Art + Culture – An Illustrated Documentary Project
In the past few months I had what one might describe as a sentimental experience. Some art projects I did or took part in, more than fifteen years ago, kept resurfacing. It was fun, I admit, but as an unsentimental person it led me to create a list of things I DON’T miss about being […]
I was probably ten years old when my mother’s voice echoed through the house saying, “Close your legs!” She casually said this like it was a simple truth that needed to be heard. I then learned that ladies do not sit with their legs spread wide apart. It took me years to realize that boys […]
Forty some years ago, I was born in a small suburban city, far, far away (mentally speaking) from Tel Aviv. Feminism wasn’t discussed back then. Most women were housewives, most of the men were at work and my mom was getting a weekly allowance from my dad. More than forty years later, living my independent […]
Ilanit Shamia 