The Black Hair Tax: No Breaks for Black Women Who Want to Avoid Breakage
Sex, Style and Stigma: A Brief History of Maximalist Fashion
Maximalist fashion – including brash colours, statement accessories, colourful eyeshadow and animal print – has long been associated with sex workers. Historian Alain Corbin claims that by the late 19th century, ‘the prostitute had become woman as spectacle’: their profession demanded that they be seen, and maximalist fashion was utilised to ensure they stood out…
Algorithms, Archetypes and Aesthetics: How Your Online Lifestyle is Denying You Desire
There is no moral trophy awarded for inhabiting a certain type of body or seamlessly aligning with all of the ‘right kinds’ of media. No matter how you frame calorie restriction, you won’t have the energy or physical desire to have sex. But you will fit into the cultural understanding of what sexually desirable is – what matters is how desirable you are, not how much desire you experience…