octobre 2016

I think we ought to decide that man-hating is not only respectable but honorable. To be a misandrist a woman needs considerable ingenuity, originality, and resilience. A misogynist requires no such resources.

La carrière de Jo Spence aurait pu se cantonner à la photographie de mariage et les portraits de famille plan plan. C’était sans compter l’intérêt que la photographe nourrit dès les années 70 pour la politique. Féministe et socialiste, Jo Spencer abandonne son studio et sa vie de photographe bien rangée pour se consacrer à ces thématiques à travers un art engagé. En 1982, sa carrière prend un nouveau tournant lorsqu’on lui diagnostique un cancer du sein. Dès lors, Jo Spencer se focalise sur la question de l’identité et de la... [Lire la suite]

In the United States and in the UK, it seemed that punk women did a good job of avoiding being manipulated. We/they were wildly expressive, tough when we wanted to be, without limits on behavior, really. Style and makeup were irrepressibly creative. I never felt like there were imposed gender roles.While I loved what the Runaways grew into, I hated them the first time I saw them, because clearly, they were young woman acting how men wanted them to act. They were a Cherry Bomb fantasy and it sort of pissed me off. Actually –... [Lire la suite]