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Research Article

“This Bra Protects me Better than the Military”: Bodies and Protests in the Myanmar Spring Revolution

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Received 03 May 2023, Accepted 30 Nov 2023, Published online: 24 Jun 2024

Figures & data

Figure 1. Protesting young woman in pink bikini.

Source: https://twitter.com/pyaeswanmgmg/status/1359447245465088002, Pyae Swan @pyaeswanmgmg.

Figure 1. Protesting young woman in pink bikini.Source: https://twitter.com/pyaeswanmgmg/status/1359447245465088002, Pyae Swan @pyaeswanmgmg.

Figure 2. Aye Myat Thu, a well-known model, using women’s bodies to draw public attention to the coup.

Source: https://twitter.com/pyaeswanmgmg/status/1359447245465088002, Pyae Swan @pyaeswanmgmg. This public website no longer exists.

Figure 2. Aye Myat Thu, a well-known model, using women’s bodies to draw public attention to the coup.Source: https://twitter.com/pyaeswanmgmg/status/1359447245465088002, Pyae Swan @pyaeswanmgmg. This public website no longer exists.

Figure 3. A soldier and a teacher.

Source: Cartoon Wai Yan, Taunggyi, Reproduced on several public social media sites.

Figure 3. A soldier and a teacher.Source: Cartoon Wai Yan, Taunggyi, Reproduced on several public social media sites.

Figure 4. General Min Aung Hlaing rejected.

Source: Public post at Facebook account, Women’s League of Burma (WLB).

Figure 4. General Min Aung Hlaing rejected.Source: Public post at Facebook account, Women’s League of Burma (WLB).

Figure 5. The police force trying to take down htamein.

Source: Public post by Khinny @Khin_Khin_Mra. https://twitter.com/Khin_Khin_Mra/status/1367702244368338949/photo/1.

Figure 5. The police force trying to take down htamein.Source: Public post by Khinny @Khin_Khin_Mra. https://twitter.com/Khin_Khin_Mra/status/1367702244368338949/photo/1.

Figure 6. Woman protestor’s T-shirt: “I only have a vagina as a weapon.”

Source: Public post from Facebook account, now unavailable.

Figure 6. Woman protestor’s T-shirt: “I only have a vagina as a weapon.”Source: Public post from Facebook account, now unavailable.

Figure 7. Sisters2Sisters campaign.

Source: Public post by public organisation Sisters2Sisters @sis2sisMM Twitter page.

Figure 7. Sisters2Sisters campaign.Source: Public post by public organisation Sisters2Sisters @sis2sisMM Twitter page.

Figure 8. Lipstick Campaign.

Source: Public post by public organisation Sisters2Sisters @sis2sisMM Twitter page.

Figure 8. Lipstick Campaign.Source: Public post by public organisation Sisters2Sisters @sis2sisMM Twitter page.

Figure 9. A woman participating in the Lipstick Campaign.

Source: Public post by public organisation Sisters2Sisters @sis2sisMM Twitter page.

Figure 9. A woman participating in the Lipstick Campaign.Source: Public post by public organisation Sisters2Sisters @sis2sisMM Twitter page.

Figure 10. Soldier: You girls are so harsh. You don’t shout “save us” like us.

Source: Cartoonist Narnatthee, reproduced at several public social media sites.

Figure 10. Soldier: You girls are so harsh. You don’t shout “save us” like us.Source: Cartoonist Narnatthee, reproduced at several public social media sites.

Figure 11. Military spokesman: Trust Shwe Kyar (a sex worker).

Source: Cartoonist Wai Yan, Taunggyi, reproduced at several public social media sites.

Figure 11. Military spokesman: Trust Shwe Kyar (a sex worker).Source: Cartoonist Wai Yan, Taunggyi, reproduced at several public social media sites.