Realist

Luis' work popped up on my tumblr newsfeed a while back and I really loved it. I'm always fascinated by things which seem shocking and offensive but Luis' work evidently has a much deeper purpose. Undoubtedly his work is shocking but offers a very interesting critique of society and modern cultural phenomenons.  I've recently being covering some interesting material on biopolitics, a Foucaltian idea. Whereby an individual is governed by a variety of different things such as media, technologies, educations etc. By governed I mean regulated or controlled so to speak. Interestingly I have been focusing on media as a means of regulating.  In relation to Luis Quiles work I think it's interesting to consider how some social medias and online medias regulate gender roles and simultaneously sexism.  This second image I found extremely interesting. Instagram as many of you know, is an app designed to share photos and consequently focuses upon the vis...

Recently, there have been some videos on youtube challenging the ridiculous sexism which women experience by letting men experience it.  These are two of my personal favourites.  If Girls Hit On Guys Like Guys Hit On Girls.  Get Your Arse Out This particular one was done by the Guardian in line with the #EverydaySexism project which has been trending all over twitter and the book has recently been published.  Initially I found this hugely entertaining, but it simply highlights the stupidity of comments and experiences of women on a daily basis.  I recently received Everyday Sexism as a lovely present, so hopefully review will be up soon.  For more visit  http://everydaysexism.com/