Nan Goldin (b 1953) is an American photographer and activist whose work explores LGBTQ+ subcultures, sexual intimacy, HIV/AIDS crisis, and the opioid epidemic. Now, a new documentary film, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras is set to release in the UK in January 2023. It…
PlanetHeroines23rd December 2022
Penny Slinger’s ever-evolving oeuvre encompasses Surrealism, feminism, and eroticism (to name a few) through the mediums of collage, fashion, film, prose and poetry, and sculpture.
PlanetHeroines22nd December 2022
For those of us in the UK, today marks the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year and according to the Met Office, that means a staggering nine hours more of darkness than we get for the summer solstice.
PlanetHeroines21st December 2022
“This small volume is a whole lot of fun! Having taken up mixology as my lockdown hobby, I take the contents very seriously (I shall be toasting the New Year with a Marlene Dietrich), but even if the cocktails aren’t for you, the bios and illustrations of 60 iconic women from Alison…
PlanetHeroines19th December 2022
After a difficult year it’s important to find bliss in the everyday, whether that’s calling an old friend, sneaking some snacks that were supposed to be saved for Christmas day or pouring yourself a drink...
PlanetHeroines16th December 2022
Margarethe (Margaret) Gross was born in 1902 into a Jewish family in Dzieditz, near Cracow, in what was then Austria (now Poland). Her liberal upbringing led her to studying photography at the Institute of Graphic Arts and Research in Vienna, followed by apprenticeships in some of the leading Viennese studios of the…
PlanetHeroines15th December 2022
My recommendation for the advent calendar is the film I enjoyed the most this year – Everything Everywhere All At Once, dir. by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.
PlanetHeroines15th December 2022
