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Two poems by Louise Mather

15th November 202215th November 2022  Louise Mather

In Louise Mather’s short yet sublime poetry, the body is in turns a miracle immaculately conceived and mirrored before its speaker and an open wound, bloody for all to see.

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Posted in Creative Writing, PoetryTagged: Bodies, Chronic Illness, Louise Mather, menstruation, Mental Health, My Body's Bodies Editorial, Poetry

Reclaiming the Muslim Woman’s Body by Faiqa Mansab

5th July 20225th July 2022  Faiqa Mansab

Faiqa Mansab discusses the prejudice and oppression – patriarchal, Islamophobic and colonial – that Muslim women face the world over and asks for a form of feminism which centres their needs and experiences too.

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Posted in My Feminisms, Opinion, PoliticsTagged: Bodies, Faiqa Mansab, Feminism, menstruation, Muslim Women, My Body's Bodies Editorial, opinion piece, Rawdah Mohamed, Shamsia Hassani, the hijab

As I Fall Apart by Oriana Rose, with illustrations by Natasha Natarajan

17th May 202217th May 2022  Umang Kalra

Though adorable in shape and size, Oriana Rose’s As I Fall Apart is anything but. Packing a necessary punch when discussing contraceptives, menstruation and gender, Rose and Natasha Natarajan’s stunning work problematises all three in the pursuit of liberation.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Andrea Long-Chu, As I Fall Apart, Bodies, contraception, contraceptive rights, Elizabeth Grosz, Focus Print, Gender, menstruation, My Body's Bodies Editorial, Natasha Natarajan, Oriana Rose, Period poverty, Sara Ahmed, the implant, Umang Kalra, Women's Rights

O.o.o.h!: a menstrual project by Ben Caro and Kat Cutler-MacKenzie

10th January 202213th February 2022  Kathryn Cutler-MacKenzie

Artists Kat Cutler-MacKenzie and Ben Caro discuss their collaborative work, O.o.o.h! , a semi-pedagogic, semi-absurd investigation into the menstrual cycle inspired, in part, by the thought of philosopher Graham Harman and the photographs of Rafal Miłach.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: abortion rights, art, Ben Caro, Bodies, Graham Harman, Kat Cutler-MacKenzie, menstruation, My Body's Bodies Editorial, Oooh!, protest, Rafal Miłach
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