SCUM COMMUNITY
Scum Community is an e-distribution service for critical thinking, discussions, and explorations of modern life. To be featured please submit work to studioscum@outlook.com with Scum Community as the subject title. We accept all mediums - critical writing, visual art, poetry, film, music, radio and performance.
March 23rd 2021
This is an extended essay by Gabriel Kidd. Currently studying at Manchester School of Art, Patches of a Quilt offers observations on notions of queer domesticities as approached by Robert Rauschenberg and The Cockettes. The essay’s intent is to unravel a small portion of the ways by which queer folk tackle the heteronormative frameworks encompassed within dominant domestic landscapes. Gabriel’s writing is retrospective in its chosen figures but much of the thematic inquest underway finds relevance in their own work; often invested in situating a contemporary queer identity in and amongst scenes of domesticity.
This is an extended essay by Gabriel Kidd. Currently studying at Manchester School of Art, Patches of a Quilt offers observations on notions of queer domesticities as approached by Robert Rauschenberg and The Cockettes. The essay’s intent is to unravel a small portion of the ways by which queer folk tackle the heteronormative frameworks encompassed within dominant domestic landscapes. Gabriel’s writing is retrospective in its chosen figures but much of the thematic inquest underway finds relevance in their own work; often invested in situating a contemporary queer identity in and amongst scenes of domesticity.
March 20th 2021
This is an extended essay written by Hanah Sullivan who is currently studying at Manchester School of Art.
"Understanding that the medium comes from stone and water, there becomes an unspoken unity between humans and paint; we are connected to the source of the medium through physical being."
This is an extended essay written by Hanah Sullivan who is currently studying at Manchester School of Art.
"Understanding that the medium comes from stone and water, there becomes an unspoken unity between humans and paint; we are connected to the source of the medium through physical being."
The essays purpose is to demonstrate the ways in which as humans we are emotionally, and psychologically connected to painting. Hannah's artistic practice explores similar themes, working to permeate human presence in her paintings.
April 29th 2020
This is a dissertation by Ella Jo who graduated from the University of Manchester in the faculty of Arts, Languages and cultures.
This is a dissertation by Ella Jo who graduated from the University of Manchester in the faculty of Arts, Languages and cultures.
"Recent years have seen disturbing trends and developments within internet pornography. “Teen”, has become the number one most searched term in online pornography and 40% of online pornography features abuse against women. In 2014 abuse porn websites averaged over sixty million combined hits per month, more hits than sites such as NBC and Disney."
As a marginalised genre these disturbing aspects of internet pornography are often ignored and shut down, despite the rate it is being consumed at. The violence of pornography on PornHub, simply reflects violence within our own social and gendered structures, but just more explicitly and less internalised. Here Ella explores the phenomena and controversy of pornography through icons such as Sasha Grey, Brooke Candy and Erika Lust.
Ella's visual works as an artistic reflection and expression of some theories and ideas raised within this dissertation.
April 28th 2020
In the first essay published by SCUM community, an online platform where we distribute critical thinking, discussions and explorations of modern life, we'd like to introduce Sarah Dario-Moi, better known for her podcast DM TALKS, which covers everything from Feminism to Astrology, in an attempt to promote wellness and healing, whether that be physically, spiritually or emotionally. As Sarah says, we all just want to be seen in our entirety.
In the first essay published by SCUM community, an online platform where we distribute critical thinking, discussions and explorations of modern life, we'd like to introduce Sarah Dario-Moi, better known for her podcast DM TALKS, which covers everything from Feminism to Astrology, in an attempt to promote wellness and healing, whether that be physically, spiritually or emotionally. As Sarah says, we all just want to be seen in our entirety.
Last year, Sarah graduated from The University of Manchester, completing the dissertation "Understandings and Experiences of Racial Microagressions" from the faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health.The textbook definition of racial microagressions is "brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioural, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative prejudicial slights and insults toward any group, particularly culturally marginalized groups." Through a series of interviews, Sarah explores how the small pool of literature, research, definitions and understandings surrounding microagressions effects the well-being and social navigation of people from different ethnic backgrounds.
