Visual Corner
In a society ruled by heteronormative patriarchal structures, expressing one’s gender or sexuality outside the trimmings of what is socially acceptable is an act of resistance.
[slideshow_deploy id=’4422′] These are photographs from the now famous collection Humans of New York. Photographer Brandon Staunton has been navigating…
No fantasy is wrong. Or sick. Or immoral. Just like good intentions are worthless unless they lead to fruitful actions, wicked fantasies aren’t wrong or sick unless they lead to wicked acts. And no, they don’t have to. That is the point of kink.
[slideshow_deploy id=’7634′] In 2006, Indian-born artist and photographer Sunil Gupta created a series of photographs of the daily lives of…
“We believe in the transformative power of personal expression in concert with collective action. To this end, we produce collective portfolios, contribute graphics to grassroots struggles for justice, work collaboratively both in- and outside the co-op, build large sculptural installations in galleries, and wheatpaste on the streets—all while offering each other daily support as allies and friends,” they say.
Canadian parent Wendy Tsao took her child’s over-sexualised dolls, removed their makeup and changed their overly done-up hair to turn them into role models from real life. By creating from commonly available dolls lookalikes of real-life women of renown, Tsao explores the idea of playthings having an influential impact on the formation of one’s own identity.
We often look at people and, based on their appearance, assume that they are ‘healthy’ or not. Here is an…
Online dating can be great fun but it comes with some risks. This quirky and in-depth Digital Security Guide by Access Now on How to Date Online Safely tells us how we can engage with fellow dating-app users while making sure we are safe from harm.
[slideshow_deploy id=’4883′] This series of images captures a few Indian dance forms that have over time told stories of desire….
The graphic representations of a three-part webinar series organised by Common Health and CREA address these questions and attempt to build an understanding of the decriminalisation of abortion and how it could ensure access to safe, affordable, timely and rights-based services.
Robot Hugs gives us a glimpse into the doubts and confusions they grappled with while growing up, and unravels the tightly wound preconceptions in culture influenced by, and at the same time, influencing scientific and medical imagination.
Robot Hugs, in their insightful comic, take on closets as inherently oppressive structures built to uphold what is acceptable and…
[slideshow_deploy id=’3075′] I’ve always had a ridiculous cartoon view of the world. It’s natural that most of my life I…
Body is born, as a collection of many parts, into the various collections of bodies. Different combinations or collections are projected onto various historical, spatial and temporal dimensions, out of our needs, desires and capabilities.
[slideshow_deploy id=’2632′] We want what we see, And imitate the girls on TV, and we get over-awed, by an IMAGE,…