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Brushtrokes: Representation in Comics
Comicbooks sell us the fantasy of larger-than-life superheroes, the victory of good over evil, the promise of fighting for a better, inclusive world. But alas, when it comes to the characters themselves, this very inclusivity is often nowhere to be found.
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December 3, 2018
Brushtrokes: Queering Bombay’s Public Spaces
This article/photo essay was originally published in Gaysi Family. In a society that heavily restricts expressions of sexuality, openly asserting…
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August 16, 2017
Brushtrokes: Amanda Oleander’s Art
Artist Amanda Oleander’s paintings chronicles the everyday lives of couples and the various mundane things they do together that are simultaneously deeply intimate and poignant.
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February 1, 2019
Brushstrokes:The Lurid Covers of 20th-Century Pulp Fiction
Considering how sexuality was a running (and selling) theme in pulp fiction stories, and female sexuality was employed as a means to titillate and attract readers, the covers often reflected this.
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Brushstrokes: ‘The Art of Aging’
As Clément subverts ageist norms around beauty with her camera-work, the women and men (ranging in age from 70 to 102 years) who reveal themselves in this project give us a glimpse into their inner world and the rich and vibrant ways in which they experience sensuality.
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March 15, 2021
Brushstrokes: Word’s Worth
[slideshow_deploy id=’6411′] In a culture where sex is depicted all over media messaging, it’s funny how the word itself is…
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August 15, 2015
Brushstrokes: Women In India’s Rape Capital
[slideshow_deploy id=’7290′] The city that has come to be touted as the “rape capital” proves to be the ideal ground…
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November 1, 2015
Brushstrokes: Why Being Asexual Doesn’t Mean I’m ‘Broken’
There are a lot of prejudices and misconceptions about asexual people. This comic on Everyday Feminism sensitises us to asexuality through a deeply felt real-life story of finding love as an asexual person.
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February 1, 2022
Brushstrokes: Who We’re Leaving Out of Sex Positivity – And How to Make It More Inclusive
Everyday Feminism’s comic illustrates the complexity and diversity of sexuality, revealing how sex can sometimes be pleasure-affirming and sometimes not, and asks us to talk about ALL KINDS of sex – the good, the bad, and the hilarious.
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Brushstrokes: Who We’re Leaving Out of Sex Positivity – And How to Make It More Inclusive
This post was originally published here. While sex-positive spaces affirm our right to pleasurable sexuality, they might leave out experiences…
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Brushstrokes: When Ganja fell in love with Mahua
The Ganja-Mahua Chronicles is an art project that draws attention to the role that marriage plays in upholding India’s caste…
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October 3, 2017
Brushstrokes: Welcome home, buddy
On our search for a companion, we often find ourselves putting our best foot forward. What happens when the tables…
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May 1, 2020
Brushstrokes: Travelling Across Beauty Standards
Graphic designers from 18 countries across the world were asked to Photoshop a single image of a young woman, and…
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March 1, 2016
Brushstrokes: This Visual Artist Stirs Up Reality with His Personal Portraits
Now, You Can Go Home is a compilation of photo works created in the past two years and continues to be an open project where each photograph performs a story about explorations of different characters providing glimpses of them in fear, self-acceptance, longing and celebration.
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