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feministkilljoysrg · 5 years

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FKRG Open Session - March 2019

Our second open session of the year was centred around questions of BEING AND IDENTITY, in both an individual and collective sense.

(Image provided by Cynthia Florek ♥) "We have many histories, many points of arrival, those who somehow find themselves as 'not,' as not universal, not human. But I still think, I do think, that being not, being in question for being the being you are, is the beginning of an affinity, a beginning that is behind us." - Sara Ahmed, 'Being in Question'

This month we were thinking about how we build a meaningful sense of self, and how labels, names or descriptions are chosen by us and applied to us. How do you interpret your being? Who gets to decide who you are? How do we work with the labels ascribed to us? Where do you fit, and how do you live and work within the cracks?

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Readings (There are a lot of them! Instead of reading out loud together, we shared quiet space to pour over the readings offered, while also taking time to write, reflect, and draw portraits of ourselves and each other).

Questions excerpted from Bhanu Kapil’s The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers

Sara Ahmed - Being in Question

We Are Plan C

Sisters in Motion - Sisterhood Statement

Laboria Cuboniks - Xenofeminism: A politics for alienation

Brodie Lancaster - Girl-on-Girl Crime

Jessica Hopper - This Is How It Feels to Be Free

Maya Angelou - Still I Rise

WTF is the Women’s Strike?

Steven Shaviro - Supa Dupa Fly: Black Women As Cyborgs in Hiphop Videos

The following links are for articles behind institutional paywalls - please email us at [email protected] if you would like access to them.

Michele White - Beauty as an “act of political warfare”: Feminist Makeup Tutorials and Masquerades on You Tube

Marci R. McMahon - Self-Fashioning through Glamour and Punk in East Los Angeles: Patssi Valdez in Asco’s Instant Mural and A La Mode

Nikki Lane - Black Women Queering the Mic: Missy Elliot Disturbing the Boundaries of Racialized Sexuality and Gender

Veena Talwar Oldenburg - Lifestyle as Resistance: The Case of the Courtesans of Lucknow, India

Inés Ferrero Cándenas - Reconfiguring the Surrealist Gaze: Remedios Varo's Images of Women

Howard Rambsy II - Beyond Keeping It Real: OutKast, the Funk Connection, and Afrofuturism

Mecca Jamilah Sullivan - “Put My Thang Down, Flip It and Reverse It”: Black Women’s Interstitial Languages of Body and Desire

Offerings from the FKRG community

John Berger - Ways of Seeing, Episode 2 (shared by Olivia Reily who says “for me personally, my physical body is a major source of identity + being. I'm sharing John Berger's Ways of Seeing, episode 2 which focuses on women in traditional European oil painting. It's kind of dated and retro but I feel like it's still very relevant today. Especially since we do live in a Western / Euro-centric / heteronormative society - it's hard to escape these influences...if you just want the gist of it, watch from 3:15 - 12:50.”)

Hamja Ahsan - Shy Radicals (video and book) (shared by Rajni Shah)

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See you in April for more feminist killjoy-ing :-)

#FKRG #feminist killjoy #Sara Ahmed #feminism #feminist

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fashionmiddlefan · 5 years

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Pakistan’s famous fashion designer, Reema Ahsan Je Suis Belle collection at Pantene Bridal Couture Week 2017. Je Suis Belle of Reema Ahsan reflects the essence of the beauty of the bride.

This collection is rich and unique hand-woven fabric and is in harmony with classic complex motifs. At the same time, it reflects the moment of our cultural heritage and the dream of young girls. A rich textile such as velvet, tissue, textile is used to give modern ethnic feel to winter brides.

This collection defines delicacy and appeal by a combination of deep palette and luxurious fabric. Je Suis Belle is a place where tradition encounters contemporary times, blessings and elegance represent a wonderful craftsmanship with perfect embroidery and silhouettes.