Marta BausellsWe Need to Talk: A Conversation with Emmy the GreatOn a grim winter day, I sat down with the musician to discuss activism, self-care — and talking itselfJul 6, 2017Jul 6, 2017
Marta BausellsStreets without shops: how apps are transforming our local neighbourhoodsGentrification? “There’s an app for that,” as the saying goes. The proliferation of apps that deliver all kinds of on-demand services in…Oct 10, 20161Oct 10, 20161
Marta BausellsIn praise of Ask PollyMost of Heather Havrilesky (aka Ask Polly)’s audience are young-ish (that hideous term, Millenial) women. Her recent excellent article…Sep 20, 2016Sep 20, 2016
Marta Bausells‘Seeing black women portrayed with softness is unusual and stunning’“Amaal [Said] is not only doing something with women of colour in photographs — saying ‘I am here, we exist’ — but also, crucially, her…Sep 5, 2016Sep 5, 2016
Marta Bausells‘If you can’t make an exciting photo without sexualising a woman, maybe you need to practise’“A male artist can approach you under the guise of ‘hey, we’re both creatives, it’s an artistic collaboration’ — but it’s not! They just…Sep 4, 2016Sep 4, 2016
Marta Bausells‘Staying silent would mean internalising a lot of shame about my own body’“I was writing about difficult things that I’d been told to keep hidden because the women in my family weren’t proud of it or they expected…Sep 3, 2016Sep 3, 2016
Marta Bausells‘Make sure you never let anybody tell you that you don’t have a place in art’“No matter what you’re saying, people are going to tell you that there’s no need for you to say it. There’s no need for you to paint…Sep 2, 2016Sep 2, 2016
Marta BausellsIdra Novey: ‘I wanted to burn down the house of fiction’The American author discusses her debut novel set in Rio, finding a comfortable place between cultures, the intersection of gender and…Aug 19, 2016Aug 19, 2016