Tag: Movement

Applying Smooth Movement

Now that we’ve covered Action Maps and how to assign keys for specific functions, let’s apply movement to our player. I will create a new Input Action by going to the Project Panel and selecting Create > Input Actions. Create a new Action Map and name it Player, then create a ne...

Understanding the growing movement for paid housework

16.4 billion hours per day are spent performing unpaid care labour, as per data from the International Labour Organisation which is based on two-thirds of the world’s working age population. This statistic can be understood as 2 billion individuals working 8 hours every day withou...

I Want to Start a Movement: Start with What You Love

When I was finishing high school, I wrote a list of everything I did not want to do, but I didn’t know what I did want to do. I was lost. I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life, and in those days, women were starting to be seen as something other than full-time teachers, nurses, ...

Why Long Form Generative Art could evolve into the most significant artistic movement in the last 50 years

Full disclosure: I am a long form generative artist and so I have an emotional bias and financial incentive to promote LFGArt. I should also be clear I have no qualification as an art historian or technologist and haven’t even been engaged with either world on a professional level. I had some ...

How Jimmy Lai Became the Face of Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement

In the shifting geopolitical landscape, one man has become the symbol of Hong Kong’s fight for democracy, free speech, and journalistic freedom: Jimmy Lai. A media tycoon turned political dissident, Lai has been at the forefront of the city’s pro-democracy movement and has subsequently f...

Seismic Movement in the Capital

Effective June 1, MVS Radio is taking control of XERC-FM 97.7 and flipping it to its La Mejor grupera network; a concession transfer is pending at the IFT, according to official word from MVS. The move marks the end of two eras in Mexico City radio history, comes amidst signs that the advertisi...

Hope, cope and rope. The sad truth behind the incels movement.

The incel (involuntary celibate) community has been thrust into the spotlight after Alek Minassian drove a van into a crowd of people in Toronto, killing ten and injuring fourteen. He posted on facebook that this was a tribute to a famous incel, Elliot Rodgers, who killed six people in 201...

Freedom of Movement

When I ran for mayor, I proposed eliminating mandatory fares for TTC as part of my platform. But for me, free public transit isn’t just a campaign issue, it is about the freedom of mobility I believe we all deserve to have within our cities, and its importance goes far beyond election day. And...

Shein is the best thing that happened to the sustainability movement

I don’t know how you feel about Shein, the ultra-fast fashion company that has become ultra-successful with Gen Z, but I think this brand could be the best thing that happened to the sustainability movement. This may sound a bit counterintuitive. After all, Shein is anything but sustai...

How to Retire Early — The FIRE Movement

Thinking about retiring at an early age seems like an impossible thought. However, today there is an entire movement dedicated to retiring early. This movement is called the FIRE movement. The FIRE movement, or the Financial Independence Retire Early movement, is becoming increasingly p...

I Want to Start a Movement: There Is a Part For You

A few weeks ago, my family and I discussed around the dinner table what our favorite movies were, and my children guessed mine without hesitation: The American President. I love all parts of this movie–the President struggling with re-election over moral issues and the love interest advocating...

Journey Through Time: Sir Ludwig Guttmann and the Birth of the Paralympic Movement

As the 19th century drew to a close, Europe found itself at the intersection of tradition and innovation. New technologies, burgeoning artistic movements, and evolving political ideologies defined the spirit of the age. 1899 German Lithograph of “Der Weinberg” (The Vineyard). Sour...

Why the tradwife movement is toxic and scary.

Many Millennial and Gen Z women are taking to social media to wax lyrical about being tradwives. These young women have given up their careers or studies and interests in order to serve their husband’s (sometime boyfriend’s) needs. Seeing these self-proclaimed tradwives is like being tra...

The Woman Who Lifted the Women’s Suffrage Movement

When American women took to the streets to win their right to vote with the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920, one feminine figure stood out strong. Katie Sandwina joined the group of women performers from the Barnum and Bailey Circus that gathered at rallies to demand discrimina...

Advice: “New Hampshire State Legislator Behind Misogynistic Redpill Movement Leaves Me Divided”

Since its establishment in 2012, the “men’s rights” subreddit r/TheRedPill has gained notoriety for misogynistic and contentious discussions, where members criticize feminist ideologies and make disparaging remarks about rape victims. The forum's founder, a redditor known as...

What Makes a Social Movement Successful

Through all of history, social movements have made big transformations in society. When leadership isn’t good enough and the system is failing, people are the only ones who can try to fix it. Because when power is used, it becomes a dreadful state of mind that through clouding your mind and c...

A Brief History of the world’s Second-largest political party: The Chinese Communist Party

The CCP was not only founded as a political party but also as a revolutionary movement in 1921, by revolutionaries Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu. These two individuals and a few others had come out of the famous May Fourth Movement of 1919 and had now switched to Marxism after witnessing the victory of B...

Let’s Help The MAGA Movement Grow.

Over the last several weeks, I have written columns in which I argue that the MAGA ‘movement is nothing more than a digital invention which will shortly follow its leader into his well-earned obscurity and disappear. But the more I think about how the GOP has cynically embr...

Answering White People’s Most Commonly Asked Questions about the Black Lives Matter Movement

In light of that, I along with a small group of fellow white anti-racist activists decided to create a collective Q&A that could be shared widely. These are not the answers, but they are some answers. One mistake white people make is trying to show up only when they think they can...

Black Lives Matter: A Resilient Movement Against Injustice

In recent years, the phrase “Black Lives Matter” has echoed across the globe, sparking a powerful movement against systemic racism and injustice. In just two minutes, let’s explore the challenges faced by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and its unwavering resilience. Origi...

WHY ARE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES LEFT BEHIND IN THE SDGS MOVEMENT?

Many indigenous groups are facing land confiscation and invasion, thus weakening their ability to manage natural resources sustainably and maintain their cultural practices this makes Indigenous communities struggle to achieve economic sustainability and environmental conservation, thereby hindering...

My Life as a Mixed Race Person While Supporting the BLM Movement Pt. 2

The BLM Movement protests have died down, but the Movement itself is still going. The thing is, has it helped or hurt things? We now have lynchings, more pronounced racism, more pronounced prejudice, more hate. On the other end, statues of known racists and oppressors like Robert E Lee and Christoph...

The Failure and Finances of the DEI Movement

By all accounts, Robin DiAngelo, author of “White Fragility” and main proponent of the concept, is a wealthy woman. Incidentally, she is also white. I do not fault people for succeeding financially, and I assume she means well. But if someone extracts somewhere between $14,000&nb...

Hope, cope and rope. The sad truth behind the incels movement.

The incel (involuntary celibate) community has been thrust into the spotlight after Alek Minassian drove a van into a crowd of people in Toronto, killing ten and injuring fourteen. He posted on facebook that this was a tribute to a famous incel, Elliot Rodgers, who killed six people in 201...

The Tradwife Movement: A Summary

Tradwives believe that women should focus on being wives, mothers, and homemakers. They reject modern feminist values and believe that women should return to “traditional” gender roles, where men are the breadwinners and women are responsible for domestic duties. Tradwives often have con...

SUSTAINABLE FASHION, A GROWING MOVEMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY

In the fast-paced world of fashion, sustainability has emerged as a powerful and captivating trend in the 21st century. With increasing awareness about the environmental and social impacts of the fashion industry, consumers are now seeking more ethical and sustainable alternatives to traditional ...