Babeworld - WRITING AND PUBLICATIONS

WRITING

IN OTHER WORDS

Babeworld (Ashleigh Williams and Gabriella Davies) were commissioned to contribute to Metal's publication 'In Other Words', 2022.

MONTEZ PRESS

In 2021, Ashleigh Williams was the Editor of the 2021 Montez Press Interjection Calendar. She curated 6 artists to contribute writing pieces to the published book, alongside contributing an editors note. Find out more here: https://montezpress.com/catalogue/interjection-calendar/

In 2020 Babeworld (Gabriella Davies, Ashleigh Williams and Ellie Harman-Taylor) were awarded the Montez Press Writers grant, creating a piece entitled '3 Girls, 2 Arches' - a piece of text which details 3 different trips to mcdonalds, from 2 different marginalised identity perspectives.. Click below to read:

montezpress.com/grant/writers-grant

Babeworld (Ashleigh Williams) was the editor for Montez Press' Interjection Calendar 2021. Click the link below to read.

montezpress.com/catalogue/interjection-calendar/

ARTICLES

Being accepted as an autistic artist - UnlimitedAshleigh Williams, aka Babeworld, discusses the nuance of ‘acceptance,’ revealing the ease with which terms like ‘diversity’ can become instruments of oppression. For myself, being accepted by someone for being autistic quite often seems to have a direct correlation to what the other person can gain from my diagnosis. Sounds a bit scientific don’t it. […]

Ashleigh Williams for Unlimited, 2020

How Can Galleries Support Artist Sex Workers?As ‘Decriminalised Futures’ opens at London’s ICA, members of Babeworld draw on their own experiences to examine the parallels and ethics of organisations working with artist/sex workers

Babeworld for Frieze, 2022

I’m A Sex Worker. Here’s Why You Should Be An Ally To People Like MeMy existence somehow becomes lesser when people discover my profession, writes Ashleigh who appears in Louis Theroux’s new documentary, Selling Sex.

Ashleigh Williams for Huffpost, 2019

ANTHOLOGY

Babeworld (Ashleigh Williams and Caitlin Whittle) we're asked to contribute to Sol-Lei Zd's 2021 Anthology for a commissioned piece of writing and illustration around the theme of community. Scroll below to read.