Here’s something different: costumes. Last semester, the Tufts Drama and Dance Department offered a class called “Sew-cial Activism,” where students studied costuming as a form of political statement and made their own political costumes. See if you can guess what all these costumes are about. You can mouse over the images to see the answers.

Ocean pollution

Ocean pollution

Women’s rights

Women’s rights

Women’s rights

Mental illness and medication

Mental illness and medication


Personal space and boundaries

Personal space and boundaries

Societal labels vs. self-perception

Societal labels vs. self-perception

Performance – Putting on a happy mask to conceal negative feelings

Performance – Putting on a happy mask to conceal negative feelings

Performance – Putting on a happy mask to conceal negative feelings

Performance – Putting on a happy mask to conceal negative feelings