Category Archives: Colour

The ‘Teal’ Community Independents: Women changing the face of Australian politics

Angelika Heurich explores the ideological influence of attributing the colour teal to define community independents as a collective political identity rather than true independents in modern Australian politics. Colours have long been used in political campaigns and by social movements to signify political … Continue reading

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Look At Me: #WearOrange and gun violence activism in the United States

Megan Doney explores how the colour orange has come to represent the movement against gun violence and how such protests intersect with the feminisation of gun violence activism.  Orange is one of the “most polarizing” colours, writes Katy Kelleher in The … Continue reading

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Women, protest, and the colour black: South Africa and Israel/Palestine

In the next instalment of the Colour Series, Rebecca Swartz, Ana Stevenson and Sarah-Jane Walton engage with the representation of the colour black in protest movements to challenge the apartheid state and end gender-based violence. In September 2019, following the … Continue reading

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