THE ANALYSIS OF THE SYMBOLS OF THE 2016-2021 WOMEN'S STRIKE AND BLACK PROTEST IN LIGHT OF FEMINIST IDEAS WOMEN STRIKE PROTESTS IN POLAND 2016 – 2021 A TRIBUTE

Abstract

The aim of my diploma thesis is to analyze the symbols of the 2016-2021 Women's Strike and Black Protest in light of feminist ideas. This work outlines the political background and also reveals the history of Polish feminism and its new wave. Based on my own activist experiences, interviews with graphic designers, and data analysis, I describe the huge role of the major signs and visual identification of the protests over a period of five years. My considerations are based primarily on the analysis of information available on the Internet, especially the web pages of organizations and groups founded on Facebook by female activists and on my own experiences resulting from involvement in the implementation of the described events. Additionally, in the theoretical part of my thesis I included two interviews that were very crucial for me. One with the pioneer of the young generation of the graphic designers Ola Jasionowska - the creator of the visual identity of the Women's Strike, and the other with Jarek Kubicki, whose posters took the Internet by storm and stirred up the most controversy because his work was inspired by the Solidarity posters featuring Gary Cooper in the frame from the movie "High Noon" and he modernized them to support the ongoing protests against the Constitutional Court's ruling on abortion.