Stav Strashko ~ TeenVogue

This Video Proves There’s No Right or Wrong Way to Be a Lady ~Starring the inimitable Stav Strashko

Over the last year or so, we’ve witnessed some significant strides when it comes to shattering the gender norms we’ve come to know all too well. Though amidst the triumphs — like the rise of the power suit on the red carpet, or gender-fluid clothing lines — there are still myriad moments that dial us back to old times, when pants were seen as “menswear only” and women were reduced to dressing “ladylike” (whatever that even means). We were reminded of all this just last week, when sexist posters surfaced at a high school in Jacksonville, Florida, prompting students to dress like “good girls” at prom, and casting shame upon dresses that showed off even the slightest bit of skin.

The bottom line is: Women have been policed for what they wear and how they behave in public since the beginning of modern society. But if we’re going to continue to smash the patriarchy in 2017, then it’s up to us “ladies” to not comply with the rules. With this in mind, check out our short tongue-in-cheek video, directed by Catherine Orchard and starring the inimitable Stav Strashko, who flawlessly shows that there’s simply no right or wrong way to be a lady in this world.

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Siobhan Atwell ~ Vogue

Though models are paid to be seen and not necessarily heard, the industry has lately become a platform for the transgender voice. Barneys, H&M, and Givenchy are just a handful of brands that have enlisted transgender talent to bring life to their ad campaigns; gender fluidity has been a pervading theme in collections as of late; and designers have looked to rising stars like Andreja Pejic, Lea T, and Hari Nef to walk their runways. Some of these famous faces’ stories have played out before our very eyes—most notably that of Pejic, who first came onto the scene as Andrej and posed as both male and female before transforming into the female model she is today.

Model Siobhan Atwell is taking a leaf from Pejic’s book. She announced publicly last month that she had made the decision to fully transition. Atwell’s androgynous features—luscious brown lengths, pillowy lips, and razor-sharp brows that call to mind a mash-up of Kendall Jenner, Angelina Jolie, and Brooke Shields—allowed her to pose as either male or female when she first came onto the modeling scene two years ago, and she quickly became a muse to Hood By Air designer (and gender-fluidity pioneer) Shayne Oliver.

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Mimi Tao ~  German documentary explores transgender life in Thailand 
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A German media company got an in-depth understanding of how transgender people live and are accepted in Thailand during the filming of a documentary at the Sisters Foundation in Pattaya.

The filmmakers, working on a project called “Transgender Recognition in Thailand”, interviewed Foundation Director Tithiyanat Nakpoh; Mimi Tao, a transgender model; Thongtha Janroenjai, a local transgender teacher; and many others Oct. 31. The program aims to explain how transgenders are treated in Thailand and that it’s ok to be openly gay here.

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Korra Del Rio ~ Porn And A Donut

My short term goal for the next three months is to feel comfortable being sexy. I’m still so tense and shy. I want to figure out how to mellow out and embrace the limits of my body in a positive sense. I have to remember a limit isn’t so much a knock against you. It’s a known quantity and can be utilized as a tool to enrich everything else. You can’t fully use a tool you don’t understand.

Source: korradelrio
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