In order to gauge public opinion of Virtual Normality — Women Net Artists 2.0, a group show at MdbK Leipzig curated by Anika Meier, Indie Mag has gathered responses from visitors to the museum about the current state of
feminism today in this unique review of the exhibition.
We discuss, among other topics, about photography in the Middle East with Peggy Sue Amison, artistic director at East Wing; net art and networked cultures with Josephine Bosma, Amsterdam - based journalist and critic; urban digital art and criticality in the media city with curator and researcher Tanya Toft; art and technology with curator Chris Romero; the politics of surveillance and international security with political scientist David Barnard - Wills; art and architecture with Maaike Lauwaert, visual arts curator at Stroom, an independent centre for art and architecture in the Netherlands; the intersections of art, law and science with curator and cultural manager Daniela Silvestrin; the architecture of sacred places with curator Jumana Ghouth; the historical legacy of
feminism today with Betty Tompkins and Marilyn Minter; hacktivism and net culture with curator and researcher Tatiana Bazzichelli; culture, place and memory with Norie Neumark, director of the Centre for Creative Arts in Melbourne; anthropology and the tactical use of post-digital technologies with artist and philosopher Mitra Azar; or feminism and the digital arts with curator Tina Sauerländer.
Taken together the works offer a bold look at the state of
feminism today, a reminder that while women's rights have advanced, there is still a long road ahead towards equality.
December 19, 2013 • At the end of a year in which Sheryl Sandberg released Lean In, Miley Cyrus and Diane Martel provoked everybody, #solidarityisforwhitewomen was born, and British singer Lily Allen put her foot in it, Beyonce's album has reignited conversations about the boundaries of
feminism today.
She said that something was seriously wrong with
feminism today, when a group of Wellesley seniors could repudiate Barbara Bush as their commencement speaker simply because she had chosen to be a full - time wife and mother.
Feminism today sees its links with the cause of human survival and the survival of the planet itself.
Not exact matches
Elshtain believes that her mistakes, and there were many, were those of a large and generous heart, and that her writings, especially those on an earlier and more humane vision of
feminism, deserve renewed attention
today.
Fox - Genovese makes no attempt to understand the multiple strands of
feminism extant
today.
After three years as an agnostic theist, she eventually found her way back to Christianity;
today she blogs about the intersection of theology and
feminism, and works to educate young Christians about sexuality and consent.
Moreover, though old - line, hard - line
feminism has little appeal for
today's women, its ideology lives on in law and policy — like light rays from a dead star.
The unusual conditions that gave rise to that particular form of
feminism have long since passed, and thus it is hardly surprising that most women
today are looking for something more responsive to their needs and aspirations.
Although the links of an earlier
feminism between women and peace seemed totally broken in such a gathering of militant feminists of the 1970s, in fact bits and pieces of the old assumptions still survive
today in feminist ideology.
For women dissatisfied by the stale bromides of secular
feminism and the frothy, girl - power messages peddled by
today's pop culture, the wisdom of the women saints is a bracing and provocative antidote.
Today, we are living - in the Church and in society - not so much with militant
feminism as with its after - effects.
In the coming years, as
today's young men and women take up their responsibilities and seek to make sense of the world, it will not be adequate if Catholics who are worried - as we all ought to be - about the sexual mayhem that has been created in recent years simply denounce the evils of extreme
feminism or even of the ghastly contraceptive, anti-life culture with which it has been associated.
Today on Blue Milk there is a post called How «personal choice» drove
feminism and now stalls it.
While second - wave
feminism got so many things so very right, and made possible a great many of the career and life choices my generation of women enjoys
today, many in that group of feminist thinkers got one thing fundamentally wrong, and that is this: even for those of us who are also productively employed outside the home — whether by choice, necessity or both — our most valued, fulfilling role is the one we take on as mothers to our children.
I knew how difficult it would be to teach her about body positivity,
feminism, being true to herself, and all the other challenges that go along with being female in
today's...
I would argue completely the opposite, the sleep training epidemic and misogynistic industrial society of
today is the true enemy of
feminism.
Now, in
today's Financial Times, you can read about concerns that green Moms are setting the cause of
feminism back by worrying about when to run the laundry machine at energy - efficient times.
All the wellness news you need to know
today, including Emma Watson's
feminism, more news about how diets don't work, and Michelle Pfeiffer's vegan...
I see I received a new e-mail from ya
today (
feminism up)!
Nobody could have predicted that a one - hour musical dramedy on the CW would be one of the most innovative explorations of
feminism, love and mental illness onscreen
today.
The notion of a woman who is famous for backing out of her weddings meeting a sexy journalist who saves her from her fears of commitment isn't just bizarre; it feels achingly regressive by
today's modern standards of
feminism, and Gere and Roberts haven't appeared in a film together since.
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay Gay writes about
feminism, sexism, media, politics and everything in between, and each essay provides keen insight into what it means to be a woman in
today's society.
Steinem continues to speak out on a number of issues facing women
today, particularly the importance of intersectional
feminism, which is built on the premise that women's identities are framed not just by gender, but also by sexual orientation, race, ethnicity and other factors.
The Female Persuasion is an enjoyable and entertaining look into
feminism in the United States
today.
Think first of irony,
feminism, or theory — with an influence on artists of the male and female gaze like Andrea Fraser and Hannah Starkey
today?
The belated reception of these pioneering women has had a profound impact on many artists working
today and resonate more than ever with the new
feminisms that are taking shape in response to contemporary political realities.»
Entitled «Alt -
Feminisms», the talk will address the history of feminist practice and its continuing relevance
today.
That still skips over anything to do with race, poverty,
feminism, gender, politics, and the culture wars playing out even
today.
Her work subverted accepted notions of gender, sexuality, social class, and ethnicity, and was prophetic in anticipating the broader cultural concerns — postcolonialism,
feminism, civil rights, multiculturalism, and globalization — that reached a crescendo in the 1960s and continue to be relevant
today.
These recurring themes provide insights into pressing issues photographers often face
today, especially an artist working in the powerful wake of
feminism.
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Today, conversations about gender parity in the art world continue unresolved, misunderstandings of
feminism persist in pop culture and mainstream dialogues, and an all - women exhibition, whether this fact is emphasized or not, is still considered a political choice.
Feminist Perspectives and Art Practice: How has
Feminism influenced contemporary art practice and is
Feminism still relevant to artists
today?
This juxtaposition is witty in its provocation and empowered awareness while comparing the Janus - faced relationship between
feminism and Hip - Hop both in the 90's and
today.
At No. 3 is Donna Haraway, the distinguished American professor emerita whose writing is central to debates on identity,
feminism and ecology and other inclusions are French philosopher, sociologist and anthropologist Bruno Latour (9) and the writers Judith Butler (48) and Chris Krauss, (77) both of whom have been a key influence on the focus of so many of
today's artists on issues of gender and sexuality.
Her ideas explore contemporary social, economic or political concerns of
today such as, the widening gap between social classes, gentrification,
feminism, and human rights.
Focussing on performance and media - based works, as well as the activism that was intergral to first wave
Feminism, this exhibition made visible the radical operative of Feminist art and politics within art
today.
Excerpts of Pindell's writings, especially critiques of the art world and responses to
feminism and radical politics, provide prescient commentary in light of pressing social issues
today.
Today, they continue their legacy as important contributors to the causes of
feminism and social change.
To better understand these ghosts that haunt the landscape of contemporary artistic practice and politics, I spoke with several young artists to find out whether they felt unencumbered by the prejudices of the past, as Isaacs optimistically described, and whether
feminism does indeed have something to say
today.
Indeed, it could be argued that neo-liberal
feminism operating within
today's model of capitalism privileges the individual over the collective, and is disenfranchising women artists by placing too much emphasis on autonomous agency rather than political agency as a group.
Feminism 4.0 is a panel discussion that aims to explore what feminist art looks like
today, featuring artists Audrey Wollen, Amalia Ulman, Lili Bernard, and Siobhan Hebron.
Existing more in a place of wonder and curiosity than one of resentment, the show is progressive and honest, inviting virtually anyone to partake in the celebration of where
feminism stands
today, and the multitude of directions it could possibly take.
While
today this might come off as unthinking misuse, at the time Klein's work was instrumental within a wave of performance and video art closely allied to emancipatory movements, including
feminism.
In the context of
today's pornographic popular culture and post-post-movement
feminism, perhaps we can relax scrutiny of O'Keeffe's surreally ambiguous early pictures.
is progressive and honest, inviting virtually anyone to partake in the celebration of where
feminism stands
today, and the multitude of directions it could possibly take.
Talk: «Painting and the Legacy of
Feminism» at Maccarone Presented on the occasion of Maccarone's two current shows, Cecily Brown's «The English Garden» and Rosy Keyser's «The Hell Bitch,» and the recent exhibition «Joan Semmel: Across Five Decades» at Alexander Gray Associates, super-curator and writer Alison Gingeras moderates a discussion on painting and feminism with some of the best women artists workin
Feminism» at Maccarone Presented on the occasion of Maccarone's two current shows, Cecily Brown's «The English Garden» and Rosy Keyser's «The Hell Bitch,» and the recent exhibition «Joan Semmel: Across Five Decades» at Alexander Gray Associates, super-curator and writer Alison Gingeras moderates a discussion on painting and
feminism with some of the best women artists workin
feminism with some of the best women artists working
today.
The exhibition shows key works from the 1970s until
today which relate Leeson's primary concerns with
feminism, gender identity, and sexuality in an ever - tightening online straitjacket.