WTF HAPPENED: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre
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WTF HAPPENED: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre
by Sarah Durcan & Lian Bell
Great theatre changes the atmosphere in the room and reshapes how we see our lives. Great campaigning changes our vision of society and reshapes our future.
When the Abbey Theatre’s 2016 centenary programme featured a meagre number of women artists, it sparked a nationwide movement. Outrage on social media rapidly evolved into an award-winning year-long campaign that transformed the Irish theatre landscape – and reverberated far beyond.
WTF Happened goes behind-the-scenes of the groundbreaking #WakingTheFeminists grassroots movement for gender equality in Irish theatre, 2015–16. The untold story is revealed by Sarah Durcan, one of the core organisers of the campaign, with the input of Campaign Director Lian Bell and insightful contributions by leading activists, academics, historians, and arts professionals.
This book brings together photographs, speeches, social media interactions, and memorabilia meticulously kept by the movement’s organisers and now housed in the National Library of Ireland and the National Museum of Ireland. As a comprehensive archive of the campaign, it will be relevant to anyone interested in gender studies, women’s history, arts and theatre, cultural policy and governance, social justice, and contemporary Irish history.
Part historical document, part activist manual, WTF Happened not only captures the urgency, exhilaration, and tensions of the #WakingTheFeminists campaign, but also reflects on its impact and lessons for future activists. It offers invaluable insights into the processes of collective action and the ongoing fight for gender equality in both the arts and society, while contextualising the movement within Irish activist movements that came before and after.
by Sarah Durcan & Lian Bell
Great theatre changes the atmosphere in the room and reshapes how we see our lives. Great campaigning changes our vision of society and reshapes our future.
When the Abbey Theatre’s 2016 centenary programme featured a meagre number of women artists, it sparked a nationwide movement. Outrage on social media rapidly evolved into an award-winning year-long campaign that transformed the Irish theatre landscape – and reverberated far beyond.
WTF Happened goes behind-the-scenes of the groundbreaking #WakingTheFeminists grassroots movement for gender equality in Irish theatre, 2015–16. The untold story is revealed by Sarah Durcan, one of the core organisers of the campaign, with the input of Campaign Director Lian Bell and insightful contributions by leading activists, academics, historians, and arts professionals.
This book brings together photographs, speeches, social media interactions, and memorabilia meticulously kept by the movement’s organisers and now housed in the National Library of Ireland and the National Museum of Ireland. As a comprehensive archive of the campaign, it will be relevant to anyone interested in gender studies, women’s history, arts and theatre, cultural policy and governance, social justice, and contemporary Irish history.
Part historical document, part activist manual, WTF Happened not only captures the urgency, exhilaration, and tensions of the #WakingTheFeminists campaign, but also reflects on its impact and lessons for future activists. It offers invaluable insights into the processes of collective action and the ongoing fight for gender equality in both the arts and society, while contextualising the movement within Irish activist movements that came before and after.
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