Category: Prostitution

• 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

• Park Benched

    Park Benched is a fictional works by Alison Little. Explicit content warning. I stand solid and well positioned overlooking the lake in Stanley Park. A traditional park bench is my primary role. High-quality seating provision for the park dwellers of the North Liverpool district of the famed Anfield. To my front, I have the…

  Alison Little

  January 4, 2019

  Everton Park, Fetish, Goodison Park, Liverpool, Liverpool Football Club, Old Clothes, Park Bench, Parks, Prostitution, Same Sex Relationships, Sex, Sexual Freedom, Sexual Parteners, Stanley Park, Uncategorized, Warped

• Artist Talk: The Female Suspension

  The Female suspension is an installation which addresses a world of sexual violence. The lower bodies and limbs of numerous women who have been raped are suspended by chained, hooks penetrating their groins. Meat like, a waste product, violated then disposed of like an animal carcass meat still to be stripped from the bones. This…

  Alison Little

  February 23, 2018

  Art, Casual Sex, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Conceptual Art, death, Evil, Failing, Fear, Feminist Art, Fine Art Textiles, Hanging, Installation, Leg over, Leisure time, Liverpool, Male gaze, Mental Health, Morality, Prostitution, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), Rape and Sexual Violence, Relationships, Same Sex Relationships, Sculpture, Sex, Sexual Parteners, Sexualization, Stalker, Suicide, Terror Attack, Uncategorized, Women’s Right

• Consequential

  Consequential is the final chapter of Casual Nexus, the novel being written by Alison Little, this is an extract from the chapter. The characters and events are not based on real people or occurrences. Bea Richards has also heard about the exhibition which Sal had got work into earlier in the week. Like Kate, she…

  Alison Little

  January 5, 2018

  Affair, Aristocracy, Art, Beauty, Casual Sex, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Failing, Family, fiction, Jellousy, Leg over, Leisure time, Lies, Police, Police Women, Prostitution, Rape and Sexual Violence, Self pity, Senior Police Officer, Sex, Sexual Parteners, Uncategorized