Las Capuchas Rojas En Resistencia, Oil on canvas, 24” x 30”, 2022

 

Las Capuchas Rojas En Resistencia

The ‘Red Hoods in Resistance’ movement in Chile uses hand-made and personalized red hoods to protest against systemic use of sexual violence against women. In November 2019, the masked feminists performed a song by the Chilean group Las Tesis called Un Violador en tu Camino (The Rapist in your Path), denouncing the patriarchal power structures that repress women. The song quickly went viral and was performed in several other countries, becoming a feminist anthem worldwide.