Gender performativity

In the years before World War II, the Parisian avant-garde produced some of the most iconic black and white photographs of the 20th century.

Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town & Johannesburg, and blank projects, Cape Town, South Africa

Here are ten of the most shocking examples of gender inequality in the world.

Alok Vaid-Menon is a gender non-conforming writer and performance artist. In their oral history, Alok describes growing up in College Station, TX, connecting with activists and artists during college in California and subsequently in New York, their experiences touring across the world as a performance artist, and their journey of navigating gender through poetry, activism and fashion. CW: Assault

PRONOUNS DO NOT DETAIN ME by KATE FISHER, alumna FASHION DESIGN BDES, MASSEY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF CREATIVE ARTS - Pronouns Do Not Detain Me is a collection that embraces fluidity, which naturally inhabits individuals and gender. The collection creates a platform for people to perform their gender in a truly authentic form. It, and those who wear it, disrupt the curated characteristics of gender that men and women are expected to conform to.

It’s true that gender is a complex idea that means something different to every person. But this doesn’t give us much of an idea about how queer genders are experienced by people. It's in every feminist’s best interest to listen and pay attention to trans people, so let’s explore some common ways gender is experienced by people in the trans community.

He is remembered for his subversive photographic explorations of gender identity and his powerful performances with ex-partner and artist Marina Abramović

Why do men still fill most district leadership positions, and what can be done about it? Just as a fish does not realize it lives in water, school leaders and education policy makers often fail to see that even after decades of mainstream acceptance of equal opportunity workplaces, public education careers and promotion pipelines continue […]

Blurring the lines

She’d called me into her office, this lady boss of mine, newly charged with running what was then the 6th-largest newspaper in the country.