WAIST is created lovingly at home in Titirangi, New Zealand, by Yasmine Ganley.

“ The WAIST publication was realized for a few reasons. I was beginning to feel bored of the kind of messages female magazines were pitching to their audiences. It felt stale and lazy, and just full of negativity. I wanted to give something to women that made them feel good about themselves and for them to know that there were other women all feeling the same way, and say, “Look: here we are all talking about it!” I wanted to open conversations up about intuition and instinct in a way that was visually appealing and thoughtful. I also wanted to give the kind of content I was sharing on anyonegirl.com an elevated platform, as a way of honouring the creatives and contributors that submit and create work. I think it's important that there are platforms devoid of commercial agenda.” - Yasmine

Photo of Yasmine Ganley by Greta van der Star (for Anaak)

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WAIST considers the ideas surrounding the female mid-section, both inside and out, exploring sex, movement, digestion and a woman’s GUT INSTINCT.

[Volumised as 3.5, not a definite 4, this issue is a tangential idea — a personal ode to the beauty of Accident, Improvisation and The Subconscious. 3.5 utilises dance as a tool, not for performance but for wellbeing.

Created over four separate studio workshops, 3.5 explores primal stimuli and gut intuition through a language of movement and physical responses. A set of tasks that aid in tracking down the spirit igniting the impulse were explored both personally, and also as a group, to bring a narrative that I didn’t write.

We documented the workshop through photography and 16mm film as part of our study. This was our way of communicating the spectrum of our experience in order to translate this onto paper.]

WAIST is anyonegirl.com’s print project created by Yasmine Ganley and designed by Natasha Mead.

Size: 265mm H x 200mm
Pages: 86pp
Interior: Black & White + Brown
Binding: Section Sewn, Linen Tape Spine