The fashion house, Balenciaga, is undergoing major backlash after releasing their Spring/Summer 2023 gift line that appears to show children holding stuffed bears that are dressed in BDSM bondage-like gear. Consumers are saying that this ad is promoting child exploitation. The backlash against the brand was fast, storming the internet
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In class I learned of a famous photographer called Weegee, also known as Arthur Fellig, who had an interest unlike others: he was obsessed with crime. And, in an article I found while doing more research on Weegee written by Katherine Brooks, she details how Weegee embodied the crimes of
Ahhhhhhh (Exhaling in satisfaction). When doing research for this article it was so nice to find journalism that just took my breath away in the way in which it narrated and displayed the stories of others. Being able to write and express a story in which a person can imagine,
In a society where we are taught that we are individuals and unique in a world so interconnected by technology, social media, the news and just life, there are all of these subgroups that are arising each and every day. And more and more we are asked to cater to
This month, Kathy Griffin appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher to discuss her career after the controversial photo of her holding a fake severed head of Donald Trump was released. Griffin stated that her career was “taken away overnight.” The photo gained her negative notoriety that came in the
When I visited Huis Marseille, a photography museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, I discovered Lionel Wendt, a man who hid his sexuality from the public eye despite his homoerotic photography. Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka (formerly the British colony Ceylon between 1802 and 1948), Lionel Wendt lived from 1900 to
In what world is it okay to follow someone from their home to their place of business and to the gym? In what world is it acceptable to document another person’s hardships or the most personal moments of their life without permission or approval? None, you say? Unfortunately, this is
“You have to decide as a child if you want to ‘pass’ into these spaces by wearing a false machismo or do you want to deal with the social consequences of being yourself.” This quote epitomizes the internal conflict children must face when negotiating their own individual self within the
Two years ago, professional photographer Raj Shetye, shot an editorial of a woman surrounded by lustful men in a bus. Two years prior to this photoshoot, A 23 year old woman was raped on a private bus in South Delhi, where she was riding with her friend who was also
http://www.vice.com/read/this-woman-turned-her-collection-of-unsolicited-dick-pics-into-an-art-show I recently found an article about a woman who turned her collection of unsolicited dick pictures into an art show, and it made me wonder if getting unsolicited pictures is sexually offended. We have entered an interesting age where a lot of human interactions occur through electronic devices such