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Photography Helps Girls Define Their Voice On Their Own Terms

Photographer and youth organizer Scheherazade Tillet first had the idea for “Picturing Black Girlhood” about seven years ago, when she was visiting the Chicago Art...

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Fictional Characters Who Spark Our Sexual Awakenings

One day, you’re picking up Little Women for the first time, expecting a warm story about sisterhood; the next, you’re cursing the gods (“or whatever”) ...

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16 Movies That Were Animated Hits First

Audiences settling in to watch Disney’s new adaptation of The Jungle Book, out April 15, can expect to see a familiar story about a man-cub living among a gaggle of four...

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Transforming The Walls Of Varanasi With Stunning Murals

“I got a job in Banaras in 2007. When you first come to the city you feel there are so many dirty and unorganisedplaces that the government is not taking care of. After walk...

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Trans Performance Artiste Fights Invisible Oppressor, But Who?

On Saturday evening, gallery guides at Los Angeles museum The Broad ushered visitors, in groups of 15, down a set of stairs to the empty museum parking lot, where they were me...

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Throwback Movie: The Big City - Satyajit Ray

There’s something galvanic about a filmmaker going home to work, whether its Howard Hawks telling a story based on his grandfather in “Come and Get It” or Je...

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Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life Of Louise Bourgeois - In PicturesOn Divorce And Contraception: Pope Calls For More Grace

In a major document released Friday, Pope Francis addressed divisive elements of Catholic doctrine — including how to treat couples who remarry after a divorce that wasn...

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Why Is The RCA The Best Art And Design School In The World?

Synonymous with extreme wealth and the British establishment, if the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea were a person it would be a portly gentleman in finest white tie....

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Pride And Prejudice: 'Modern Retelling' Has Bestseller Written All Over It

Good news millennials! You're getting your very own "modern retelling" of Pride and Prejudice; because how else can your generation comprehend the experiences of Jane Aus...

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20 Great Postmodern Films You Should Watch

It is great when a film takes an unpredicted turn, or does something formally to provoke thought, or to shock. This is often the result of direction; it might be at a level of...

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POLITICS: MISSING GIRLS AND HATE SPEECHES

After we are done celebrating mothers, daughters, women, take a moment to consider these...

May 19 2024

FESTIVALS: LQBTQ NARRATIVES IN REGIONAL CINEMA

Filmmakers from Karnataka, Manipur, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat at KASHISH 2024. Jeo Baby,...

May 18 2024

FESTIVALS: STAR STUDDED OPENING CEREMONY OF KASHISH 2024

Kiran Rao, Sonali Kulkarni, Barun Sobti, Shweta Basu Prasad, Vopin Sharma, Lilette Dubey...

May 17 2024