Joan Crawford in Possessed (1931)
(via gertruderambling)
as if hundreds of butterflies have settled all over my face, and are softly opening and closing their wings.
• Ask me anything
Back in March 2012, when Pussy Riot were first arrested, four women (some of whom run feminist collectives in London) teamed up to put on a fundraiser, and this collaboration turned into ‘Let’s Start a Pussy Riot’. Seeing such strong activism for causes they believe in became a ‘click moment’, and they wanted the chance to support, create and activate responses with as many people as possible.
Curated by Emely Neu and edited by Jade French, the book is made in association with Beth Siveyer (Girls Get Busy) and Verity Flecknell (Storm in a Teacup) and will be published by Rough Trade Records with all profits going directly to Pussy Riot.
They will be launching and exclusively selling the book TODAY at Yoko Ono’s Meltdown Festival at the Southbank Centre as part of the Activism Weekend: 15th & 16th June 2013
Meltdown Activism Weekend Line-up:
Yoko Ono
Guerrilla Girls give a lecture and lead workshops.
Shami Chakrabarti leads a discussion about artists and activism with Bob and Roberta Smith and others.
Peaches talks with Jude Rogers.
Penny Woolcock in conversation.
Let’s Start A Pussy Riot book launch.Let’s Start A Pussy Riot is NOW available to pre-order at Rough Trade
Artists Involved:
Antony Hegarty, Alice Bag, Anne Sherwood Pundyk, Arvida Byström, Baby Dee, Battlekat, Bianca Casady, Billy Childish, Bobby Conn, Bo Ningen, Bruce LaBruce, Carolee Schneemann, Caroline Coon, Charlotte Andrews Richardson, Cornershop, CSS, Elias Koskimies, Ellen Angus, Emil Schult, Fox, Franko B, Gaggle, Gera, Hannah Lew, Helen McCookery Book, Homoground, H PLewis, Inga Muscio, Jeffrey Lewis, Jenny Holzer, Jón Gnarr, Judy Chicago, Kara Walker, Kembra Pfahler, Kerry McCarthy, Kids On Tv, Kim Gordon, The Knife, Koivo, Laurie Penny, Lee Ranaldo, Lizzi Bougatsos, Lucky Dragons, Lucy O’Brien, Marissa, Paternoster, Mary Beth Edelson, Meadham Kirchhoff, Molly Crabapple, Nastasia Alberti, No Bra, Nomi Ruiz, Olivier de Sagazan, Peaches, Peggy Seeger, Robyn, Rozhgar Mahmood Mustafa, Roz Kaveney, Sarah Lucas, Seth Bogart, Spartacus Chetwynd, Stephen Ira, Sunaura Taylor, Tamsyn Challenger, Tocotronic, Vaginal Davis, Victoria Lomasko, Vivian Goldman, Yoko Ono
“Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in.”
— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, TedxEuston (x)
(via gertruderambling)
“Rather than fighting for every woman’s right to feel beautiful, I would like to see the return of a kind of feminism that tells women and girls everywhere that maybe it’s all right not to be pretty and perfectly well behaved. That maybe women who are plain, or large, or old, or differently abled, or who simply don’t give a damn what they look like because they’re too busy saving the world or rearranging their sock drawer, have as much right to take up space as anyone else.
I think if we want to take care of the next generation of girls we should reassure them that power, strength and character are more important than beauty and always will be, and that even if they aren’t thin and pretty, they are still worthy of respect. That feeling is the birthright of men everywhere. It’s about time we claimed it for ourselves.”
— I don’t want to be told I’m pretty as I am - I want to live in a world where that’s irrelevant (via fireinmyspine)
(via rememo)
“If You Know Someone Who Doesn’t Believe Sexism Exists, Show Them This”
Link here: [x]
(via shehasnoears)
The Pixies - Gigantic (by CasaAzul65)
Waxahatchee - Clumsy (Nervous Energies session) (by nervousenergies)
“Our first fear is abandonment; our last, too. We all leave home to find home, at the risk of being forever lost.”
— The Sea Inside, Phillip Hoare
do impossible things: Most of the time, most people are not crying in public, but everyone...
Most of the time, most people are not crying in public, but everyone is always in need of something that another person can give, be it undivided attention, a kind word or deep empathy. There is no better use of a life than to be attentive to such needs. There are as many ways to do this as there…
Waxahatchee - Be Good (by DonGiovanniRecords)
“Of all the conditions we experience, solitude is perhaps the most misunderstood. To chose it is regarded as irresponsible or a failure. To most it should be avoided, like an illness. Inside solitude people see the many compartments of unhappiness, like the comb of a pomegranate. To be emptied from the world, to be cast away and forgotten - is this what we fear most? So we must shake hands and pass money and hear talk of society and talk of our families and our selves. We must move in and out of doors, press buttons for lifts, catch each other’s colds, laugh and weep, and contribute to the din and the restlessness. We must dance and sing, and visit the courts. We must make these daily contracts.”
— an extract from How to Paint A Dead Man - Sarah Hall (via mouthfulof)
“Nowadays, people often don’t say I, as if they don’t want to be involved in the desperate act of being. No one is contented dwelling inside their existence any more. No one is secure. Identity can be chosen. You can be whoever you want to be, which means you should consider all the options before selecting yourself.”
—
Sarah Hall
(via the-hard-believer)
