In the last half decade or so in the United States, with every cultural step forward seems to come two steps back in the realm of queer rights. Following Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s confirmation on Monday, Feb. 27 of his intentions to sign a bill that would effectively criminalize public drag performances in front of…
Tag: Censorship
For many young and impressionable individuals, scrolling through the "For You" Page on TikTok is like walking a very thin line between uplifting body-positive content and a toxic plethora of eating disorder triggers. It's a dangerous place where everything is seemingly tailored to keep you from closing the app. Say you spend a few extra…
The female nipple, an unlikely hero of the censorship movement, is under scrutiny yet again. Last week, the Facebook and Instagram office hosted a debate over the controversial body part, with 20 assorted members of the art community - which was long overdue. Director Lina Esco’s film Free The Nipple unleashed a movement much bigger…
The artist roster of the 2017 Whitney Biennial is one of the most ethnically diverse in the event’s history (or really in the history of any biennial at a major art institution) but it is a painting by a white woman that is receiving the most attention in the show and has quickly become the…
After weeding out trends for the Spring/Summer 2015 collections from New York Fashion Week and London Fashion Week, there was a trend that got a lot of people talking about the London collections, but was only whispered about in New York. What I'm talking about here is nipples. While sheer to completely transparent fabrics often grace runways, (remember when Charlie Le Mindu opened his Paris…
Mounir Fatmi - History Is Not Mine PARADISE ROW 74 Newman Street London, W1T 3DB April 19 - June 1 "All warfare is based on deception" - The Art of War, Sun Tzu Paradise Row presents History Is Not Mine the first UK solo exhibition by Mounir Fatmi. The immediate subject of History Is Not Mine is censorship, broadening…