Category: Male gaze

• Mrs Trump

    Although Mrs Trump and other characters in the narrative are real, this is strictly a fiction works and the actions and events are not based on real life. Mrs Trump gazes over the silver-framed Wedding photo they have positioned on the intricacies of their mantelpiece. The happy day: a falsehood, like herself, a manufactured…

  Alison Little

  March 13, 2020

  Affair, Casual Sex, Conflict, Conquering, Male gaze, Mantle-piece, Self obsession, Self pity, Sex, Sexual Freedom, Sexual Parteners, Sexualization, Sinful, Social Roles, Trump, Uncategorized, WAG

• The Eternal I

  Explicit content warning The Eternal I I am the all I am the only I am an example for others I am all that matters I am my ultimate muse Standing, average size in height. Pleasant facial features, nothing extraordinary, a relatively forgettable portrait shot. Plastered on layers of make-up, a full face, foundation, powder…

  Alison Little

  February 7, 2020

  Alter Ego, Bleach Blond, Breast Implants, Casual Sex, Cosmetic Enhancement, Delluded, Durex, Ego-centric, False, Feminism, Flash Fiction, Latex, Leg over, Male gaze, Morality, Museum, Self obsession, Sex, Uncategorized, VG&M, Victoria Museum and Gallery

• 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

  January 17, 2020

  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

• GHB

  Earlier in the week, we saw the conviction of serial rapist Reynhard Sinaga for a string of sex offences against 48 men, it is believed there were many more attacks. He drugged and filmed his victims during the assaults at his Manchester city-centre flat. His date rape drug of choice: GHB, how more than ever,…

  Alison Little

  January 10, 2020

  Aids, Consent, Consentual Sex, Degrading, Disorder, Humanitarian, Male gaze, Male Rape, Manchester, Morality, Narcotics, Non-Consentual Sex, Off to Uni, Police, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), Rape and Sexual Violence, Reynhard Sinaga, Safe Space, Sex, Sexual Parteners, Sinful, Trauma, Trial, Uncategorized, Unpeel skin, Victim Blaming, Violation, Warped

• Quotes from Catherine MacKinnon

  Catherine MacKinnon, a mother of second-wave feminism, led the US movement alongside greats such as Andrea Dworkin and Gloria Steinem. Primarily, a legal scholar, lecturing at institutions such as Harvard. Specialising in sexual harassment, pornography and prostitution. We take a look at some quotes from her acclaimed 1980’s publication, Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on life and…

  Alison Little

  December 6, 2019

  Abortion, Casual Sex, Consent, Degrading, Female Icons, Feminism, Gloria Steinem, Male gaze, Morality, Mother, Prostitution, Rape and Sexual Violence, Second Wave Feminism, Seventies, Sex, Sexual Freedom, Sexual Parteners, Sexualization, Social Roles, Uncategorized, Women’s Right

• Do we need a Miss Liverpool?

  The ritualistic process of crowning a Miss Liverpool is an annual event in the city of Liverpool. Initially, relating to the ancient custom of Marriage, the ball-like gown paraded by the contestants often being the traditional white. The notion of a maiden passing of age is also conjured up by the generation of the contestants,…

  Alison Little

  February 1, 2019

  American Dream, Beauty, Beauty Pageanting, Casual Sex, Celebrity Culture, Child Pageanting, Croxteth Hall Park, Degrading, Female Icons, Germaine Geer, Grafton Rooms, West Derby Road, Leisure time, Liverpool, Male gaze, Miss Liverpool, Morality, Photography, Plus Size, Prostitution, Rape and Sexual Violence, Same Sex Relationships, Sexualization of Children, Social Roles, Uncategorized, Violation, Virginity

• Will you be my Bride, McBride

  ‘Will you be my Bride, McBride’ is an extract from the latest chapter being written from the novel ‘Casual Nexus’ from Alison Little: Will you be my bride, McBride Jack was around his best friends house, Huxley McBride, they have finished school for the day. It was early September and they had just started in…

  Alison Little

  October 26, 2018

  Atari, Celebrity Culture, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Conflict, Conquering, End of Innocence, Flash Fiction, Gender Roles, Learning, Leg over, Leisure time, Male gaze, Mood Swings, Narcotics, Packman, Rape and Sexual Violence, Sex, Sexual Parteners, Sexualization, Sinful, Social Roles, Uncategorized, Violation

• Small Steps and Art Activism

  Last Thursday saw Small Steps events take over Make on North Liverpool Docks. Small Steps runs events to highlight social issues through the arts. Last Thursday saw an eclectic mix of performance, a breathtaking visual arts exhibition and engaging workshops drawing attention to Mental Health. Cork-based artist Ann Mechelinck showed us how craft-based practice can…

  Alison Little

  September 21, 2018

  Anxiety, Art, Biennial Independents, Captivity, Conceptual Art, Conflict, Depression, Film, Film Maker, Fine Art Textiles, Gender Roles, Installation, Liverpool Biennial, Male gaze, Mental Health, Painting, Rape and Sexual Violence, Suicide, Textiles, Trauma, Uncategorized, video art

• Augustus: Head

  Augustus: Head is a flash fiction works in response to the Meroe Head of Augustus which was exhibited at the Victoria Museum and Gallery in Liverpool earlier in the year. Augustus: Head He stands above us Looking down Piercing eyes Looking through us to a greater existence Baby-faced, framed with cropped curls Winged ears arch…

  Alison Little

  August 24, 2018

  Augustus, Captivity, Conquering, Degrading, Dessert, Domineering, Failing, Male gaze, Meroe Head of Augustus, One-Eyed Queen, Roman, Roman Empire, Uncategorized

• All the Fun of the Fair

  Last week saw the ‘All the Fun of the Fair’ installation take over at Bold Place. This weeks blog shares the original fiction works which was the intial sourse point for the installation. All the Fun of the Fair She felt low down, sank down, fallen through into a space only six foot by two…

  Alison Little

  August 10, 2018

  4th of July, Adverse Lifestyle, American Dream, Art, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Conflict, death, Degrading, Devil, Disorder, Domineering, End of Innocence, Evil, Failing, Fair Grounds, Lobster, Maine County, Male gaze, New England, New York City, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), Rape and Sexual Violence, Sex, Sinful, Take away Lobster, Trauma, Uncategorized, Violation, Women’s Right