mactivism

When an activist uses their reputation/beliefs/idealogy as a platform for hitting on people. Often used to persuade people to have sex with you and/or get them involved in your cause.

An animal rights activist uses a particular cause, perhaps at a benefit or demonstration, as a jumping point for conversation with an attractive (physically, intellectually, or whathaveyou) person of their preferred gender, in an attempt to get in their pants. Or at least their telephone number.

I committed mactivism like woah today, when I hit on that cute bikepunk kid at Foodswings and talked to him about Animal Rights.

mactivism by dosapottomus October 6, 2006

Soap MacTavish 

Soap MacTavish is a playable and main character in the Call of Duty Modern Warfare trilogy of games. He is of Scottish descent. He's in the SAS and Task Force 141, fighting alongside his best mate Captain Price. His looks, actions, way of speaking and one liners make him regarded as one of the best characters in the series by the fans. Having sustained a major injury in Modern Warfare 2, and it reopening in Modern Warfare 3 after falling from a great height, he succumbed to blood loss, resulting in a shocking scene that both struck the players, and Captain Price.

Person A: Hey dude you play MW2?
Person B: Fuck yea dude, Soap is my favourite character!
Person A: Me too dude, he's so badass and cool!
Soap MacTavish, a playable and main character in the Call of Duty Modern Warfare series

Soap MacTavish by Dare_88 April 3, 2021

Performance activism 

When someone uses a “woke” cause to ensure their social media following knows that they care... when actually, all they care about is their influencer status and the amount of like they’ll get.

“Hey, have you seen that Guy is constantly posting about this cause on his feed?”
“Yeah, of course... they have to at least LOOK like they care. Performance activism is his forte. That’s perfect follower material, right there!”

Performance activism by MisSTeresaGreen June 9, 2020

Facebook Activism 

The illusion of dedication to a cause through no-commitment awareness groups. Specifically in reference to Facebook groups centered around political issues.

Dave: Man, this genocide in Darfur is terrible. I sure wish I could make a difference.

Jenna: Well, I made a facebook group about it. We have almost one million members!

Dave: That's great! Are you all going to donate money to refugees or something?

Jenna: No, but now those murderers will really know how sad we are!

Dave: Sounds like you're really into your Facebook activism!

Facebook Activism by Rag Man May 7, 2009

hashtag activism 

The kind of activism undertaken when you "do something" about a problem by tweeting or posting links to Facebook, without any intent of ever actually doing something. Nothing more than a nonsense feelgood gesture so that one can say they "did something about" whatever trendy cause they're pretending to care about. Usually only lasts a week or two before the cause is completely forgotten (i.e. it stops being cool to forward/retweet on the subject).

I forwarded a video about some unspeakable atrocities in a country I didn't know existed until I watched the video. My hashtag activism is going to accomplish something!

hashtag activism by CJ.MK.87 June 17, 2012

avatar activism

Similar to facebook activism, the belief that no-commitment activities will result in meaningful social change. This meme results from the belief that awareness is all that is necessary to improve society, rather than actually donating money or time.

Real examples of avatar activism:

I changed my Twitter avatar to green to support Iranis!

I blacked out my avatar to support awareness of Australia's Black Saturday!

avatar activism by Moggraider June 25, 2009

mactivist 

A political activist who uses his/her reputation for activism, organization, and political ideology for the purpose of hitting on people.

A man claiming to be a feminist, making grand declarations about sexism and how he's not a sexist, and then uses this in order to sleep with as many women as possible while sexually commidifying those women is a mactivist.

mactivist by digital.nines April 27, 2006