"Going out and demonstrating is really important. But if you don't feel comfortable demonstrating, you can volunteer for organizations, you can donate to organizations, you can sign petitions, you can call your senator. There's no excuse not to be involved on some level."
"Of course they had to change it, because there's no sexism allowed in schools. It was so empowering to me. Change might not always happen, but you have to speak up and act."
"A Conceptual artist who stages performances and creates sculpture with found objects, Pred trolls eBay and Etsy for things like vintage purses, wooden gavels, and disarmed bullets. Using these materials, she codes her works with uncomfortable messages packaged in ways that are approachable for a mass audience."
Michele Pred is a conceptual artist and feminist activist whose work addresses civil rights erosion, women's rights, and social freedoms. Inspired by her childhood experience successfully challenging gender-based gym uniform policies through Title IX, Pred creates provocative art using found objects like vintage purses, gavels, and disarmed bullets. Her practice includes performances, sculptures, and embroidered quilts featuring expired birth control and abortion pills. She creates giant inflatable abortion pill sculptures to raise awareness about medication availability threatened by state laws. Pred encourages viewers to engage in activism through demonstrations, volunteering, donations, petitions, and political contact, emphasizing that involvement is essential and accessible to everyone.
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