Tuesday, over 120 naked feminists decided to get together and put on a flashmob to protest “gender-based violence” in Buenos Aires, the Argentinian capital. The women gathered outside of parliament with a sign reading: “Femicide is Genocide”. They stripped to a soundtrack and collapsed around their banner, forming a pile of bodies meant to “represent victims of violence”. A woman on a loudspeaker outlined the problems of gender-based violence plaguing women. The women then rose and advanced towards their audience, finishing the performance with a long, angry scream. The flash mob was the latest protest organized by a collective known as Fuerza Artística de Choque Comunicativo (F.A.C.C), meaning “artistic force of communicative shock” in Spanish, a team of activist artists formed last year. |