Thats pretty good, for a girl: lecture of feminism, fem-nazis and being cunt-positive

Thats pretty good, for a girl: lecture of feminism, fem-nazis and being cunt-positive

Feminism is often thought of as a product of the 60s but this is by no means true. However, in the art world this is when things really took to flight. Before the 60s and the out and out woman’s lib movement the art world was highly resistant and restrictive towards the fairer sex. For centuries women were limited to “woman's work” visa vie tapestries, ceramics and so forth. Mediums such as painting, drawing, photography and sculpture were mostly restricted to men, at least in schools and art guilds. During the late 50s and 60s feminist artists had taken a notable place in all the fields of art world though this was seldom recognized. However, women artist still had and have a tendency to restrict themselves in their choice of mediums. To this day women tend to favor interactive arts such as performance art or interactive installation pieces. Psychologists would say that this is due to woman's natural ability and desire to express and share emotions. This is by no means a hindrance; more it is simply a different point of view giving an insight to women which is often out of the reach of the average male artist. People segregate and restrict one another this is a unpleasant reality of the world we live in but the average person, artist, student etc would be hard pressed to distinguish male from female art without a knowledge of the artist in question. Basically you girls are just as good as us boy yall are just different. The end

notes from the board

1 essentials: the persona, body, sexuality, vaginal icon, affirmative attributes

2 materials/techniques unique to women 

3. distinguish art of men and women