Philippa James

Once a Slag

Matanna Editions  #  7

€ 50.00    (book + print)

€ 100.00  (book + print in Halbe Distance Frame, format A4)

 

In her introduction to the book Philippa James writes: 

"The TikTok soundbite, “once a slag, always a slag” blares from my teenage daughter’s phone  as she shows me a video of her and a friend performing for the camera. I watch in discomfort yet am curious. Are they mocking the phrase? Reclaiming it? Victims of it?

I photographed her friendship group for nine months, and while observing their intimacy, teenage defiance and desire for love, I witnessed how misogyny relentlessly seeps into their daily lives, both online and off.  Handwritten statements from the teenagers echo the sexual harassment testimonies published on Everyone’s Invited, the website founded by Soma Sara that led the UK government to investigate sexual abuse in schools. 

Once a Slag celebrates the joy of girlhood while exposing the double standards they face."

 

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

Edition of 150 copies.

48 pages, 28 color images.
Swiss binding. Hardcover.
Book size: 17,5 x 24,5 cm
ISBN 9 789080 944695

Book comes with a photograph, signed by author.
Archival Pigment Print on Fine Art Paper by Innova.
Print size: 12,4 x 18,8 cm