Vagina: a New Biography by Naomi Wolf
vital notes
violence against the vagina and the woman is a political tactic
When Sex Hurts: A Woman's Guide to Banishing Sexual Pain by Goldstein, Pukall and Goldstein
vital notes
*words that describe pain:
searing
itching
burning
stabbing
cramping
sharp
cutting
dull
aching
throbbing
gnawing
jabbing
hot
cold
pressure
bloating
numbing
shooting
soreness
constant
radiating
tightness
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a portfolio of paintings and drawings.
artist statement
I'm working to create objects and pictures of objects that look like they've come out of our bodies--like I've excavated or removed parts that are suppose to stay inside us & remain unseen. I'm also working to show views inside the body--like an investigator or an explorer taking us to places where we don't belong and perhaps where we don't want to be or to where we secretly desire to be. I'm working to show parts and places inside of us that are dark, visceral, gross, glorious, vulnerable, sexual, feminized, diseased, deformed, vital, dejected, full of pain and withholding of our stress, anxiety, fear and grief. I am reclaiming the patriarchal gaze of the psychoanalyst, of the astronaut, of the surgeon, of the media, of the consumer of smut and special cereal that will make you thinner. I am reclaiming the gaze to provide an experience of discomfort, ambivalence, disgust, enamoration, curiosity, lust and estrangement. By aesthetically providing such experiences, I aim to inspire a deeper awareness of our bodies and the meanings they carry.
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By Media
- collage (2)
- drawing (3)
- exhibition (4)
- painting (10)
- sculpture (1)