Creative piece ‘Remix’ by Jasmine Ryan: 2020, paper, glue, and Photoshop.
Remix
Month: June 2021
Frida Kahlo: Flower of Flames
The blood.
The pigments separate in front of your eyes, as you look closer. Blood is pain but also life,
damage but also strength.
When you look at blood, you look at yourself.
Navigating Health Through Fatphobia
Fat liberation has taught me that rooting self-worth in fatphobia and the desire to be skinny will never benefit anyone (including people who are skinny) because it is a never-ending race to the bottom.
I Had Vaginismus
It’s hard to notice how many times a day society reminds you of sex’s importance until someone says you might never be able to have it.
Pussy Party
Events like this don’t occur often, but when they do, a community is able to come together that is normally confined to the peripherals of society.
Tongue Tied
“While code-switching may be fun for some, it is an unfortunate necessity for others.”
The Quasi-Relationship and the Idealisation of the Chilled Woman: To be Chilled or To be Crazy?
Why do we prolong the inevitable by overlooking the subtle or not-so-subtle signs of a dickhead? I have a hunch.
Microcosmic Subtleties: Culture through Accessories
My moonstone ring was bought when I was soul searching and needed balance, and my necklace was a gift from a dear friend which reminds me that we are all connected. My tattoo was also born out of my love, my femininity, my beliefs—it is an unfinished body, an unfinished writing of culture.