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Comment on Nice day for a sulk by northwest is best

northwest is best — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:13:36 +0000

Oh Eline! Thank you for articulating some of the same thoughts that I have. It’s comforting to know that I’m not alone in my frustrations with academia. Anger can be a productive emotion though, so hopefully we can all change the world together…

Comment on Nice day for a sulk by eyeliah

eyeliah — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:54:33 +0000

the colors here or so fab together, that baby(ish) blue is so soft and pretty.

Comment on Nice day for a sulk by Hannah

Hannah — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:50:18 +0000

I love yr ensemble here, so v. Charles Anastase!

Academia in general is such a boys’ club STILL. Even female professors can fuel this, I took a MODERN (1900-1960s) art history course w/ a female prof & while I overall enjoyed th class, we discussed at most a handful of female artists (Lee Krasner & Frida Kahlo being th only two I remember spending a full unit on.) In my field (film) it’s even worse, I don’t even want to think about it (depression/rage will set in too!) It’s part of why I want to be a professor/film academic if possible, to focus my “agenda” on things that matter to me that should have more exposure.

Comment on Nice day for a sulk by Skooter

Skooter — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:04:30 +0000

Your outfit is soooo awesome. Though I think it looked even better with Ashley’s sneakers.

I agree about art history courses. They’re aaaalways like that (in my experience) and the male-only thing is viewed as sooo normal that it took me far too long to even notice it.
I’m so glad most of my literature courses aren’t like that (though some are). Euurgh last semester we spent half a class discussing this Yeats poem about the rape of Leda and the way my professor talked about it made me soooo uncomfortable.

Comment on Nice day for a sulk by Skooter

Skooter — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:04:29 +0000

Your outfit is soooo awesome. Though I think it looked even better with Ashley’s sneakers.

Comment on Nice day for a sulk by Lucy

Lucy — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:51:14 +0000

Probably off-topic, but I totally identify with your frustration/rage! Hahaha. I’m in a graphic design course and one of my tutors often refers to “being like a man” “acting male” to get ahead, and even if its not his intention, I find it extremely alienating from the entire profession. I also get annoyed when I’m trying to tell this to someone and they brush off the way I feel as being oversensitive. RAGH.

Comment on Nice day for a sulk by Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:48:35 +0000

Hey Eline,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on your art history class. I’ve never taken one myself, but I’ve felt the exact same way in poetry classes. Especially frustrating are poetry classes that focus on the avant-garde, because the teacher and the students in that class are usually really enamored with HOW GROUNDBREAKING AND GENIUS these poets were, but all I can think about is the immense sexism and racism that these movements are founded on and how deeply they excluded and patronized the works of their female counterparts.

And I also think anger is tremendously good for the soul, especially in instances like this. I’m writing a little essay on anger right now! And also thank you for all your support on my Guardian article. It’s good to get some feedback from people I trust.

And last but not least, your outfit is amazing! Sheer blue overlay and sheep clips? Love.

Comment on Nice day for a sulk by Eline

Eline — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:16:52 +0000

I get that during realism and so on not many women could be artists let alone artists that end up in an art encyclopaedia. But women’s liberation happened at early 1900. Women had already been accepted to art schools in I think around 1860?, women were allowed to vote in England from +/-1919 etc. That is HUGE, yet there’s no sign of that whatsoever in hardly any art encyclopaedia, while like I’ve said, art is always a reflection of a certain zeitgeist and what’s called as ‘great art’ today is also a reflection of our current zeitgeist. SIGH.

And what? ‘not taken seriously anymore‘? That whole theory sprung from men wanting ‘scientific’ proof of their own superiority. WHAT. I can’t believe a teacher said that.

Ugh, yes, and what with the whole ‘society is becoming so female-oriented/effeminate’ etc. there’s no more room for ‘real men’ any more. Ugh, dude whatever.

Comment on Nice day for a sulk by Daphné

Daphné — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:00:30 +0000

NEVERMIND I FOUND THE COVER BACK AND WHAT THE ARTICLE IS ABOUT. NOW I'M EVEN MORE ANGRY. And the article is about how women take over the economy. Yeah, because there are tons of women who own their own company these days. *rolls her eyes*

Comment on Nice day for a sulk by Daphné

Daphné — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:55:13 +0000

Urgh studying art history is so fucking depressing. Last year my teacher mentioned one woman. ONE WOMAN (around the reaslism period). He also told us that because of Darwin his theory that also mentioned that women their brain is smaller than men, women weren’t taken seriously anymore. I laugh bitterly with the anymore, because come on… they werent taken serious before either.
I’m thinking about printing the guerilla girls slogans on sticker paper and sticking them everywhere around my artschool JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO.

I can’t deny it; lately I’ve noticed an exponential rise in my anger towards (gender) inequality.
You should see me rage these days. Last week I saw the cover of the knack while browsing the magazines and ttly went into rage mode just because of the cover (“The downfall of men” with the male symbol = limb penis.) So I couldn’t even open the magazine and make an attempt to fucking read it. :/

ANYHOW all negativity aside, I really like your outfit! :D