Tender - Violence Apr 2026

: Argue that early female photojournalists used a "domestic vision" to frame war and expansion as a peaceful, civilizing mission, effectively creating a "cover for imperial aggression".

: Explore how the ideology of "home" was exported to colonized territories (like the Philippines or Cuba) to justify the erasure of native cultures under the guise of "protection" and "improvement". TENDER - Violence

: Analyze how white, middle-class women photographers—acting as "guardians of the domestic"—reinforced racial hierarchies by contrasting "heroic" white motherhood with the misrepresented or excluded lives of women of color. : Argue that early female photojournalists used a

Summarize how "tenderness" is not the absence of violence but a specific form of it. TENDER - Violence