I decided that I needed to incorporate a greater variety of images in this project than mere myspace-esque head shots. If I’m going to deconstruct beauty, I must acknowledge that the body itself plays a pivotal part in shaping how women perceive themselves. I also want to make a cross-cultural image-based zine about body image [...]
Archive > March 2008
Your wimmins…
I are stealin them. Batten down the hatches. In a burst of unalloyed narcissism, I started a new blog to keep track of my other creative pursuits.
unimaginatively titled Friday.
Perhaps I’ll take my next picture at some other time than first thing in the morning, before I’ve had coffee. Then again, I see more to like about this picture now than I did when I first took it.
first actual post of the project
I wanted to break the rules and take another picture when I saw how unflattering this one was, but that circumvents the whole point of the project. To be fair, I’m sick and stuffed up. On a side note, I’m glad that Uncle Sam now requires a state issued ID in order to purchase Sudafed. That [...]
(wo)manifesta
Lodged in the groove of a patient subconscious drone: imfatimfatimfatimfatimfat…
No matter how enlightened, hip, radical, or feminist a womyn is, it seems that an unhealthy relationship with one’s image and body is an inevitable by-product of our toxic culture.
I know, I know, this is some tired-ass bullshit I’m ab out to launch into. Body image [...]
