Sissy Journal

08/11/2021

A modern post-war kitchen designed by the Housing Staff of the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics, a division within the United States Department of Agriculture, that had the utilitarian needs of the 50s housewife and woman in mind.

A great insight into Design Thinking and the daily needs of lower-middle and working class women during the mid 20th century.

Creator(s): Department of Agriculture. Office of Public Affairs. (1990 - 1995) (Most Recent)Series : Public Information and Training Motion Picture and Tele...

26/10/2021

“The kind of connectedness women’s spirituality and goddess spirituality teaches about the earth is missing in politics today. And the people who are guiding our countries see only nature as resource for industrial growth. They don’t see the sacredness and the interconnectedness.” –– American author Charlene Spretnak on the relationship between environmentalism, the divine feminine, and goddess spirituality.

Taken from the 1989 documentary Goddess Remembered directed by Donna Reade and produced by NFB. You can access the full documentary through our website. Just follow the the link in our bio and click the YouTube social icon at the bottom of our homepage to watch.

13/09/2021

Dreaming of spring, utopian eruption, The Summer of Love, and RAF SIMONS OFFICIAL's psychedelic Spring/Summer 2021 collection. It’s one for the children of the revolution ✌🏼💕

05/08/2021

Even behind the steely mask of her alter ego Joyce, the London-based artist Juno Calypso finds a way to convey vulnerability, feelings of loneliness, and a somber sense of alienation.

Working across film, photography, and installation, the artist uses hyper-femininity and dark comedy to explore solitude, desire, and cultural concepts of femininity and womanhood.

30/07/2021

‘Goddess Remembered’ is a 1989 Canadian documentary directed by Donna Reade and produced by the NFB. The first in a 3-part series on women and spirituality, ‘Goddess Remembered’ observes 35,000 years of pre-historic art and goddess worship, portraying a time in history when women were at the center of social and spiritual life.

Through its interviews with scholars and archaeologists, the documentary introduces us to feminist theology, spiritual teachings centered on the female experience, and to the modern-day goddess movement. It explores the long-forgotten Great Mother goddess figure and the seminal 1976 book “When God Was a Woman” by Merlin Stone, bringing life to the goddess worshipping religions of the ancient past.

You can access and watch the full documentary by visiting our website. Just click the YouTube social icon at the bottom of our homepage to stream.

26/07/2021

Highlights from Prada's Spring/Summer 2021 collection.

A bold and feminine collection of utilitarian clutch coats, tunics, and kitten heels was the first of Raf Simons and Miuccia Prada’s collaboration at the label.

The show’s physical environment, which was designed to be experienced virtually, was conceptualized by OMA.

23/07/2021

Laurence Philomene, Huldufólk, Iceland, 2019

In Icelandic folklore, the Huldufólk are mischievous and fiercely protective nature spirits that inhabit and preserve the country’s expanse seismic landscapes. They dwell atop mossy fields, inside rocks, and deep within its ancient pine forests, hidden from human sight.

While observing the supernatural relationship between the Huldufólk and the environment during an artist residency in Iceland, the contemporary artist Laurence Philomene drew inspiration from these Icelandic folktales and contemplated our own symbiotic relationship with nature. Like the Huldufólk, we humans are very much a part of nature. Although we may confine ourselves to our homes, towns, and cities, closing ourselves off from the natural world in our built environments, it continues to be an integral part of who we are. We are nature.

When Laurence Philomene looks out into nature they see it reflected within themselves. Like a natural ecosystem that is always in flux, Philomene’s own nonbinary body fluctuates, shifts, and transforms, mimicking the natural environment from where it came. In Huldufólk, their body becomes a symbol for the complexity of the natural world, human nature, sexuality, gender, and 6 million years of evolutionary history that has made us who we are today.

22/07/2021

Simone Bodmer-Turner is a Brooklyn-based ceramicist, designer, and sculptor creating biomorphic vessels and sculptures inspired by the organic lines and shapes of the human body.

If placed next to an airy and sunny window, her sculptures will dance in the daylight. They’ll undulate and pirouette, swell and flow, catching light and casting shadows just as a human body would while it danced against the sunlight.

Photos by Simone Bodmer-Turner

18/07/2021

Kezia Harrell, Butterflies are Bows, 2019

The contemporary artist and painter Kezia Harrell creates fantastical worlds that blur the boundaries between our dreams and waking life. With a mixture of acrylic paints and alcohol markers at hand, Harrell tells a story of Black identity, history, and experience in America. It’s a story of joy and resilience in the face of suffering and oppression.

In her self-portrait ‘Butterflies are Bows’, Harrell enacts a ritual of self-love, revealing any of her perceived imperfections with a loving acceptance that brings her into communion with nature and herself.

Her work was recently included in the acclaimed exhibition ‘Shattered Glass’ at Jeffrey Deitch in L.A. and is currently on display in the group show ‘Ginga’ at Chandran Gallery .

16/07/2021

Highlights from Simone Rocha's Spring/Summer 2021 collection.

If there was ever a time when fantasy was absolutely necessary for survival it was certainly in the dark and wintry depths of our second Covid-19 lockdown. And what better way to conjure up a much-needed fantasy than by referencing an artistic period where dreams of grandeur and nobility were engrained in the day-to-day life of everyday people?

For Spring/Summer 2021, the Irish designer Simone Rocha presented a sumptuous yet demure collection of Virago-sleeved gowns, oversized jackets, and lace-collared shirts, drawing much of her inspiration from Dutch Golden Age painting and the lavish portraits of King Charles II’s mistress Nell Gwynn. It’s from the latter that the collection draws much of its playfulness and coquettishness, placing whoever wears Rocha’s frocks deep inside a Baroque period drama.