Category: Sexualization
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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
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A Void
A Void In this, I have agreed to what was termed ‘A life modelling process’ for an artist seeking volunteers for a project he is working on. I stand before him in my dressing gown, nude underneath and wondering what he wants me to do, he tells me: ‘Don’t worry, I have done this lots…
Alison Little
Abortion, Art, Casual Sex, Celebration, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Conceptual Art, Conflict, Consent, Decay, Degrading, Depression, Dildo, Disorder, Domesticity, Dust, End of Innocence, Ethical, Female Icons, Feminist Art, Fertility, fiction, Flash Fiction, Gender Roles, Hopital, Illegal Abortion, Impotency, Installation, KY Jelly, Latex, Library, Life Model, Liverpool, Liverpool Central Library, Menopause, Mental Health, Metropolis, Morality, Non-consensual sex, Photography, Rape and Sexual Violence, Relationships, Sculpture, Sex, Sexual Freedom, Sexual Parteners, Sexualization, Sinful, Social Roles, Suffrage Movement, Third wave feminism, Trauma, Uncategorized, Unpeel skin, Victim Blaming, Vulva, Waste Product, Women’s Right -
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…
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Hand-Held Destinies
Wednesday evening saw the opening of; John Moores Painting Prize, the Rise of the Sixties in Liverpool, at the Exhibition Research Lab of John Moores University. The fresh white interior of the John Lennon Art and Design Building provided the exhibition venue, brought to life by an evening of the performance. Stimulating music, spoken word…
Alison Little
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Remember your Thong Collection
Who was in their late teens, earlier twenties at the turn of the Millennium? Remember your thong collection! The underwear which stamped our generation of alpha females. We lead the way for third wave feminism with our underwear which really did show off our bums. The first wave of feminism lead by Emmeline Pankhurst got…
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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
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 -
A Letter to Fat Fiasol’ Mother
A Letter to Fat Fiasol’ Mother is a flash fiction piece from Alison Little. She created the prose as an exercise while writing her novel, Casual Nexus. The piece adopts the point of view of the main character of the narrative: Sal and is directed towards the Mother of an undercover Police Officer who failed…
Alison Little
Bi Sexual, Casual Sex, Chickens, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Conflict, Degrading, Delluded, Dildo, Disorder, Domineering, Fetish, fiction, Flash Fiction, Gay Porn, Impotency, Leg over, Leisure time, Lies, Male gaze, Manipulation, Mother, Police, Rape and Sexual Violence, Relationships, Same Sex Relationships, Semi-erect penis, Senior Police Officer, Sex, Sexual Parteners, Sexualization, Sick, Sinful, Snakes, Social Roles, Uncategorized, Warped -
ED
ED Erectile Dysfunction ‘ED’ is the latest conceptual based sculpture from Alison Little identifying issues around impotence. In the works, she utilises similar techniques of constructing a polythene outer shell then simply ‘Stuffing’ the form with shredded paper. A concrete base is used to engage with a free standing frame, approximately 1 meter tall in…
Alison Little
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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
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 -
In the Red Dress I Wear to Your Funeral
In the Red Dress I Wear to Your Funeral is a poem written by Erin Belieu which appears in her latest book Black Box. The textiles based machine embroidery was created by Alison Little as a response to the poem. Erin has kindly given her permission to use the poem as the subject matter for the artwork…
Alison Little
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