Collected Item: “Fund Whores Not Wars”
Your Name
Bridgett Magyar
Your Pronouns
she/her
Instagram handle, if any
@brdgtmgyr
Work Title
Fund Whores Not Wars
Work Year (We are not accepting images older than 5 years)
2023
[Image Rights] Do you confirm that you hold the rights to this image?
Yes
[Eligibility] The Curve Photo Contest proudly centers and uplifts people who identify as lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer women and nonbinary people. Please share how you self-identify, using language that feels most accurate to you. Feel free to include all intersections of your identity. (Examples: lesbian, trans person of color, Latinx queer woman, radical faery, butch, etc.)
Queer/Lesbian Latina High Femme Sex Worker
[Artist Statement] Tell us more about your photo by sharing a brief artist statement OR answering this prompt: "This is what being ______ means to me..." (Max. 100 words)
Two bodies in the sun, mid-laugh, mid-sneer, mid-summer. The beach is crowded, loud. umbrellas blooming in every direction, yet this small uprising insists on being seen. A hand-painted sign slices through the blue sky: “Fund Whores Not Wars!”
I’m interested in what happens when protest shows up barefoot and sunburned. When softness and spectacle hold hands. The camera lingers in that in-between space—where pleasure becomes political, where visibility becomes a dare. Their gestures are playful, but they don’t ask permission. They offer a kind of glittering refusal: to be quiet, to be ashamed, to be drafted into someone else’s narrative.
I’m interested in what happens when protest shows up barefoot and sunburned. When softness and spectacle hold hands. The camera lingers in that in-between space—where pleasure becomes political, where visibility becomes a dare. Their gestures are playful, but they don’t ask permission. They offer a kind of glittering refusal: to be quiet, to be ashamed, to be drafted into someone else’s narrative.
[Visual Description] Describe your photo so we can provide alt-text. Example: "Two women holding hands and smiling as they walk in a pride parade, surrounded by rainbow flags."
Two people holding a sign that reads "Fund Whores Not War" at iconic queer beach, Jacob Riis Beach, NY during Pride month.
[Agreement] In the event that you win the 2026 Curve Photo Contest, do you consent to having your photograph printed for the sole purpose of displaying at The Curve Foundation's one-day event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA) during Lesbian Visibility Week? The Curve Foundation will cover printing costs, but will not cover costs for mailing the print after the event ends.
Yes
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Yes
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