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2015 Mar. 19: The Protest is in response to DOLCE & GABBANA

Insulting slurs against IVF children and same-sex parents Speaking to the Italian magazine Panorama, alongside his business partner, Stefano Gabbana, Domenico Dolce said children should be born to a mother and a father. Dolce told Italian magazine Panorama that: “The … Continue reading

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2015 March 10: Photo of that day

… still relevant right now. Camera used:  Canon 6d with 85mm lens on Manfrotto tripod. Location:  Belleville, Paris. FRANCE. A collaboration between Valerie Thomas and Zanele Muholi.     Previous link   2014 Nov. 11: The Artivist and the Doctor   and … Continue reading

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2015 March 18: Visualizing Herstories

… in conversation with Ingrid Pollard Where:  UCLAN, United Kingdom (UK). Preston Camera used:  iPhone 4S by Christine Eyene. An invitation from Christine Eyene  as part of Making Histories slot for FORMAT International Photo Festival. Christine also took the behind … Continue reading

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2015 March 14: Educational Friday with UCL scholars and allies

  Links related to the participants featuring in the poster above   2013 Sept. 7:  I used to be a lesbian and   2013 Aug. 20:  Lesbian Activist survives stabbing   and   2013 Oct. 4:  Cramps were killing me … Continue reading

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2015 March 12: Muholi addressed scholars at Brighton University, UK

      Event organized by Tessa Lewin (PhD scholar:  Art & Humanities dept.) Bio Tessa Lewin(t.lewin@brighton.ac.uk) is a doctoral candidate at the University of Brighton, and a research fellow at the Institute of Development Studies. She is an artist and activist. … Continue reading

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2015 March 5: A simple universal healing for life’s miseries

by Siba Nkumbi … seeing things as they really are! I went to Worcester for Vipassana meditation, it’s a 10day course where one disconnects from the world to learn the technique spending ten days in noble silence. The only companion … Continue reading

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2015 Mar.3: A Letter to my Mother

by Sicka ‘Shaz’ Mthunzi Imbokodo is what she is, a mother that I love and respect more than anything in the world. She has the strength of 10 men and a heart full of life and love. She is my … Continue reading

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2015 Feb. 25: Self Portrait of the visual activist

Camera used:  iPhone 5S Location: Foreign Ministry office, Oslo. Norway. “The true content of a photograph is invisible, for it derives from a play, not with form, but with time”. – John Berger (Understanding a Photograph)        

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‪2015 Feb. 23: My very own apartheid experience ‬in Oslo

‪Saturday, 21 Feb 2015 ‬ ‪I did not live through the apartheid era, but I now know, how it feels to be asked for your identity document in a public space. On Saturday after attending a great exhibition by Zanele … Continue reading

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2015 Feb. 23: Things I like and what I want to do

by Shaz ‘Sicka’ Mthunzi Like most people, I enjoy having nice things every once in a while. I am obsessed with cars that have power and balance, brands like Mercedes Benz, Land Rover/Range Rover. I wish to see myself owning … Continue reading

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