Protest is dangerous, but feminists have a long history of using humour, pranks and stunts to promote their message
- Written by: Lisa French, Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
Protest was dangerous in feminism’s formative years.
The suffragettes in the United Kingdom initially began by trying to persuade and educate to win women the right to vote.
When that didn’t work they became frustrated – and, by 1903, radical.
By the 1910s, they adopted militant tactics, with women on hunger strikes being force-fed...
