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Jakob Koganowsky

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The act of veiling fortifies against the leeching male gaze. It provides a barrier of sanctity, as with all things precious, and deliberately withholds itself from consumption. It dignifies and rejects, asserting to be seen or unseen on terms which are elusive.

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“This is not a modern feminist question, it’s simply a narrative question—does the woman act or is she always acted upon?”

— Arshia Sattar interviewed in Words Without Borders.

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Happy 77th, Patti Smith.

1975 photo by Robert Mapplethorpe.

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Shiva and Parvati, ivory from south India (maybe Mysore)

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~ Star tile with raised dragon decoration.

Date: 14th century

Place of origin: Iran

Culture: Ilkhanid Dynasty (1256-1353)

Medium: Stone-paste with turquoise glaze and gold leaf.

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Stroboscopic photographs of the New York City Ballet’s production of Jewels, 1967. Photographed by Gjon Mili.

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Un homme et une femme, 1966

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Gold and opal necklace attributed to the Artificer’s Guild, c. 1900.

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Susan Matasovska’s incredibly real “What Lesbians Do… ” poetry series as featured in “The Crazy Jig V. 2: Gay and Lesbian Writing from Scotland.” (Ed. Joanne Winning, Polygon, 1992)

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Please listen to this And read the Rose of Versailles of course

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eunice de souza • meditation • a necklace of skulls

< if words could kill >

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Tamara de Lempicka (Polish,1898-1980)

Le coquillage, 1941

oil on canvas

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Art work of Martin van Maële (1863-1926)

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Farhad Moshiri (Iranian, 1963-2024), Control Room, 2004. Embroidery on black velvet, 50 x 68 cm.