BETTINA PITTALUGA-CONSIDERATE PHOTOGRAPHY

BETTINA PITTALUGA-CONSIDERATE 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....
JUSTICE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH.

JUSTICE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH.

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...
APHRA BEHN-GUERRILLA GIRLS WARFARE

APHRA BEHN-GUERRILLA GIRLS WARFARE

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...
IS CLASS A SIMILE FOR RACE IN AMERICA?

IS CLASS A SIMILE FOR RACE IN AMERICA?

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...