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Feminism
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WomXnish
Read more: WomXnisha month-long interactive art exhibition in the heart of downtown Chicago celebrating women and gender nonconforming folks. Two sisters have made it their life’s mission to support women and create safe, uplifting, and simply FUN environments to connect in. After…
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Menstruation Terrorism
Read more: Menstruation TerrorismMenstruation Terrorism is the act of frightening folks with the visibility of menstruation. STAKES: This action matters because menstruation taboo exists simply so that our periods are undetectable. Systems such as educational institutions, work spaces/culture and sports/play have been designed…
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the fearless funny feminist taking on a white male art world
Read more: the fearless funny feminist taking on a white male art worldSay hello to ArtActivistBarbie (AAB), whose modus operandi is small signs, big questions and a fabulous wardrobe. With her inviting call to arms, “Refuse to be the muse!” this fierce new incarnation of Barbie is helping to challenge art galleries…
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Invisible Women – A World Designed for Men
Read more: Invisible Women – A World Designed for MenThe problem with feminism is that it’s just too familiar. The attention of a jaded public and neophiliac media may have been aroused by #MeToo, with its connotations of youth, sex and celebrity, but for the most part it has…
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Snake in the Grass
Read more: Snake in the Grass“Art is so often only experienced through looking,” artist Caitlin Rose Sweet explained to The Huffington Post. “It’s a short pathway from the eyes to the brain. I want the whole body involved.” Sweet is a Brooklyn-based maker blurring the…
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Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947–2016
Read more: Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947–2016Before it was called the Downtown Arts District, many more artists lived and worked in this stretch of central Los Angeles. The neighborhood was a rough-edged alternative for people in need of large, industrial spaces. A home for those willing…
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What Is Obscenity? The Story Of A Good For Nothing Artist And Her Pussy.
Read more: What Is Obscenity? The Story Of A Good For Nothing Artist And Her Pussy.Rokudenashiko is on a mission to free the vagina. In her native country of Japan, the vaginal slang word “manko” is considered taboo while the penis equivalent, “chinko,” is used freely. Rokudenashiko (the pseudonym of artist Megumi Igarashi) uses her…
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Sad Girl Theory
Read more: Sad Girl TheoryDuring a moment when the facade of social media seems to be cracking, it’s easy to look to Instagram stars and wonder what’s real and what’s fake. Last month, Essena O’Neill, the Australian teenager who racked up more than half…
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Everything She Says Means Everything
Read more: Everything She Says Means EverythingCalling all feminist activists, nudists, Cleveland-based Democrats, and people overdue for a laundry day. Photographer Spencer Tunick is looking for 100 bold women to pose nude for a Cleveland-based photo shoot on July 17, 2016. Also — you’ll be baring…
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In the Raw: The Female Gaze on the Nude
Read more: In the Raw: The Female Gaze on the NudeFor centuries, (male) artists have perpetuated a relatively consistent image of the female nude: She’s soft, willowy, and docile. Sensual but not sexually aggressive. Flirtatious but not confrontational. She’s not quite a human but, mediated through the lens of a…