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The radical history of vaginas in art & popular culture

Pussy power? — In her latest video for ‘PYNK’, released this week, Janelle Monae pays tribute to self-love, pink and ‘pussy power’. But are vagina depictions in modern visual culture really all that empowering? Polyester Editor Ione Gamble investigates.

  • Opinion
  • Ione Gamble

Challenging the media’s portrayal of Asian women

Through art & photography — A new photography show, opening this week at Brisbane’s Metro Arts, confronts the tired cultural stereotypes surrounding east Asian womanhood.

  • Art
  • Cristiana Bedei

Young artists explore coming of age in the Middle East

Banat Collective — In The Middle Of It All is a new book showcasing the diverse experiences of Arabian womanhood, featuring contributions from writers, illustrators and photographers.

  • Art
  • Salma Haidrani

How one play sparked a global activist movement

The Vagina Monologues — In 1996, Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues took the world by storm with its blunt, brazen approach to female sexuality. Now, after two decades of fighting for women’s rights around world, she warns that we still have much further to go.

  • Culture
  • Briony Cartmell

Stef Nurding is bridging skate's gender divide

The concrete chameleon — Pro skater and model Stefani Nurding is using her unique set of skills to shake up a male-dominated industry.

  • Magazine
  • Marianne Eloise

Capturing the spirit of London’s young Muslim women

The sisterhood — Photographer Lamisa Khan teams up with artists Zeinab Saleh and Sara Gulamali to show off the everyday lives of London’s ‘Muslim Sisterhood.’

  • Photography
  • Salma Haidrani

Inside a juvenile delinquent facility for girls

Teen tearaways — In Daughters, photographer Lilla Szasz captures the teenagers living in one of Budapest’s oldest correctional institutions.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

The show celebrating the best new women photographers

Behind the lens — Women Behind The Lens, run by the Picfair image library, will showcase the industry’s most exciting and groundbreaking new talent.

  • Photography
  • HUCK HQ

Dispelling the myths around Middle Eastern women

Strength, self-love & sexuality — Blending beautiful photography and thoughtful storytelling, Azeema is the new publication celebrating women from across North Africa and the Middle East. ‘We won’t put anything that isn’t strong or empowering,’ explains co-founder Sunayah Arshad.

  • Print
  • Salma Haidrani

Growing up as a woman in the east and west

Teen spirit — Photographer Rania Matar travels around the world – from Boston and New York to the Palestinian refugee camps – to capture the universal experience of womanhood.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

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