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009: TENDER

December 2021

Who cares?

HUMILITY

Word Count: 1,202

by Anne Marie Wirth Cauchon

On the duality and split between softness and sorrow.

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With HYPERACUSIS (PART 1)
a film by SOPHIE HOYLE

GOOD EYE TO THE BOUGHS

Word Count: 1,005

by Lehua Taitano

Poetry on the fine line between birth and death, joy and grief.

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With REGENESIS: AN OPERA TENTACULAR (ACT 1)
a video by RIEKO WHITFIELD

THE TENDERNESS OF THE CUT

Word Count: 1,954

by Vanessa Sinclair

A psychoanalytic take on the omnipresence of dominance, submission, and inaccessibility in our most intimate relationships.

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With SHEER-NAKED-AGGRESSION
a video by SOPHIE HOYLE

LESSONS IN LOVE I: ON REVOLUTIONARY FLIRTING

Word Count: 4,095

by Luce deLire

A call for a radicalization of flirtation.

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With THE STROKER (PT II)
a video by PILVI TAKALA

LETTERS FROM MY CHILDHOOD

Word Count: 708

by Ojo Taiye

Poetry on the delicacy of intimate violence, as seen by a son.

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With an excerpt from AFTER MY DEATH / A MUTABLE DECISION
a performance by INDIRA ALLEGRA

 

A STUDY OF BARE HANDS

Word Count: 867

by Rashida Taylor

A study in the riotous tenderness of pregnancy and birth.
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Fashion editorial with photographer
FIONA IBANICHUKA

POWER AND GENDER IN SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCACY

Word Count: 2,596

by Jen Asturias

An argument for deconstructed gender norms in domestic and sexual violence advocacy.

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With THE STROKER (PT I)
a video by PILVI TAKALA

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