Des espaces publics conçus pour le regard hétéro masculin

Read “Most public spaces are male spaces. It is men who do the looking” by Dr Ammar Azzouz

What is inclusive public space for LGBTQ+ citizens? The report, “Queering Public Space” a collaboration between Arup and the University of Westminster, unpicks public spaces and the white male gaze

En résumé : Avec la mise en danger des quartiers gay par la gentrification, on peut changer l’urbanisme pour le rendre plus inclusif pour les personnes queer et/ou femmes. Urbanisme queer En 1980, le Matrix Architectural Collective, organisation féministe, est créé à Londres. Leur objectif est d’étudier les géographies queer et féministes (mais elles continuent…

The Mountains Sing

Sur un tissu bleu, un livre orange est déposé. Son titre est The Mountains Sing. De couleur dominante orange, il représente une femme portant un chapeau de paille qui tourne le dos au spectateur et observe des montagnes.
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Tran Dieu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later in Ha Noi, her young granddaughter, Hương, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Ho Chi Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that tore not just her beloved country but also her family apart.

It hurt to read this book and it hurts like hell to put it down and it’s one of these books that gives me a massive book hangover, the kind where I look at all my other novels and feel defeated because right now I just need to stop feeling. The Mountains Sing is a…

please don’t say just hello in chat

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please don’t say just hello in chat

It may seem trivial, but asking your question before getting that initial salutatory reply also allows for asynchronous communication. If the other party is away, and you leave before they come back, they can still answer your question, instead of just staring at a « Hello » and wondering what they missed. Source : no hello (there’s also…