Category: Barbie
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Convict Blanket
Convict blanket is the latest art activism works from concept-based arts practitioner, Alison Little. A sensation to shock and stand against rape, rape culture and the authorities put in place to tackle sex crime within our society. Convict blanket confronts us with the homage style of using material available, in this case, the humble scratch […]
Alison Little
Art, Barbie, Captivity, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Conflict, Crack, Crack whore, Degrading, Delluded, Disorder, Embroidery, End of Innocence, Fear, Feminism, Feminist Art, Heroin, HMP, Male gaze, Male Rape, Mental Health, Morality, Narcotics, Non-consensual sex, Police, Police corruption, Police Women, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), Rape and Sexual Violence, Rape culture, Senior Police Officer, Sex, Sexual Freedom, Sinful, Slut Shaming, Social Roles, Social unrest, Textiles, Uncategorized, Victim Blaming, Women’s Right -
Barbie Must Die!
The top 10 reasons why Barbie must die and be with us no longer. 10 Goes out with Ken. 9 Drives very slow cars. 8 A bit too fond of Pink! 7 Delicate and brakes easily. 6 Does nothing other than leisure activities. 5 Injection moulded, resulting in her looking like every other injection […]
Alison Little
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I must be Miss Liverpool!
I must be Miss Liverpool! We are seated, lined up, eventually at the final of Miss Liverpool. The seats of the room arched around, judges desks empty for now. They have demobbed to a side room, making the final, ultimate, life-changing decision. I must be Miss Liverpool! It’s taken me four years to get here, […]
Alison Little
Alder Hey, Alter Ego, Barbie, Beauty, Beauty Pageanting, Celebrity Culture, Conflict, Conquering, Degrading, Delluded, Disorder, Domineering, End of Innocence, False, Female Icons, Flash Fiction, Grafton Rooms, West Derby Road, Light Night Liverpool, Liverpool, Miss Liverpool, re-coil, Reading, Self pity, Sick, Sinful, Uncategorized, WAG, Want to be WAG, Women’s Right -
Nicknames
Love them or hate them! A sense of endearment or a form of mockery? I look back through mine, first, there was ‘Ali’ from ‘Alison’, an obvious shortening first used by my elder brother who was struggling to pronounce my full name. On a week in Ross and Wye with my Primary School class lead […]
Alison Little