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Jacob Holdt is “no artist, he is an activist”. That’s how he describes himself. His artistic eye is out of question, but his work is something bigger. It’s a mission and his work American Pictures: A Personal Journey Through the American Underclass is his magnum opus. It is the rawest and realest depiction of life in the […]
Rejection of gender binary, inequality and stigma in the face of embracing trans and queer identities has made witches a symbol of resistance. Witches have gone from being threatening, figures of folklore to representing social transition as feminists, queers and transgenders are re-appropriating the term.
Since his childhood, Wojnarowicz’s environment was gripped with violence, and violence, too, seeped into his visual and written essays that acknowledge the struggles of a queer artist with the voice of a dying artist that fights back with howling fury. One of his most striking images is “Silence = Death,” the slogan of Aids activists: a photograph of himself with a stitched mouth.
“His heroic decision changed my fate and gave me my creative vision.” Les Benjamins Founder Bunyamin Aydin about merging vision and heritage Not many brands manage to combine contemporary designs with a clear presence so effortlessly. Les Benjamins, however, is different as it skillfully combines the brand design and message. We sat down with designer […]
When it comes to Berlin, there’s a lot to say especially as the city draws contrasting hues throughout it’s his/herstory, lifestyles, communities and places that are melting pots for such contrasts. For many, Berlin is more than queer and techno culture but also a place for exhibitions, bakeries, green fields and undiscovered places. Even more, […]
While growing up one thing was certain: skinheads are bad people. Racist, bad people. I remember learning in school about spotting Neo-Nazis. You had to look out for their bomber jackets, New Balance shoes (because the prominently featured letter N was used as a code for “national socialist” and their Lonsdale sweaters – when paired […]
Last year OnlyFans posted a statement stating that the platform will be banning all pornography (in order to get financial banking from investors). Funny enough, wasnt pornography or rather sexwork what had been central to its reputation and business model. And not to a surprise, people were pissed (rightfully so). OnlyFans trying to ban sexwork was the latest addition in a long history of tech platforms trying out born-again virginity after building their fortunes off the labor of sex workers.
The history of witches in pop culture is not only one about bad witches and evil acts but about hostilities and tensions in a patriarchal society that’s at odds with women, and witchcraft has historically been a way for women to step outside the bounds of society — or to fully reinforce it and conform to it, as seen on Bewitched.
“The practicalities of not having to work meant that we could be playful with what we did, but some serious ideas came out of that ridiculous house,” said Matthew Stone about Wowow!, an artist occupation in London.
Decriminalising sex work has quite some opposition for it “makes people feel that we are letting something in that they find morally or emotionally problematic. Because that is to say that it’s okay to sell intimacy,” says Blade.
