June 22, 2012

The Personal is Political

"Everything, from art history to the social conditions and roles we live and perform, is shaped by the social, economic, and political aspects of an era. Based on this principle, feminist art interventions researched and challenged normative cultural assumptions that condition our lives, opportunities, and imaginations, oppress women in society, and separate art from the contexts of politics and life." (The Waitresses Unpeeled: Performance Art and Life, Jerri Allyn and Anne Gauldin)
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  1. Todd AyoungJune 22, 2012 at 10:03 PM

    Two important women artists opening at the Whitney Museum.
    I will be attending opening July 11th to check it out!


    http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/YayoiKusama?gclid=CK6R7aag47ACFVITNAodc20XFQ

    http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/SharonHayes/

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  2. Todd AyoungJune 22, 2012 at 10:52 PM

    Forgot to mention, I know Jerri Allyn.

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  3. Phoebe BachmanJune 23, 2012 at 3:37 AM

    Sharon Hayes is great! I've been trying to get in contact with her to set up an August interview. Jerri is incredibly fascinating. I was just doing some archive work at Otis College of Art and Design, when I came across some of her performances with the Waitresses. There is also an interesting interview of her for the Pacific Standard Time exhibition.

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  4. Todd AyoungJune 23, 2012 at 8:36 AM

    What Title IX Didn't Change: Stigma About Shop Class
    by CLAUDIO SANCHEZ

    http://www.npr.org/2012/06/23/155595756/what-title-ix-didnt-change-stigma-about-shop-class

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  5. Todd AyoungJune 26, 2012 at 11:52 PM

    "Why Women Still Cannot have it all":

    http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-can-8217-t-have-it-all/9020/

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  6. Todd AyoungJune 27, 2012 at 8:51 AM

    "Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there.
    And I also hope that you will choose to make some of that trouble on behalf of women."

    Nora Ephron


    http://yfrog.com/ochrkgjj

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