Tag: identity
…in the Life and Works of Maud Sulter (1960-2008)
Celeste-Marie Bernier writes of Maud Sulter, whose photography challenged the historical narratives and exoticization of black women’s bodies.
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“I am walking through the world with no breasts, & I don’t care if that makes you uncertain, if you can’t gender me,” declares Sasha Fisher in today’s post.
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Amanda Gouws examines the collective action led by young activists against rape and rape culture in South African universities.
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“From afar, she shimmers. Her sari is pillar-box red…” Sim Bajwa writes of women perceived as dangerous for defying social and cultural expectations.
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…in conservative Asia
Valerie Wong gives us a wonderful tribute to her mother and aunts, who were proudly dangerous women growing up in conservative Asia.
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Siobhan Shields traces the expectations and symbolism of women’s hair through her journeys of hair loss during chemotherapy.
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A short story
What if you believed your sexuality was dangerous? Literally dangerous? Hannah Simpson’s short story asks this very question.
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When Grace Gelder decided to make vows to herself in an act of self-marriage, it was hard to anticipate that it would go viral, or be perceived a dangerous act.
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Challenging the way we think about the beauty industry
Molly Sheridan is interested representations of women in the beauty and fashion industry. Here, she discusses founding feminist perfume brand REEK with her mother.
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