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a collage shows a black and white photo of sex workers protesting for decriminalization and rights in the background, over top, a lesbian couple fights with each other in red, and over top of that, Corky and Violet from the movie Bound are cut out, where Corky is looking at Violet who has come to her door. Violet's face and neck and eyes are also bright red
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Apparently, Shame Tastes Like My Cunt

Gia Jones
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against a background of repeated holes in a wall with cracks overlaid is a broken tv with a red screen and a pair of stuffed animals in red
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“Too Queer, Too Smart” for Abuse

Holly
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there is a black and white background of nyc with a grid if instagram symbols laid over top a line of red lace crosses the center of the feature as though to say "no" and three scarlet hands, all matching, reach up in the center of the image
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What If It’s a Woman?

motti
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BOULDER, CO - MAY 01: John and Patsy Ramsey, the parents of JonBenet Ramsey, meet with a small selected group of the local Colorado media after four months of silence in Boulder, Colorado on May 1, 1997. Patsy holds up a reward sign for information leading to the arrest of their daughter's murderer. Their 6-year-old daughter was found dead on Christmas night 1996. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post). Photo has over exposure stains on it.
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In The Movie Depicting My Childhood

Stacy Grover
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a young boy is submerged in water surrounded by flowers, light streams up from the bottom of the photo in a blur
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The Flood Came Later

Jude Little
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