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26 Dec

Lez nails: Is the ‘queer woman with short nails’

Lez nails: Is the ‘queer woman with short nails’
Short nails are a deep-rooted lesbian trope, but these queer femmes are finding joy and gender validation of their long manicures Whether happily lapping up quasi-serious jokes about u-hauling on sapphic meme pages, or making jokes in your Hinge bio about being ready to your next long-distance relationship, lesbians love turning stereotypes into in-jokes. While that is admittedly quite cringe, what’s worse is that sometimes these stereotypes are true. Personally, I'm no exception: I once boarded a plane to travel to a second date (they paid, because femme privilege) and, drum roll, have also found my nails to play an oddly outstanding role in my dating life.  Should you’re not au fait with lesbian manicure...
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18 Oct

Daniel Obasi’s photos highlight the queer communities of Nigeria

Daniel Obasi’s photos highlight the queer communities of Nigeria
Inspired by sex, sci-fi and Afrofuturism, the photographer makes work for the country’s minorities, offering a perspective that permits them to ‘dream and be free’ The previous few years have seen a big shift in what we see, as we widen our gaze beyond Western fashion ideals and sweetness standards. Nigerian-born Daniel Obasi is considered one of those leading the charge, and he has turn out to be renowned for styling, photography, film, and artistic direction for publications like Vogue, Atmos, and Nataal, in addition to music videos for Kali Uchis and Amaarae, and Beyoncé’s Black is King. Now, his game-changing work is the main target of his digital exhibition for Homecoming Gallery, curated...
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2 Oct

These portraits explore the way it feels to inhabit

These portraits explore the way it feels to inhabit
Just Wide Enough To Hold The Weight is the group show reaching out across the ‘abyss of otherness’ The camera is such an incisive tool of exploration and portraiture is such a revealing medium, throwing light on the topic in addition to the photographer and their perspective on the world. A latest exhibition, Just Wide Enough To Hold The Weight  (at Latest York’s Baxter St gallery) brings together the work of three exceptional artists using their cameras to research all of the nuances of gender identity and the complexity of selfhood.  Curator Phalguni Guliani was drawn to the work of Marvel Harris, Siddhartha Hajra, and Soumya Sankar Bose due to what she describes as...
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29 Aug

4 original short movies that explore the meaning of

4 original short movies that explore the meaning of
Young, visionary filmmakers have shared their unique takes on chosen family for Queer Lens, a recent film series from Dazed and Calvin Klein As an art form, queer filmmaking is crammed with depictions of chosen family, from the actual underground community of the Harlem ballroom scene of the late 80s in Paris is Burning, to the casts of queer misfits in Pedro Almodóvar melodramas, to the caring coterie of friends in Russell T Davies’ It’s A Sin. They might be made up of friends, lovers, biological family, ancestors, allies, or idols – what binds these families together is a way of belonging that permits each individual to specific themselves freely, and to be seen...
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