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African Women Photographers & Filmmakers in History: Reversing the Erasure (Part 2)
A list of African Imagemakers in Herstory. Written and curated by Ethel Tawe.
African Women Photographers & Filmmakers in Herstory: Reversing the Erasure (Part 1)
A series created by Ethel Tawe for Feminist.
Artist Feature: Oji Haynes
Oji Haynes (b.1999) is a Brooklyn-based fine art image maker and director. With his poetic outlook on life, Oji works toward making images that evoke emotions of pridefulness. Pulling inspirations from music, art, and history of the Black aesthetics in America, his work aims to put the Black figure at the forefront of his frame giving his lens, viewer, and the world a sense of rich artistic intimacy.
Meet: Christy Innouvong-Thornton+ Beatriz Aurelio-Saguin of Tuk TUk Box
We caught up with Feminist Founders Christy Innouvong-Thornton and Beatriz Aurelio-Saguin of Tuk Tuk Box.
Artist Feature: Alexandra Leese
Born in Hong Kong, Alexandra Leese creates timely and compelling visual narratives that draw on her cultural background, and her acute sense of color and composition. Leese trained at Chelsea College of Art and London College of Fashion, interning with photographer and film maker Wing Shya. Leese’s Boys of Hong Kong book (2018) and exhibition installation - most recently shown at FOAM, Amsterdam - visually chronicles her reconnection with her Chinese childhood, and the dynamic of the female gaze through her examination of masculinity in contemporary China. Yumi and The Moon is an internationally-coveted zine that Leese self-published in 2019, reimagining the folkloric Japanese story of Kayuga Hime through a female lens, and her most recent book Me + Mine published in December 2020 is a series of Nudes of Women around the world, shot remotely during the global lockdown of 2020. She captured 44 women in the comfort of their homes, resulting in a dreamy and diverse tribute to womanhood, entirely free from the objectifying constraints of the male gaze.
Leese’s commissioned work is gaining momentum, and she has recently worked with brands including Asai, Marc Jacobs, Helmut Lang, Calvin Klein, iD, Dazed and Self Service.
Artist Feature: SHADO MAG
Melody Melamed born and raised in Los Angeles, Melody Melamed received her BFA from UCLA in 2008, with a concentration in Design and Media Arts, followed by an MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media in 2013, at SVA, New York City. As a photographer, Melamed has dedicated her time to exploring the perception of gender identity, sexuality, the duality of masculinity vs. femininity, and what the body cannot tell about the expression of gender and gender identity.
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What is intersectional feminism? And how did it come to be?
Written in collaboration with Feminist Advisor and Platform Educator Blair Imani
Artist Feature: Melody Melamed
Melody Melamed born and raised in Los Angeles, Melody Melamed received her BFA from UCLA in 2008, with a concentration in Design and Media Arts, followed by an MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media in 2013, at SVA, New York City. As a photographer, Melamed has dedicated her time to exploring the perception of gender identity, sexuality, the duality of masculinity vs. femininity, and what the body cannot tell about the expression of gender and gender identity.
Artist Feature: Miriam Dema
Miriam Dema’s work is a tribute to the beauty of imperfection and the generosity of life in moments of splendor. In the joy of color, depth and largesse in stroke, dance freely elements indissociable from happiness, such as shared summer tables, freshly cut flowers and fruits. Wooden tables, oil paint, enamel and oil pastels are usually her canvas and technique of choice. Partially uncovered layers of color give her the opportunity to obtain richer textures and nuances and allows the viewer to experience part of the process when seeing the final work. A bold use of color, simplified shapes and dynamic perspectives, combined with the lightness of her constructed memories give her compositions a fresh and naïve breeze. Miriam Dema graduated in Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona in 2017, city where she currently lives after spending over a year in Lima, Peru, developing and evolving her style.
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#Herstory
A series dedicated to the women who continue to inspire and pave the way.
Written and curated by Social Justice Curator Aisha Becker Burrowes
Artist Feature: Lotte Van Raalte
Lotte Van Raalte photographed forty-six women for her recent book project, asking each one “What’s your relationship with your body? What do you think of the current beauty standards? Describe your body as objectively as possible in a few words.” Lotte spoke with us about her project saying, “I sometimes had the feeling that something was missing in my work and I think here is where I found my answers. To not only ‘take’ an image, but also ‘give’ something back. Even for a brief moment.”
Artist Feature: Rora Blue
Sweet Dreams by Rora Blue explores the intricacies of everyday ableism and everyday ableist comments.
Meet: Naj Austin
Women Owned Business Feature: Meet Naj Austin, Founder of Ethel’s Club.
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Feminist Teamed up with Instagrammer @QuentinQuarantino to help raise funds for Planned Parenthood
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What is intersectional feminism? And how did it come to be?
Written in collaboration with Feminist Advisor and Platform Educator Blair Imani