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Tag: LGBTQ+

Rosanne Robertson’s Subterrane at Maximillian William

20th December 202128th December 2021  Catherine Howe

Rosanne Robertson’s Subterrane uses both the ruggedness and fluidity of the West Cornish coastline to celebrate the beauty of queer bodies and gender non-conformity, writes Catherine Howe.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: art, atomatism, Catherine Howe, Cornwall, drawing, Film, Ithell Colquhon, LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA+, Maximillian William, painting, Queer Art, queer identities, Rosanne Robertson, sculpture, Sea, Subterrane, Surrealism, trans identities, water

Feminist Antifascism: Counterpublics of the Common by Ewa Majewska – envisioning a new feminist resistance

17th October 202117th October 2021  Selin Genc

In this striking essay, Selin Genc reviews Ewa Majewska’s ‘Feminist Antifascism’, and considers Majewska’s inspirational arguments for a “flexible, inclusive and inventive” feminism in the context of recent events in Turkey.

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Posted in Arts, Books, PoliticsTagged: counterpublics, Ewa Majewska, Feminism, Feminist Antifascism, Istanbul Convention, LGBTQ+, Turkey, Verso Books, Women's Rights

Permission by Saskia Vogel – a stunning debut about grief and healing

29th June 2020  Elodie Rose Barnes

Saskia Vogel’s beautifully written debut, Permission, is about sex, power, and, yes, BDSM. But it’s also about grief, belonging and the healing that comes from such intimacy, writes our guest editor Elodie Rose Barnes.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: BDSM, Camille Paglia, Dialogue Books, LGBTQ+, Novel, Permission, Pride, Queer Relationships, Saskia Vogel, sexuality

Josephine Baker by Catel and Bocquet – a triumph of research and astounding detail

22nd June 202030th June 2020  Gabriela Frost

Dancer, singer, actress, activist and spy: Josephine Baker took both the stage and lectern by storm, as beautifully and boldly conceived in Catel and Bocquet’s graphic novel. But when it comes to her queer relationships they’re decidedly silent, writes our reviewer Gabriela Frost.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Biography, Bobino Theatre, Bocquet, Cabaret, Catel, Catel Muller, comic, graphic novel, Into the Night: Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art, José-Louis Bocquet, Josephine Baker, LGBTQ+, Martin Luther King, Night, Night / Shift, Pride, Queer Relationships, SelfMadeHero, UK Black Pride
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