by itchysilk | Feb 18, 2022 | PHOTOGRAPHY
At #itchysilk we were taken by the French-Uruguayan photographer Bettina Pittaluga and her honest “considerate” photography. It was an image capturing the love between two black women that caught us; it was a delicate image of ‘love’-nothing more, nothing less....
by itchysilk | May 29, 2020 | THE ITCH
Another year and America once again confirms that police brutality and racism are still very much part of the fabric of the ‘land of the free’. Recent cases: Ahmaud Arbery 23/02/2020 out jogging killed in something reminiscent of a lynching by Travis...
by itchysilk | Apr 5, 2020 | THE ITCH
In his first write-up, Okike Ebenezer shines a brief light on the black sculptor Edmonia Lewis. Born free in 1844 it’s no exaggeration to describe Edmonia Lewis as a revolutionary. As a female she was disadvantaged. As an Afro American she was further disadvantaged....
by Semtex | Aug 7, 2018 | THE ITCH
Recently, #itchysilk writer Semtex spoke to Aphra Behn a former member of the original feminist group Guerrilla Girls. Before Pussy Riot (circa 2011) entered the feminist affray with their punk rock-fuelled sound, Aphra Behn was spearheading a voice for activism and...
by itchysilk | Jul 30, 2018 | THE ITCH
In his first piece for #itchysilk, Kenneth Norwood takes us into thoughts regarding class and race and asks: is class a simile for race in America? In it he argues that while for many, class and race are inseparable, this is in many respects too...
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