Queer subculture, slums and a spiritual star cult –

10 Mar

When the sun goes down, India's megacity most intense side comes to light. Queer subculture, everyday slum life and spiritual celebrity culture - Mumbai nightlife could hardly be more diverse. Anything is possible, here! Mumbai: India's financial, commercial and entertainment center. This is the New York of South Asia, according to many of its inhabitants. Here, they say, anything is possible and hard work pays off. Like New York City, Mumbai is a melting pot of different cultures and lifestyles - and a city that never sleeps. Between red carpets and slums, this documentary shows a city full of contrasts. Reporter Johannes Hano explores the night with a motorcycle gang. He experiences Bollywood glamour, celebrates an Indian wedding and immerses himself in...

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29 Dec

The unconventional history of the queer fat liberation movement

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The unconventional history of the queer fat liberation movement

“Don’t assume… I don’t like my body,” begins a manifesto shared at a 1989 Fat Women’s conference in London. Generally known as the “Fat Dykes Statement”, it contained an inventory of 29 assumptions, from serious points (“Don’t assume… I feel your body is healthier than mine”) alongside more playful ones, which emphasise the ludicrousy of assuming anything a couple of person based on their body shape (“Don’t assume… I need a Weight loss program Coke”). Should you think fat liberation began in 2011 with Tumblr feminism and fat fashion blogs, you’ve never had the pleasure of interacting with Carlie Pendleton’s work. The scholar focuses on the history of fat activism in modern Britain, with particular attention to the queer histories of...

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16 Dec

Meet the self-taught queer tattooists making beautiful and inclusive

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Meet the self-taught queer tattooists making beautiful and inclusive

A friend once jokingly described giving someone a stick and poke tattoo because the equivalent of the exchanging of wedding rings, in that it will probably be so necessary and intimate that it signals the start of a lifelong bond between two people. Body art can often help us make sense of ourselves. Whether it’s projecting who we're on the within out into the world via our skin, or using tattoos as a way of navigating, accepting, and ultimately loving our bodies - a practice particularly necessary to those whose bodies are sometimes marginalised, so women, POC, plus size and queer people for instance. But although the chances of tattooing might be radical, the industry often isn’t — and might at...

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12 Aug

This area of interest Russian fragrance fearlessly champions queer

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This area of interest Russian fragrance fearlessly champions queer

Tear You Apart Extrait6 Images In 2021, the concept of a gender neutral fragrance isn’t latest. Area of interest perfumes have a long-standing legacy of smells that transcend the binary and even mass-market players like Louis Vuitton, Gucci, and Fendi have already tapped into the sector. But what a few fragrance that takes things one step further and creates an environment of queerness without boundary lines and embodies passion without inhibitions? Based out of Moscow, Russia, Konstantin Shilyaev first launched his eyewear brand FAKOSHIMA in 2013. Since then, he has created a cult following behind the label’s signature oversized, geometric frames with Nicki Minaj, Roìsin Murphy, and alien beauty icon Tilda Swinton all a part of the fandom. Actually, it’s the time...

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