January 2012
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Hello Tumblr Feminist Community! (Please reblog)
I have a proposition for you all!
I am a Women’s Studies student at McGill university in my last semester. I’m taking a course called “Feminist Periodical Culture” (think feminist zines and magazines) this semester and I need your help!
An option for our final project is to create our own zine so what I was thinking is to create a feminist tumblr zine.
I have loved...
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Long hiatus is almost at an end!
Hello all my lovely followers!
I’m sorry that I haven’t updated in awhile. The end of last semester was sort of intense for me but I have some time now to put up new artwork so expect more soon! =)
November 2011
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“In each case that a man or a “masculine” principle is undermined by...”
– From the introduction to Reclaiming Female Agency: feminist art history after postmodernism
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WatchAnother one by Renee Cox!
Renee Cox, Kiss, 2001
This short video has many undertones to it. On the one hand it is subverting the idea of females being passive to a man’s activity. And on the other hand, there are post-colonial undertones as the male is white and the female is black.
This was a part of Cox’s photographic exhibition entitled American Family. This is what she has to...
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“If anything, I’m trying to expose as little of myself as possible.”
– Cindy Sherman, on why her work is not self-portraiture (via welovecindysherman)
I’m sorry I didn’t update yesterday. I’ve been quite busy with school work. I’ll get a couple of posts in by the end of today though. =)
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Anonymous asked: Music is art too! How about some musicians every now and then? You know, Joan Jett's "I want to be where the boys are" or something :p love your blog so much!!!!!
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Cindy Sherman: Woman of the Year →
Short and sweet little article.
If anyone would like to suggest an artist or has a...
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“Feminist ideas and strategies aim to challenge power relations and hierarchies...”
– http://www.mca.com.au/general/JULIERRAP_EDUCATIONKIT.pdf
This is a good intro. to the topics that feminist artists deal with and what may necessarily make an artwork “feminist” or not. I would also add intersectionality between race and class along with the other stuff listed....
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Q&A With Judy Chicago! (What More Could You Want?) →
artthisweek:
The L.A. Times does a wonderful job interviewing Judy Chicago. Complete with written interview and video of her discussing her work. What was it like to be a female artist in L.A. in the 1960’s and 70’s? Watch, read, and find out.
YAY.
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October 2011
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This is a little off-topic for the blog, but since... →
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“A woman must continually watch herself. She is almost continually accompanied by...”
– John Berger, Ways of Seeing
I recommend watching/listening to/reading the entire series. Mostly because I keep throwing around the term “gaze” without really spending much time deconstructing it. I’m sorry! EVERYTHING IS SO DENSED AND PACKED. I could go for pages trying to unpack...
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