Visual Corner
Brushstrokes: Sex + Work ≠ Sex Work? We Wonder Why
If there are hordes of reasons for having sex, and all kinds of activities that count as work, why is it that the act of performing sexual services cannot be accepted as legitimate work?
Liz Hilton illustrates the puzzle in a booklet published by Empower Foundation, Thailand.
By Curated Content
April 5, 2016
Brushstrokes: Seeing Through The Bold Strokes of Amrita Sher-Gil
[slideshow_deploy id=’5490′] To some Amrita Sher-Gil is the ‘Indian Frida Kahlo’. This month we feature five of her paintings which show women…
By Curated Content
Brushstrokes: Searching for Network
Thus, you take to the Internet, with its vast landscape of possibilities, and it becomes your means of finding queer solidarity, queer friendships, and even queer love.
By Curated Content
April 1, 2019
Brushstrokes: Risky Date
First dates can be a source of both excitement and anxiety – the possibility of finding a connection someone new is endlessly exhilarating, but the uncertainty around what to expect can be unnerving
By Curated Content
March 5, 2019
Brushstrokes: Reproductive Rights
Though, in common rhetoric, it is often seen as the right to seek an abortion, it goes much beyond that to encompass a larger ambit of rights, and is applicable beyond simply a heteronormative framework of ‘reproduction’.
By Curated Content
December 2, 2019
Brushstrokes: Queering the Map
How can we envision a queer approach that counters exclusionary practices? Queering the Map, launched in 2017 by Canadian designer…
By Curated Content
April 1, 2022
Brushstrokes: Queer, Undocumented Migrant Artist Uses His Art for Activism
“Yo existo. I exist,” asserts Julio Salgado’s self-portrait drawn with wings that give him identity. Salgado was eleven years old when he crossed the border from Mexico to the United States where he remains an undocumented resident. Risking arrest and deportation if detected, Julio makes art about his experiences of being a queer and undocumented person of colour.
By Curated Content
September 15, 2016
Brushstrokes: Pussy and Patron
Photographer Roshni Kumar’s photo-series, Pussy and Patron, seeks to challenge this, drawing inspiration from “retro erotica” to capture photos of the nude female form expressing desire and sexual agency in empowered ways.
By Curated Content
July 2, 2018
Brushstrokes: Privilege
Often, we take certain things for granted, forgetting that there are certain privileges and power dynamics which we benefit from even if we don’t realise it. Though, sometimes, there are other benefits that aren’t available to us, social or cultural factors that do hinder us in some ways, we may still have areas in which we’re more advantaged than others
By Curated Content
June 1, 2019
Brushstrokes: Privacy
From maintaining safety to the maintaining of boundaries, privacy plays a crucial role in informing our sexuality and preserving our sexual wellbeing
By Curated Content
September 2, 2019
Brushstrokes: Price of Silence’s ‘Cutting Tradition’ piece
[slideshow_deploy id=’5227′] Female genital mutilation, commonly referred to as FGM, is the partial or total removal of the female genitalia…
February 1, 2015
Brushstrokes: Portraits of South Africa’s Lesbian Community
In the portrait series ‘Faces and Phases’, South African photographer Zanele Muholi has created a visual record of black lesbian history that spans more than a decade. In the striking photos set against different textures and backgrounds, Muholi showcases the diversity and fluidity of black lesbian identity in South Africa.
By Curated Content
November 1, 2017
Brushstrokes: Persian Dance
[slideshow_deploy id=’5086′] Persian dance in spite of its remarkable history has become a less known form of dancing from the…
By Nikzad Zangeneh
January 15, 2015
Brushstrokes: NSFW: Student’s Powerful Art Project Reveals the Lasting Effects of Sexual Assault
Emma Krenzer, a 19-year-old student has made waves with her art project, creating a map showing the lasting impact of human touch.
By Curated Content
Brushstrokes: Married Young
In the Chinese province of Yunnan, ‘early marriage’ is a common phenomenon. Dearth of employment opportunities compels parents to marry off their children before leaving for work in bigger cities. The cultural trend favours early marriage, so there is no social stigma attached to it.
By Curated Content
May 1, 2016