Lots of Gender and Lots of Emotions, Part 1
April 16th, 2008 maggie <div class=\"postavatar\">
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A few weeks ago I got to see my friend Mr. Kate at the Women Action and the Media Conference and we got to talking about gender (surprise, surprise). Mr. Kate and I went to college together, where we first met because I was wearing a t-shirt that said “feminist” in glitter bubble letters. Since we are sadly 4 hours apart by Chinatown bus, we’re continuing the conversation over email and sharing it with you here.
Maggie to Mr. Kate
I think that while our identities are different in many ways it feels really great and important to talk about what we do have in common, which is really having a strong emotional relationship to gender and feeling that it’s really central.
Sometimes I wonder if everyone feels this way beneath the surface, but we’re not talking about this stuff enough, or if other people just aren’t as shar-y as I am. (being an artist means sharing the hard stuff, i guess). Read the rest of this entry »
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