The boundaries between fashion and art - Considering the intersections is most definetly the best way to describe Mahret Kupka’s work.
The berlin-based freelance writer is well-known for a lot of profound essays about contemporary and essantial themes concerning art and fashion. Furthermore she ran over three years the blog fnart.org and started recently her new blog modekoerper.de. For our MAMA ISSUE she already supported us with a great text.
For our WRONG ISSUE Mahret Kupka analysed a gender discussion which is part of her dissertation which she is working on right now.
Some extracts of her essay:
[...] "The typical girl prefers the color pink, plays with dolls, has a knack for language, loves to communicate and gets poor marks in mathematics, whereas the typical boy likes blue, is comparatively taciturn and prefers to run around outside with his buddies. No, this is nothing new, but one might have hoped that since the women’s movement, these stereotypes would have changed, that today a girl would be able to climb trees without being considered a “tomboy”, but could simply be a girl who would rather climb trees than play with dolls; that the magazine Gala wouldn’t need to quote psychotherapists to certify that the behavior of Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, the daughter of Angelina and Brad who prefers sturdy boots, baggy pants and loose shirts with neckties to sundresses and ballet slippers, “is a very healthy activity for a little girl”; that a boy could also enjoy dressing up and playing with dolls without those around him drawing conclusions about his future sexual orientation." [...]
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