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Title

Feminist Flash Mob Intervention - Description

Authors

Patricia Herrera, University of RichmondFollow
Mariela Méndez, University of RichmondFollow

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Description

To launch Women’s History Month, a series of feminist flash mob interventions took place at the University of Richmond on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 organized by professors Patricia Herrera and Mariela Méndez who team-taught the bilingual course "Gender, Race, and Performance Across the Americas." These flash mobs were inspired by “Un violador en tu camino,” a performance-based protest against gender violence created by the Chilean feminist collective Lastesis. “A Rapist in Your Path” was first staged in Valparaíso, Chile, in, 2019. Soon after, it went viral, and has been performed by women all over the world. Students from six different classes were in charge of adapting the lyrics and selecting locations that spoke to their experiences and the incidents of racism and sexism at the University of Richmond.

Publication Date

3-2020

Publisher

University of Richmond

City

Richmond, Virginia

Keywords

feminist, flash mob, rape, sexual violence, sexism, racism

Disciplines

Gender and Sexuality | Race and Ethnicity

Recommended Citation

Herrera, Patricia and Méndez, Mariela, "Feminist Flash Mob Intervention - Description" (2020). Intervention Event Description. 1.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/feministflashmobintervention-projectdescription/1