Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Clenched Fists



People always tell us what they think, if we watch and listen carefully. This image, which shows two clenched fists with "equality" written across them, show an aggressive, "I'll punch you if you don't agree" type of message. What else do clenched fists mean?!

But, the website from which I got the image has this as its heading:
Journalists for Human Rights, McGill Chapter
And says this about the event for which this image acts as a visual prop:
Join Journalists for Human Rights (jhr) McGill’s annual Speak Silence campaign. By promising to remain silent for at least 3 hours on Friday, November 12th, McGill students will draw attention to those whose voices are silenced through repression and human rights abuses. Funds raised through pledges will go to support jhr’s human rights media development work in sub-Saharan Africa.

Speak Silence events will be held throughout the week of November 8th-12th. Make sure to visit our photo exhibit in the McLennan-Redpath corridor and to check back on our events page for more event details!
And this as the caption to the image:
"Equality" by Hyder Cadersa is one of the photos featured in jhr's [Journalists for Human Rights] Speak Silence photo exhibit

From what I can figure out, Hyder Cadersa is an Indian woman, who does a lot of Indian wedding photographs. Here is her Face book page.

From Laura Wood's The Thinking Housewife:
The feminist belief in female infallibility and the chaos caused by sexual liberation have led to tyranny on campus. It’s a soft tyranny. No one is thrown in prison camp. Instead, lives are derailed. The accused are humiliated.
It is not just the feminists who are practicing "soft tyranny," it is the whole post-modern, liberal civilization's ethos. I can re-write that phrase thus:
The modern liberal's belief in the infallibility of equality has led to tyranny in our daily lives. It's a soft tyranny. No one is thronwn in jail. Instead, lives are derailed. The accused are humiliated.
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Posted By: Kidist P. Asrat