examples

one piece pirate flag — Indonesia

to symbolically object to policies such as budget cuts, increased military influence and democratic backsliding

flag captures resistance, unity and a desire for gov to listen

Andrew tate

banned from major sns (yt, Facebook, ig and TikTok + X — but reinstated his acc following Elon Musk’s takeover) but still has online media presence

amassed millions of followers despite sharing very controversial misogynistic views — advocated for violence against women 

artists score major win in copyright case against AI art generators in the US

stable diffusion — built to a significant extent on copyrighted works  

lawsuit revolves around the LAION data set — built using 5 billion images → allegedly scrapped from the internet 

lawsuit brought by karla Ortiz —> worked on major films like black panther, avengers: infinity war

Russia’s invasion caused a cultural upheaval in Ukrainian society

monuments to Russian heroes have been demolished or defaced — Russian writers. painters and composers are not vilified in a processed called ‘de-russification’

switched from Russian to Ukrainian lang

shah seyghali’s sculpture “ma”

evolved into a canvas for inscribing anti-establishment slogans, as part of the protests over mash amini’s death under the custody of morality police