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(Film stills, Modest Livelihood, 50 minutes, Brian Jungen and Duane Linklater, 2012)

Duane Linklater in conversation with Hrag Varanian up now at Performa Magazine!  Read it here.

"Stout," "Full-Figured," or "Fat"? A Look at the Neglected History (and Politics) of Plus-Size Fashion

“When you see exhibitions of beautiful historical garments pinned to really, really, tiny mannequins, it’s easy to get the impression that this was the norm—that people used to be smaller,” says costume studies master’s student Julie Smolinski. “But people have always come in different sizes.”