Category Archives: Gender

Genealogist Stephen White to talk about Pomquet’s Founding Families, January 11, 2:00 p.m.

Well known genealogist Stephen White Author of“Dictionnaire des familles Acadiennes“ will speak on the founding families in Pomquet with emphasis on the founding women and  using mitrochondrial DNA testing to establish maternal lines going back to the first women in Acadie                                   Àt la SASC Pomquet (next to the Glebe House) 1154  Monks Head […]

Afghani Photo-Artist Hanifa Alzida refused visa to enter Canada to exhibit her photography

http://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/afghan-artist-denied-entry-for-violence-against-women-symposium A prominent Afghan artist celebrated in several countries for her dramatic photos illustrating the silencing of women is being denied the opportunity to speak in Ottawa by the Canadian government.   Hanifa Alizada, a photo-artist and art teacher at Kabul University, has been refused a visa to enter Canada to deliver a speech about […]

BOW DOWN: Queens in Art – An Exhibit at Smith College Museum of Art

What exactly we see when we look at a queen is now the subject of BOW DOWN: Queens in Art, a historical survey at Smith College. Its prints, drawings, and photographs of women ranging from Marie Antoinette to Queen Victoria suggest that our perception of royal ladies may rely more on how they are depicted than it […]

Bizarre Historical Photos

http://www.answers.com/article/1237577/24-bizarre-historical-photos-you-need-to-see?paramt=1&param4=fb-ca-de-lifestyle&param1=today&param2=15842871&param5=10152433888046186&param6=15857941#slide=1 This link to 24 bizarre historical photos led me to ask if the Imagine Antigonish collection has a photo that would be eligible.    My suggestion is this one circa 1910, which you can find in the Photo Gallery labelled Gender.  What IS going on here?  Is the man on the right holding a […]

London-based Photographer Sandi Ford showcases stunning maternity photos.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/06/pregnancy-photography-sensual-sexy_n_6109776.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000023&ir=Good+News London-based photographer Sandi Ford showcases the “sensual, sexy, attractive, and elegant” side of pregnant women through stunning maternity photos.   For me, the black and white photos are the most striking and evocative.

Tennis for Everyone in 1900 & the Wearing of the Middy Blouse

        This photo from the Waldren Studio Collection, Dalhousie University is a glass negative inscribed in handwriting: Mrs. C. C. Gregory 1900.   Can anyone make the connection to Mrs. C. C. Gregory?  Or anyone else in this photo? Or, is there a written or remembered history of playing tennis in Antigonish, […]

Imagine Hong Kong 1950s

Have a look at Chinese street photographer Han Fo’s b/w photos of Hong Kong in the 1950s.    Imagine Hong Kong!!!!  Look for some of the same conditions for community health in this bustling urban metropolis as in Imagine Antigonish, a bustling rural town and county:  Social Support Networks; Early Childhood Education & Play; Intergenerational […]