Is bodybuilding the brand new queer feminist act? Well,

13 Apr

Female bodybuilders exist outside of traditional notions of femininity, with some positioning it as a queer and feminist act. Nevertheless it’s a bit more nuanced than that When Love Lies Bleeding comes out in May, it would shine a highlight on a version of femininity and the feminine body that we don’t often get to see in mainstream media. The erotic thriller, starring Kristen Stewart and Katy M O’Brien, centres around a queer relationship between bodybuilder Jackie and Lou, a gym manager, and follows because the two get tousled with Lou’s criminal family. Together with her ripped, muscular body, sculpted six-pack and beefy arms, Katy – like many female athletes – is antithetical to...

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12 Apr

Is bodybuilding the brand new queer feminist act? Well,

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Female bodybuilders exist outside of traditional notions of femininity, with some positioning it as a queer and feminist act. Nevertheless it’s a bit more nuanced than that When Love Lies Bleeding comes out in May, it should shine a highlight on a version of femininity and the feminine body that we don’t often get to see in mainstream media. The erotic thriller, starring Kristen Stewart and Katy M O’Brien, centres around a queer relationship between bodybuilder Jackie and Lou, a gym manager, and follows because the two get twisted up with Lou’s criminal family. Along with her ripped, muscular body, sculpted six-pack and beefy arms, Katy – like many female athletes – is antithetical...

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22 Mar

This area of interest Russian fragrance fearlessly champions queer

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As an extension of his eyewear label FAKOSHIMA, Konstantin Shilyaev has launched a perfume that speaks to expression and creativity beyond the boundaries of his home country’s conservative, homophobic social landscape In 2021, the thought of a gender neutral fragrance isn’t recent. 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 couple of 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...

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18 Jan

Why we must always query the ‘self-care’ of Queer

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Within the age of makeover reality shows, the Fab Five’s assistance is just as individualistic and exclusive as the remaining, despite the emotional backstories Netflix’s tagline for its 2018 hit reality show, Queer Eye, is: ‘Greater than only a makeover.’ The show is all about self-care, which is interpreted for its global audience as DIY grooming, healthy eating, and checking in with yourself. When Audre Lorde, a black lesbian activist, first used the term self-care in A Burst of Light – written after her cancer diagnosis – she was talking about self-preservation as an act of “political warfare”, a prioritising of the self in a world that wishes you to die. On Queer...

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