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Sexual Violence

Posted inBooks

When Trauma Becomes Art

Avatar photo by Thomas Micchelli November 16, 2019November 16, 2019

Nancy Princenthal’s Unspeakable Acts delves into the links between violence and silence, art and terror, and how pioneering women made them into art.

Posted inBooks

Artists Who Have Addressed Sexual Trauma Since the 1970s

Avatar photo by Jennifer Remenchik September 3, 2019September 4, 2019

In Against Our Will, Vivien Green Fryd makes a convincing case for the need to examine artworks through the lens of sexual trauma, a violent reality that unfortunately spans across gender, ethnicity, race, and time.

Posted inPerformance

A Healing Performance in the Face of Danger and Trauma

by Sarah Rose Sharp April 17, 2019

You Are Next to Me is a dense and complicated ongoing work that manages to be funny, human, and spontaneous, about interaction and healing in the face of very present danger and trauma.

The Space We Hold interactive documentary (screenshot via National Film Board of Canada)
Posted inArt

Interactive Documentary on “Comfort Women” Asks You to Listen to Victims of Sexual Violence

Avatar photo by Allison Meier August 30, 2017August 3, 2021

Tiffany Hsiung’s The Space We Hold spotlights the stories of three women held in sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.

Posted inOpinion

Sunday Night’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Episode Doesn’t Endorse Rape

by Becca Rothfeld May 20, 2015May 20, 2015

I think that there is ample justification for the disturbing scene in “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken.”

Posted inArt

In the Desert, a Vulture Spirit Follows a Trail of Femicide

by Ashley P. Taylor March 20, 2015

Alone amid cacti, barbed wire, and phone lines, she is looking for something. The figure raises her rake — which seems like half claw, half witch’s broom — above her head, then returns to it to the sand.

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After Protesting Sexual Violence, Afghan Artist Forced into Hiding

by Laura C. Mallonee March 9, 2015March 9, 2015

An Afghan artist who enacted a performance against sexual molestation in a crowded Kabul marketplace has been forced into hiding, AFP reported.

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