Miss Rosen

Activism

The garden project exposing the fault lines of US justice

Inside the prisoner’s apothecary — The Prisoner’s Apothecary is a mobile healing unit bringing natural medicines to communities impacted by mass incarceration. 

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Photography

Photos of rural love in ’90s Ireland

Cork City singles — In 1992, photographer Kevin O’Farrell headed to Lisdoonvarna, on the country’s west coast, to capture a month-long matchmaking festival.

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Activism

A grassroots guide to surviving the patriarchy

From the ground up — In the ’70s, the bestselling New Woman’s Survival Catalog drew attention to the power of local activism.

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Photography

Surreal shots of sex, death and mysticism in Mexico

Enter the cucaracha — In his latest project, La Cucaracha, photographer Pieter Hugo attempts to unravel the country’s most compelling mysteries.

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Photography

A visual history of the Lower East Side

Centre of resistance — Photographer Karen O’Sullivan remembers the neighbourhood’s gritty, pre-gentrification glory days.

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Books

The countercultural power of American pulp fiction

Mid-century rebellion — Popular mid-century paperbacks would often tackle radical issues shunned by the high-brow mainstream, disguising them in accessible language and compelling plots.

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Photography

How webcams revolutionised pornography and sex work

Content life — A new exhibition examines how cam culture changed the way we communicate, and sparked a new wave of online content.

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Music

Roberta Bayley, the queen of punk, on New York’s raw years

She Just Takes Pictures — In the ’70s, Roberta Bayley moved to the city and bought a camera. Within a year, she was capturing icons like Iggy Pop, Blondie, the Sex Pistols and X-Ray Spex.

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Photography

A tribute to New York’s DIY basketball scene

Take your shot — Photographer Larry Racioppo spent the ’90s capturing the city’s makeshift streetball courts: ’the closer I looked, the more interesting they became. Many are really a form of folk art.’

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Photography

The woman who transformed photography in the ’30s

Remembering Dora Maar — For decades, Dora Maar was known primarily for being Picasso’s muse and mistress – in fact, she was a revolutionary in her own right.

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