Warning - this is disturbing

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Feminist theorist Barbara Creed notes that "man has erected a series of taboos against woman, all of which relate to her sexual functions; menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, lying-in (interior genitalia; possibly linked to castration anxiety), and, most importantly, sexual intercourse itself." The feminine is placed on the abject side of the masculine symbolic order, and thus poses as a threat to it. The type of horror I use in my artwork directly targets men by using innate images of a specific type of gender related disgust.

The exploitation of the male form in my work functions as a reversal of the socially normative sexual objectification of woman. Throughout history men have used their sexual exploits to raise themselves in their own minds an the minds of their peers, however, social constructs have made impossible for women to use sex in the same way. In my work, men are literally objectified; their body parts are transformed into accessories, toys, and decor. Though initially, my work may come off as misandrist, it is actually intended to be gender neutral; unlike misogyny, misandry never had an institutional manifestation (i.e.: witch trials, The Malleus Maleficarum); it exists in my work as a karmic equalizer.

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That's a whole lotta crazy right there.

Upvote for the subtle crab troll in the bottom left corner

too much estrogen for me

The "artist's" statement is a prime example of a person having an education while lacking the intelligence to be able to use it. It reminds me of the skit from "In Living Color" where Damon Wayons plays the homeless guy that tries to sound intelligent by using big words....."The proclamation of the constipation is not without its resignation."

Eesh. Somebody's been hitting the post-modernist theory texts a bit too hard.


Mind you, a lot of the reaction, both here and on Deadspin, kind of inadvertently makes her point. Nothing she wrote was incoherent or crazy. It all made perfect sense, if you buy the underlying theories. I don't buy lots of it, but she's not actually wrong about the objectification of women and institutional misogyny. She's just working the buzzwords way too hard.

MSB.

Or Aggie Board. Both will appreciate it.

The "artist" can't draw or paint so she has to do something controversial to get noticed.