On 5/6/12 1:07 PM, Carol Moore DC wrote:
On
5/2/2012 9:39 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote:
Don't miss
http://thehairpin.com/2011/01/women-laughing-alone-with-salad
Where are women laughing as they chop up bloody sausage...
To me I guess I see hostility and dominance in the kind of shots
people have been complaining about. I don't think women should
respond en masse with the same, but if no one responds at all, I
feel it is my duty to mention bloody sausages.
Of course, women have responded here, but I guess not enough of a
ping in the fabric of world wide male dominance for me to keep my
bloody sausages to my self...
Hmmm... maybe I should write some of my favorite artists with
suggestions....
Or get rich and commission a bunch of stuff I like... whatever the
them...
(Handsome male dogs of various breeds on their backs smiling and
saying "Scratch my belly mommy.")
There was an idea brainstormed a little while back with me and a few
other folks about seeking funding to have a "Wiki Loves Women"
photography event that wanted photographers to take photographs of
women - and this wouldn't be some broad crowdsourced thing like WLM,
we would work with photographers, various "models" etc and make this
legit with releases, etc - doing whatever we needed them to be
better represented doing, so to say. So, wearing certain articles of
clothing (i.e. "go go boots"), certain make up looks or uses,
hairstyles, - places that are often poorly represented regarding
"women's stuff" (i.e. men don't get manicures that often, sorry)
even as extreme as sex acts, I also wanted to just have women doing
"things" like mowing the lawn and planting flowers or pan searing
salmon or whatever things need videos to represent them (and no,
these women wouldn't be nude :P). The latter was inspired by Jenny
Geigel Mikulay's work at Alverno College where she had her students
(it's a women's college) make films of things like playing drums,
the art museum building kinetic architecture time-lapsed, etc. All
of these videos have been uploaded to Commons.
Someday I'll do it =) I can see it being a project that would be a
perfect fit for Kickstarter.
Sarah
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