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Arts & entertainment, Books, Cultural perspectives, Interviews, Visual arts, World

Searching for a place to belong: Interview with photographer Kosuke Okahara

Photographer Kosuke Okahara documents the lives of girls who engage in self-injury in Japan. Continue reading Searching for a place to belong: Interview with photographer Kosuke Okahara

Nina7 January 202526 July 2025
Arts & entertainment, Books, Cultural perspectives, Interviews, Visual arts, World

Lifting the stigma on self-injury in Japan: interview with photographer Lin Shihyen

Lin Shihyen made it her goal to bring self-injury to light. She released a photography book about those who have self-injured. Continue reading Lifting the stigma on self-injury in Japan: interview with photographer Lin Shihyen

Nina21 April 202426 July 2025
Arts & entertainment, Books, Gender studies, Movies & series, Politics & society

Book review: Which as You Know Means Violence, Philippa Snow, 2022

Philippa Snow’s 2022 essay “Which as You Know Means Violence” is a reflection about self-injury in art and entertainment. Read the review. Continue reading Book review: Which as You Know Means Violence, Philippa Snow, 2022

Nina15 August 202326 July 2025
Arts & entertainment, Books, Cultural perspectives, Religion, Visual arts, World

Book review: ‘Ashura’ This Blood Spilled in My Veins, Jalal Toufic, 2005

Lebanese writer and artist Jalal Toufic photographed the graphic Shia festival of Ashura and the ceremony of Tatbir for his book Continue reading Book review: ‘Ashura’ This Blood Spilled in My Veins, Jalal Toufic, 2005

Nina7 August 202326 July 2025

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