True Connection
[credit: MASK (BUK, KRAR, OR KARA), Torres Strait Islander, mid to late 19th century.] True Connection This could be a battered old mixing spoon, plastic handle singed no …
Women
Ardhanarishvara
Credit: The Half-Male, Half-Female Form of Shiva (Shiva Ardhanarishvara) | Cambodia | Angkor period | The Metropolitan Museum of Art As featured in the Washington …
Ahem. Thoughts About Women in Art
Ahem. Thoughts About Women in Art I read an extensive interview with Anselm Kiefer that called him the best living artist. He’s among …
Choice Rebecca Solnits
I am again profoundly admiring, jealous, changed by the incisive writing of Rebecca Solnit. From the one essay (above) I quote only a few …
The White-Haired Grizzle of Patriarchy
Grizzled Old Man, free from Free-Images.com I propose that in the 21st century patriarchy has run out of effectiveness. Half of humanity is capable of …
The Pushbutton Smile of Perpetual Girlhood
I say women, I mean women as traditionally socialized. I say wimmin, I mean valkyries who’ve had it with patriarchy and its affectations. Wimmin are …
Old-fashioned Hero with His Hand up Your Skirt
or The Dandification of (Male) Assaulters Used to be that those, like me, tracking portraits of evil people (their faces) collected almost always men. Pasty-faced, …
Low-Hanging-Fruit Basket – Men Assaulting Women
“A congressman grinding against a staff member on the House floor, while sticking his tongue in her ear.” This description is from an …
Be a Vine
Patriarchy will never be stamped out — the male instinct is to dig in his heels and fight for turf. Try to battle the manly …
Undressing for Our Attention
Chicken Little was right. Chunks of solid blue have begun pelting down like enlarged raindrops. Some are big as Volkswagens. The world as …
Sleeping Boychild
It was not long ago that a woman like me felt she was swimming along like a dolphin in waters making instinctive sense to her …
Samantha Bee
Samantha Bee is the only one of he Jon Stewart fraternity — but Samantha Bee was in there — the Jon Stewart sorority? — well …
A Child in Bed
A child is sure monsters are under her bed. Or in the closet. She’s young, the frights of the adult world are disconcerting. Makes perfect …
Alpha Male
banana from free-images.com If you are of an age you remember the searchlights which used to cross in the skies signifying Hollywood! Excitement! The glare …
Distortion As a Skill
Panning Peripheral Portrait of Linda by Andrew Davidhazy via his website Look at this photograph and ask yourself, Could Picasso visualize such distortions in …