to turn every single inconvenience into a social or political issue,
-usually practiced by very young people.
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by antitagamo3activist July 10, 2020
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by Blehh banana October 3, 2020
Get the Faye-Activism mug.Well intended progressive Individuals or groups that believe progress is a never-ending liner upward trend. They use their strong beliefs in an ideal future work to move society towards a defined goal, only to over shoot it and begin to regress through more extreme views until hardly distinguishable from those who they initially blamed. This results in fracturing of the fundamental ideas that started the movement, as to alienate people formally for the cause and to push away others due to the increase of rhetoric.
I used to believe in this cause, but due to regressive activism, I no longer align with their views.
by Corrupt Giant September 28, 2023
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