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All Days You Own Me

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Neradt, Harriet
Mortensen Steagall, Marcos

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Journal Article

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Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library

Abstract

This project explores the potential a picture book illustrating a controlling relationship with internalised misogyny has to resonate with adult women reflecting on girlhood. The designed artefact, a coptic stitched, cloth bound picture book, employs a hand-made paper dust jacket made from personal journal collections, reflecting the deconstruction of internalised gender biases. The exposed spine connects to vulnerable thematics of doubt. The methodology includes reflective notation and auto ethnographic research; conversations and reconnecting with the young self. The design process includes character illustration, storyboarding, and narrative building to personify internalised misogyny in a tangible way. This project contributes to the understanding of how storytelling can resonate with the inner child and begin to untangle the guilt experienced alongside internalised misogyny.

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Creative practice, girlhood, illustration, internalised misogyny, picture book

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LINK PRAXIS, ISSN: 3021-1131 (Online), Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library, 3(1), 633-660. doi: 10.24135/link-praxis.v3i1.55

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Copyright (c) 2025 Harriet Neradt; Marcos Mortensen Steagall (Translator). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.