20/03

 “We often act as if people are encyclopedias in the making, waiting to be filled up with facts and figures. They aren’t.”
This quote underscores the misconception that people are like empty vessels waiting to be filled with facts and information. While facts and figures are important, they alone are insufficient to drive meaningful change or inspire action.
“A great deal of activism and political art is directed toward criticizing what we don’t like”
This statement highlights a common theme in activism and political art: the focus on criticizing what individuals or groups perceive as wrong or unjust in society. Activism often emerges from a desire to challenge power structures, address systemic issues, and advocate for change in areas where injustice or inequality exists.
“We wondered how we might “move the point” on escape and make political engagement something that veterans would want to escape to rather than from.”
This statement suggests a desire to shift the perspective on political engagement among veterans, making it something desirable and compelling rather than burdensome or to be avoided. 
“Alt culture has a powerful democratic lesson to teach: we don’t need capitalists producing our culture, or politicians to change the world.”
This statement reflects a perspective often found within alternative culture movements, emphasizing the potential for grassroots creativity and activism to drive social change independently of traditional power structures like capitalism and formal politics. 

The performance “Cut Piece” by Yoko Ono was the objectification of women's bodies and the ways in which they are frequently treated as consumables or subjugated objects. Viewers are forced to examine their own views on consent, agency, and power in light of Ono's readiness to submit to the acts of others.

A symbolic action known as the "Freedom Trash Can" was carried out by feminist activists during the 1968 Miss America protest, which was coordinated by the New York Radical Women (NYRW) organization. Feminist activists staged a protest outside the pageant location, calling attention to what they perceived to be the event's objectification and exploitation of women. The "Freedom Trash Can" event was one of the main protest activities.