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The Soundscape
Visible.Invisible was a soundscape of recorded creative conversations between white women in committed relationships with Black men. It was produced in October 2020 for Folkestone Fringe as part of the 'Magic Carpets' Platform and co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. Visible.Invisible reflected on themes of white privilege; taking up and making space; being mothers of Black sons; disclosure, exposure and maintaining privacy; shame, guilt and def
Leah Thorn
Dec 1, 20221 min read


The Film
I am in the process of making extracts from ‘Marinade’ into a short film about racism and anti-semitism, exploring what it means to be Ashkenazi, Anglo-Jewish, white and ’marinated in racism‘. The multi-layeredness of Ashkenazi Anglo-Jewish white identity, and the complexity of the intersection of anti-semitism and racism, will be reflected through a highly-stylised, forensically-edited combination of re-worked 60s and 70s Super 8 footage, family photographs, performance t
Leah Thorn
Nov 30, 20221 min read


The Workshop
white noise* workshops offer a space for white people to have creative and engaged conversations about white identity and privilege and what it means to build commitment to ending racism. Using expressive writing, discussion and listening activities, we address issues such as - the devastating effect of racism on People of the Global Majority and on the planet the impact of racism on our ability to think and act as white people white domination and superiority accelerating
Leah Thorn
Nov 29, 20221 min read


carers
‘I can’t say ‘No, I can’t do it’ ' ‘The world becomes very small’ ‘I can’t tell them she’s my lover’ ‘Ask me how I am...and listen’...
Leah Thorn
Nov 25, 20221 min read


lesbians
‘The images of lesbians weren't me. I wish I'd known when I was fifteen that Dusty Springfield was a lesbian’ ‘We were walking down the...
Leah Thorn
Nov 25, 20221 min read


women in prison
‘I can’t cope with a lot of noise. I just want peace and quiet' ‘Nothing is private. I don’t like going to a male officer for things. I...
Leah Thorn
Nov 25, 20221 min read


'vajazzled'
I’ll never have a designer vagina that vajazzle dazzles and permanently dilates Allie Lee of the Profanity Embroidery Group embroidered...
Leah Thorn
Nov 24, 20221 min read


an extract from 'cream'
Got taut, tight skin? You’re in. Got ticking clocks? Botox. Detox. Resist signs of ageing at all cost. Stop. Reverse. Hide. Slo mo....
Leah Thorn
Nov 24, 20221 min read


an extract from 'screen'
Only men grow old on screen. Women disappear from film and TV by fifty, hit dread and disgust in early middle age and suddenly we’re no...
Leah Thorn
Nov 24, 20221 min read
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