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https://www.europesays.com/africa/410616/ Fort Wayne Artists Guild brings show to Angola | Heraldrepublican #angola #art #artist #FortWayne #indiana #SteubenCounty #TheArts #VisualArts #VisualArtsMedia

The #Feminist Who Inspired the #Witches of #Oz

The #untoldstory of #suffragist #MatildaGage, the #woman behind the curtain whose life story captivated her #soninlaw #LFrankBaum as he #wrote his #classic #novel

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #WomensRights #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-feminist-inspired-witches-of-oz-180985334/

#October #Reads for the Rest of Us

This #column by #gender and #womensstudies #librarian #KarlaStrand will #amplify #stories of #creation, #access, #use, and #preservation of #knowledge by #women and #girls worldwide; share #innovative #projects and #initiatives on #information, #literacies, #libraries, and more; and, of course, #talk about all the #books.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture

https://msmagazine.com/2024/10/10/best-feminist-books-october-reads-for-the-rest-of-us-women-lgbtq-writers/

Late #Summer #Reading: #DHGutzman’s #LGBTQ #Thrillers, #Romance and #HistoricFiction Fit the Bill.

#Milwaukee’s own D.H. Gutzman: More familiarly known as #DaleGutzman, he has long been recognized as a local #theater #impresario.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture

https://shepherdexpress.com/lgbtq/my-lgbtq-pov/late-summer-reading-dh-gutzmans-lgbtq-thrillers-romance/

Where #Funhouse #Erotics Meet #Art #History.

A new #volume of #HilaryHarkness’s #paintings enfolds us into #surreal #worlds of #genderbending #militaries, #feminine #revenge, and #alternative #histories.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Painting #Representation #Culture

https://hyperallergic.com/928342/hilary-harkness-funhouse-erotics-meet-art-history/

#KirshaKaechele's #saga at #MONA involved creating a #LadiesLounge with #male #butlers serving #women, sparked a #genderdiscrimination #lawsuit.

So as a solution the lounge was later replaced by a #restroom with #fake #Picasso paintings, highlighting #patriarchal #absurdity and gaining #international #attention.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Australia #Hobart #Entertainment #TheArts #Feminism #Representation #Culture

https://theconversation.com/fake-picassos-in-a-ladies-toilet-why-the-saga-at-mona-is-one-of-the-most-effective-pieces-of-performance-art-ive-seen-234470

#Sobé’s #Morphing #Portraits Articulate the #Nuances of #GenderIdentity.

#Artist #SilvesterHustito, a.k.a. #Sobé, was #born and #raised amid these flourishing #handwork #traditions, and much of the artist’s youth in the #Zuni #Pueblo was spent #watching his #mother make intricate #needlepoint #jewelry pieces.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #IndigenousPeople #Lhamana #TwoSpirit #Entertainment #TheArts #Representation #Culture

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/06/sobe-why-am-i-alive-now/

‘#BlackAFHistory: The Un-#whitewashed #Story of #America’ has #Houstonians talking.

But for those #folk, those who view the #American #story sold to K-thru-college #students for centuries as #divinelyordained #gospel #truth, #Harriot’s “#BlackAF” is the #boogeyman they imagine all #Blackfolk to be.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #BlackHistoryMonth #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://defendernetwork.com/news/black-af-history-michael-harriot/

8 #Overlooked #Women #Old #Masters Who Were #AheadofTheirTime

#Contributions of #women #artists have been #overlooked or #forgotten in #art #history for #centuries.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Representation #Culture

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-8-overlooked-women-masters-ahead-time

I’m #Reading the Most #Banned #Books in #America: ‘#AllBoysArentBlue’ by #GeorgeMJohnson.

It’s the #memoir of a #prominent #activist named George M. Johnson and his #journey toward discovering his #identity as a #black #gay #man.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://www.hercampus.com/school/fsu/lifestyle-im-reading-the-most-banned-books-in-america-all-boys-arent-blue-by-george-m-johnson/

Hundreds of #photos from the #collection of #EltonJohn and #DavidFurnish will go on #display in #London.

The #exhibition, titled “#FragileBeauty,” will include 300 #images by more than 140 #photographers, including #DianeArbus, #CindySherman, #RobertMapplethorpe, #WilliamEggleston, #ZaneleMuholi and #AiWeiwei..

#UK #Entertainment #TheArts #Photography #Representation #Culture

https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/hundreds-of-photos-from-the-collection-of-elton-john-and-david-furnish-will-go-on-display-in-london-18137221.htm

These 8 #queer #Hispanics are shaking up the #art world whether through #photography, #painting, or #digitalmedia, these #artists are shaping the art world's #future.

These eight #artists explore the multifaceted nature of their #culturalheritage, #gender, and #sexuality, often challenging #stereotypical #portrayals and creating #space for #marginalizedvoices

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Hispanics #Latino #LatinX #Entertainment #TheArts #Representation #Culture

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/10/these-8-queer-hispanics-are-shaking-up-the-art-world/

#Poet #GeorgeAbraham Believes in the #Power of #ComingOut #Quietly.

The award-winning #author discusses #Palestinian futurity, breaking down the #binaries of the #body, and #comingout in a #Walmart #parkinglot.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Poetry #Representation
https://www.them.us/story/poet-george-abraham-one-of-them

In “#TheNewLife,” a #19thCentury #gay #man #fights for #acceptance as #OscarWilde is #tried for #sodomy.

The New Life conjures, with some #dramatic #liberties, the #inspiration and #writing of a #groundbreaking #defense of #homosexuality called "#SexualInversion."

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/06/in-the-new-life-a-19th-century-gay-man-fights-for-acceptance-as-oscar-wilde-is-tried-for-sodomy/

#Taiwan's #Diverse #Subcultures and Strong #Personalities #Shine in #HongKong #Artist's #BlackAndWhite #Photo #exhibition

From #Dragqueens to #punks, #KaperForest captured strong #personalities living on the #fringes.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #Asia #Taiwan #HongKong #Entertainment #TheArts #Photography #Representation #Culture

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3221386/strong-sense-self-identity-taiwans-subcultures-and-strong-personalities-celebrated-hong-kong-artists

New Labour Government announces establishment of a poet laureate for Australia! Finally and wonderfully.
#poetry #poetlaureate #CreativeAustralia #Revive #TheArts #writing #WritingCommunity #Australia