Male Gaze
The Viral ‘Hot Girl Shit’ Meme Challenges The Male Gaze
In this candid, anticlimactic and often absurd video trend, everything from shaving your pubes to napping is now considered hot.
These Photos Disrupt the Male Gaze
With roots in Riot Grrrl, photographer Whitney Hubbs makes images that challenge norms and herself.
Bambii’s Video Mix Reclaims Dancefloors from the Male Gaze
Watch the globetrotting Toronto DJ's powerful 'EUTHANASIA' visual.
Cindy Sherman Puts 30 Years of Photography on Display in New York
'Once Upon a Time,' the three-decade survey of the photographer's work, is her first New York show since her seminal MoMA retrospective in 2012.
Searching for the Origin of the Internet's Most Overused Weed Photo
Where the hell does “Roll It, Lick It, Smoke It” actually come from?
Looks Like Teen Spirit: Intimate Portraits of 90s American Girlhood
Photographer Lauren Greenfield has documented female life through direct, gritty images of young girls and women for decades. Her new monograph "Girl Culture" offers an empathetic perspective that humanizes rather than reduces its female subjects.
Ephemeral Illustrations Depict Quintessential ‘It Girls’
She’s got that 'je ne sais quoi' thing—and a whole lot of attitude.
The Problematic Gender Politics Between Masc and Fem Gays
A sociologist embeds within Louisiana bar culture to uncover whether bears treat twinks differently than men treat women in general.
How Bjork and Beyoncé Destroyed Pop Music's Heartbroken Woman
When women are angry, they are expected to be sexy. When women are hurt, they are expected to be dignified. These two records changed that.
20 Female Artists' Perspectives on the Nude
'In the Raw: The Female Gaze on the Nude' is a group show of female artists working with the subject of the female nude.
A Painter Challenges the Traditional Privilege of the White Male Gaze
Jennifer Packer’s Breathing Room creates space between the subject and the viewer.
'Second Skin' Sculptures #FreeTheNipple in an Artful Way
The story of how one brave Willem de Kooning student was able to get around Instagram's censorship.