N°5

December 2022

In Gaze N°5 : Our "warrior Women’s Rest" Spread, a POET who revolutionized love, a self-managed lesbian Community, A VERY HOT DIARY FROM A seniors retirement home...

Pas de Deux

Armour Down

While inequality persists, the strength of activists is waning. Brazilian artist Fannie Sosa created the "Black Power Naps", French artist Louisadonna works by day with victims of sexual violence as a psychiatrist, and sings her feminism. How do they rest? Both women laid down their armour for a chat. — Words: Christelle Murhula. Photos: Shérilane Brown.

Portrait

Lido Pimienta

At 36, she is the future of Colombian music. Her concerts might feel like love-fuelled happenings, but they look like demonstrations and for her, the stage is a place both of refuge and activism. — Words: Maële Diallo. Photos : Hélène Tchen Cardenas.

Investigation

A victim’s Truce

She decided not to press charges. Do you wonder if she feels guilty about potential next victims? Does she see herself as a bad feminist, worse, a bad woman? Maybe she does. Anatomy of an impossible choice. — Words: Anaïs Koopman.

Warrior Women’s Rest

Culture list

In these pages inspired by our Gaze Letter, we recommend films, series and books to give yourself a rest full of female gaze.

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Bell Hooks

For writer and activist Kiyémis, telling the story of bell hooks is to tell the story of a thinker who continues to mark the history of feminisms, feminists, and women around the world.

Art Herstory

The Nymph

What if, by giving a voice to the women who populate our paintings, we rewrote a piece of art history? In this issue, let art historian Eva Kirilof tell you the story of a mythological Lolita: the nymph.

Love Letter

Aurélie FOglia

In each issue we publish a woman's love letter to herself. With the whole world working against our self-esteem, it’s time to make our own declaration of self-love: a revolutionary act that’s just as difficult as it can be life-changing.

Portfolio

Solmaz DARYANI

Since 2014, Solmaz Daryani has returned to the places of her childhood to document the disappearance of Lake Ummia in Iran. Today, only the remnants of a lake suffocated by global warming and the excessive industrial activity that developed there to cope with the food shortages caused by eight years of war between Iran and Iraq remain.

Portfolio

Carol Newhouse

1974. Three women in their early thirties leave everything behind to look for a piece of land where they can realise their idea of utopia, to create an autonomous, self-managed lesbian community. They chose Oregon to build a village in which they could construct a life far from the patriarchy.

Open Call

SLOWNESS

The winner of our fifth open call for photographs, on the theme of "Slowness", is the French photographer Juliette Alhmah!

Essay

Memoirs of a lolita

From the retirement home that she recently moved into, Lolita writes about her love life; from the logistics required to make love despite rheumatism and 24-hour nursing, to her personal quest for kicks.

Focus

mother dearest

An indefatigable chronicler of her family for several decades, the American photographer Tierney Gearon has produced a series of striking images from the bedside of her mother, who is suffering from a mental illness. The pictures serve as documentation of a generational handover. — Words: Clémentine Gallot

Essay

Two hours inside a woman’s ear

If you were to slip inside the ear of an ordinary woman, for a few ordinary hours during one of her ordinary days, what would you hear? – Words: Adeline Grais-Cernea

Flash Forward

The invisible

In each issue of Gaze, a different author takes a deep dive into the future, with an original piece of speculative fiction. This time, Lou Kanche takes us to the year 2080, where society has dispensed with clothing. – Illustrations : Lou Benesch

Personal Pantheon

Betony Vernon

Who would feature in your own pantheon of inspiring women? Designer Betony Vernon shares hers. — Photos : Ellen von Unwerth