This 22-year-old started a fashion line to fight human trafficking.
MEANS is proud to feature the creative determination of Noor Tagouri: Trafficking is, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and...
Should art created by women be called feminist art?
What we define as ‘feminist art’ is nearly as divisive as feminism itself. There is a looseness around the term ‘feminist art’ because it...
In Portraits: Indian Women in a Never-Seen-Before Avatar
MEANS brings you the second in our series, a profile of Nimisha Bhanot via Quartz: In the summer of 2012, Nimisha Bhanot discovered her...
Sarah Maple Exposes the Abuse of Freedom of Speech
MEANS is proud to feature three treatments on the role of feminism in contemporary art today. We begin with a profile of Sarah Maple from...
March in March: The UN Women for Peace Represent
They're all here. Everyone of them. Those who have their skin in the game. Those who have been paying attention. My desire is to just...
A Woman’s Right to Cycle: Afghan National Women’s Cycling Team
MEANS continues its focus on the creative and determined fight for rights in Afghanistan. When you go to ride your bike, what do you...
‘Art Is Stronger Than War’: An Interview With Afghanistan’s First Female Street Artist
An Afghan graffiti artist is boldly taking to the streets with a spray can and hope for a peaceful future. Shamsia Hassani, Afghanistan’s...
Unlocking Workplace Daycare in Bangladesh
The majority of the garment industry’s workers are women – up to 80 per cent by some estimates. Yet, in booming factory towns like Dhaka,...
JD Samson Breaks it Open
JD doesn't fuck around. And she paints. And the other stuff. All of it. And all in the service of the creative bent. That itch. That's...
Nawal El Saadawi
"They said, 'You are a savage and dangerous woman.' I am speaking the truth. And the truth is savage and dangerous." - Nawal El Saadawi...