John Berger, Chapters 2+3
- "Every one of her actions - whatever its direct purpose or motivation - is also read as an indication of how she would like to be treated".
- "You painted a naked wona becasye you enjoyed looking at her, you put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting vanity, the morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for your own pleasure".
Bell hooks, Understanding Patriarchy,
- "I was always more interested in changing patriarchy than my brother was because it was the system that was always leaving me out of things that I wanted to be part of".
- Dismantling and changing patriarchal culture is work that men and women must do together".
The Oppositional Gaze
- "The extent to which black women feel devalued, objectified, dehumanized in this society determines the scope and texture of their looking relations".
- "Watching movies from a female perspective, Muley arrived at that location of disaffection that is the starting point for many black women approaching cinema within the lived harsh reality of racism".
Mickalene Thomas -Photographed, Collaged, and Painted Muses
- "By selecting women of color, I am quite literally raising their visibility and inserting their presence into the conversation"
- "These hyperreal images have all the glamor and amped up sexuality as artful fashion photography ... but none of the airbrushing or homogeneity of subject endemic to glossy magazines
Overlooked No More: Ana Mendieta, a Cuban Artist Who Pushed Boundaries
- "As an immigrant, Mendieta felt a disconnect in the United States. The trauma of being uprooted from her Cuban homeland as a girl would leave her with questions about her identity and make her more conscious of being a woman of color".
- "She urged viewers to disregard their gender, race or other defining societal factors and instead connect with the humanity they share with others".
- "Every one of her actions - whatever its direct purpose or motivation - is also read as an indication of how she would like to be treated".
- "You painted a naked wona becasye you enjoyed looking at her, you put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting vanity, the morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for your own pleasure".
Bell hooks, Understanding Patriarchy,
- "I was always more interested in changing patriarchy than my brother was because it was the system that was always leaving me out of things that I wanted to be part of".
- Dismantling and changing patriarchal culture is work that men and women must do together".
The Oppositional Gaze
- "The extent to which black women feel devalued, objectified, dehumanized in this society determines the scope and texture of their looking relations".
- "Watching movies from a female perspective, Muley arrived at that location of disaffection that is the starting point for many black women approaching cinema within the lived harsh reality of racism".
Mickalene Thomas -Photographed, Collaged, and Painted Muses
- "By selecting women of color, I am quite literally raising their visibility and inserting their presence into the conversation"
- "These hyperreal images have all the glamor and amped up sexuality as artful fashion photography ... but none of the airbrushing or homogeneity of subject endemic to glossy magazines
Overlooked No More: Ana Mendieta, a Cuban Artist Who Pushed Boundaries
- "As an immigrant, Mendieta felt a disconnect in the United States. The trauma of being uprooted from her Cuban homeland as a girl would leave her with questions about her identity and make her more conscious of being a woman of color".
- "She urged viewers to disregard their gender, race or other defining societal factors and instead connect with the humanity they share with others".
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