Moreshin Allahyari is an Iranian media artist and activist living in the United States since 2007. Her work is thought-provoking, linking modernity with ancient tradition and re-interpreting the past in …
Adrian Angelico is making a bold statement in opera. He is one of a growing number of trans opera singers forging a new path for the future. As a mezzo-soprano, …
She follows her nose and stands once more before the doors of a quintessential dilemma. Male or Female. Here is her paradox. A staccato voice seems to challenge her, berate …
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. …
The structure of the house was hierarchical, with my grandfather at the top, but its secret life – the life of pie crusts, clean sheets, the box of rags in …
I see stunning men walking on the street everyday. Some walk shirtless because it’s hot and they feel more comfortable that way. Do I scream out at them, beep at …
Her name was Asia. His was Europe. Her name was silence. His was power. Her name was poverty. His was wealth. Her name was Her, but what was hers? His …
Then you my goddess with your immortal lips smiling Would ask what now afflicts me, why again I am calling and what now I with my restive heart Desired: Whom …
Our world seems increasingly fractured by mistrust and hate. Can music, especially that of the human voice, heal those fractures? Sevdalinka or Sevdah music is a genre of folk music that …
Gender identity is more complicated than society likes to admit. Does it remain a valid means of classifying human beings? “I’m sorry, but I do hate this differentiation between the …
