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BBC Scotland, BREXshit & Full Moon in Representation 

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Hello lovely people,

Here is some parts of a news letter I sent out earlier this week and I just realised that in the doom and gloom of BREXIT, shadow bans and general struggles I totally forgot to mention that 8 little blackbirds flew down to London to be exhibited by The Royal Photographic Societies Hundred Heroines. Well, they obliviously didn’t fly (train) down but you know what I mean?

Representation on the Line: (Un)framing our Identities A collaborative exhibition from the RPS Hundred Heroines initiative in which female photographers explore the theme of identity.

Isn’t that just amazing? More info further down.

The last two week has been pretty, interesting.

2019 is definitely a year of change and uprooting. The EU elections during the weekend really emphasised this and Theresa May finally left her position (yes, we all were waiting for that!). Saying that I am now hoping that she does not get replaced by that cxxt  Boris Johnson.

Talking about female body parts... finally, something shifted. I think most of you know that I have had several 30 days bans from Facebook and both my Instagram accounts have been shadow banned since I first started. It is not because of vaginas and "female nipples", it is purely due to stretch marks, excessive body fat, realness and aging women.  Representation is fundamental and if you are not represented, you kind of does not exist. We all know that our “visual diet” is slowly starving us, lacking both vitamines and minerals we get left hungry for authentic images.


BBC Scotland listened to my story and the video has been viewed 125 K  on Facebook (isn't it ironic?)  and my shadow ban lifted for a week. My @whenTheBlackbirdSings_ account is still hidden, I don’t even come up in the search, my “good fight” will continue.

The last full moon was all about burning down the house (symbolically) and I think it has begun are you ready for the new moon in June?


Please find me on IG for more photography and have a really nice week. 

Love
Jannica Honey 

Representation on the Line: (Un)framing our Identities

Please visit RPS Hundred Heroines  web page for more info on the exhibition

19 Mallord St, London SW3 6AP. 

Opening times (22nd May – 26th June)

Wednesday:  14.00 – 19.00
Friday: 12.00 – 18.00
Saturday: 11.00 – 18.00

@RPS100Heroines
#Unframingidentities

Below is my Instagram feed, in fact , it is my Jannica Honey account rather than When The Blackbird Sings, I can’t even find it. TBC, I promse.

Eight healthy & rather wild blackbirds flew to London. Well they took the train, but you know what I mean? #Unframingidentities Representation on the Line: (Un)framing our Identities A collaborative exhibition from the RPS Hundred Heroines init
First of all, THANK YOU, everyone, that believes in representation and When The Blackbird Sings.  Welcome into the woods, at twilight, a short pause, a moment of connection and intimacy, a space I shared with not only my mother,  but friend
This is my moon sister Rebecca. Rebecca and I did this shoot in 2015 (Stockholm), my mum was in the living room and I remember how our conversation was all about objectification and what identified that.  Today is a new moon which is all about i
I decided to not mention my shadowban in this post ... opps, too late... No wonder, it has been a fxxing nightmare... Tusen tack ALLA FINA FÖLJARE. I FEEL 😍😍 Never mind.. let's talk about life. Let's talk about humans. Let's talk about moons.
Keep stum: shadow bans a way of silencing people.  A week ago I had the honour to share my story on BBC Scotland. After the program, I felt like we all had a small victory in this world called Social Media. That world where the trimmed and pluck
Eight healthy blackbirds flew to London, well they took the train, but you know what I mean? 👁TONIGHT 29th MAY: Looking forward to tonight’s (un)private view of #unframingidentities! If you’re not far from Chelsea, join us from 6-9pm for
Tack mamma för att jag fick komma ur dig. #morsan #morsdag #mothersday (since it is mother's day in Sweden today I will also congratulate myself for spending years and loads of cash on trying to get pregnant) #ivfjourney Watching since 1974

Female Bodies, BBC and Our Visual Diet.

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Hello everyone, time to check-in again.

Have you noticed it? The light is returning. Soon we will be reaching the summer solstice (or estival solstice), also known as midsummer which occurs when one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun.

Perhaps not soon, but we will be there, in a couple of months time.

What are you shining your light on?

You are (I am guessing) aware of where my beam is aiming. As I always say, I would be pretty happy just wandering the woods, creating beautiful photographs in the twilight, perhaps in a studio full of musicians/politicians/creatives, but there is something that is forever pulling at me.

What happened with the authentic body?

Who is represented and who is completely “gone”.

If this is our visual diet, are we not lacking both vitamins and minerals? Is there a supplement we can take?

When nature, life, and nutrition are completely sucked out of us. What will then be left? Pixels and empty spaces?

It's not really about the female nipple.

It's about authentic bodies, all our bodies. Old bodies, fat bodies, wrinkly bodies, tired bodies, bleeding bodies and stretched bodies. Bodies who are there for the reason we were given one; to live in.

Bodies free from commercial hysteria or male gaze.. just natural, stinking and hairy bodies.

My When The Blackbird Sings account on Instagram is completely penalised and has a shadownban, this means that ## are not working and it does not even appear in the search engine.

https://www.instagram.com/whentheblackbirdsings_/

I am lucky BBC had the time for me and popped around here last week for a chat. Update soon…

And until next time… Please pay attention to where light shine, who is represented and what is not?

At the end of the day, it is only you who can make this place a better space, for all of us.

For the International Women’s Day at The Arienas Collective here in Edinburgh I spoke to That’s Scotland TV about some of these issues (video below)

Love (always

Jannica Honey xx

Me in the morning & being creative #CMHONESTY WITH CREATIVE MORNINGS

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Must of you have probably seen my Instagram stories by now: always wearing that leopard robe, even until the afternoon. I actually like mornings, but I have never been a ‘get up early and get dressed straight away’ morning person. I kind of take my time, if I can…Saying that, I was invited to talk about photography and honesty in the end of October here in Edinburgh and Creative Mornings are not called creative mornings for no reason… When I was heading up the road before even sunrise I felt some pretty hardcore butterflies kicking around in my ‘no breakfast only coffee’ stomach, but as soon as I met the team I knew it would be a lovely journey through photographs, naked bodies and chats about menstruation…. Please head over to their website for the full story https://creativemornings.com/cities/edi & an interview with me here https://creativemornings.com/blog-posts/10688

“We were having full, honest conversations… experiences of abuse, miscarriage, IVF, menstruation, menopause… we shared it all.”

““You need to be honest, but hold a space for yourself - which ultimately facilitates your ability to hold a space for others to be safe in vulnerability. Throughout ‘When the Blackbird Sings’, I had to do a lot of self-caring work in my own time. Including in the run-up to the exhibition. For others, as well as for me.” ”
— https://creativemornings.com/cities/edi

Thank you so much Creative Mornings Edinburgh, that was so much fun.

Photography by Ellie Morag

Photography Work & A Hunter Full Moon in the Sky

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I thought, since we had a beautiful hunter last night, I wanted to announce some magic.

Last couple of months has been very hectic. I have not only covered most of the United Kingdom on a journey photographing venues and their owners for lovely Bev and Mark at The Music Venue Trust. I have also had the absolute honour to create imagery for two women (mina fina häxor) that is working aligned with the moon and all her phases/cycles. I mean, like that is magic? It is actually just nature, isn’t it?

I will write more about this at a later point, but for now I will be shining light on (like the full moon) the work, please follow the links, they can take you to a completely new place.

Please check out their beautiful work over here:

Kristina Turner’s Urban Goddess https://urbangoddess.se/

Rebecca Tiger’s Snipp Sauna https://snippsauna.com/

Love (always)

Honey x