We have restarted our exciting project called Creativity for Fair Sex after the Summer. We will give lectures and inspire young people to be more creative and reflect on Fair Sex and its opposites – such as sex trafficking. Through artistic expression, they will take a stand, affect and make the subject more visible. The… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Fair Sex
Way out West – Alicia Keys, star of the year – stands against trafficking
Way Out West is a wonderful event Realstars definitely won’t miss. We’ve inspected the mood with our “Fair Sex” vision and have also written about Prince a few years ago. Many of us were excited for Alicia Keys’ visit. She is an artist worthy of celebration in more ways than one. Early on we attempted… Read more »
RealStars in Stockholm Pride parade
On this year’s Pride parade, RealStars walked with the banner Fair Fucking Sex – Against trafficking. Thanks to everyone who came and showed their support. See you again next year!
Rebecca och Fiona
Real Stars were in place at Almedal this year. A great meeting place and an interesting forum for Swedish politics. However the lack of seminars on trafficking was blately obvious. We searched around for related issues and ended up at a seminar on the Human Rights Defenders where Rebecca and Fiona were playing. In the… Read more »
Give the victim their own voice
Last week the play ”Att öva på våldtäkt” was hosted at Folkteatern’s Vita scen (“White Stage”). The play is meant to give the victim their own voice, to be the thing that describes the assault and makes the perpetrator visible in a new way using its grants. The play will discuss and also problematize power… Read more »
My thoughts about RealStars event at Bio Roy, May 23rd
Last month I was invited to the RealStars event: Trafficking in the Real World and in Popular Culture. I was asked to talk about mine and Katarina Gregersdotter’s book: Rape in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy and Beyond, in which eleven researchers analyze rape and sexual violence in crime thrillers. During the evening, the audience listened… Read more »
Stop Female Death in Advertising
Stop Female Death In Advertising is Lisa Hågeby’s master’s dissertation at Beckman’s University of Design. The project shows how women in commercials are made submissive on a grand scale. To illustrate the phenomenon, she picked the most extreme form of submission, images that allude to a dead woman. From ReaStars’ perspective, it is not hard… Read more »
This t-shirt helps stop sex trafficking
RealStars is launching our first t-shirt now. 25% of the profits are used to stop trafficking. The t-shirt which is made with organic cotton is available in unisex and female styles. Buy it HERE and help us promote Fair Sex and fight trafficking. The design is made by textile-designer Johanna Brag. It´s a design that… Read more »
Fair Sex: Nätverket – ett spel börjar ta form
RealStars are looking for two process leaders!
Fair Sex: The network and creative expressions is the collective name for our new project which is financed by Allmänna arvsfonden. In this project we will create web based interactive teaching aids about sex, trafficking and human rights for young people. The second part of the project is about stimulating young people to do things… Read more »