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fromHyperallergic
1 week ago
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Artist Valie Export, Who Saw Right Through the Male Gaze, Dies at 85

Valie Export used performance and filmed media to reclaim the female body, subverting the male gaze and patriarchal restrictions through guerrilla delivery methods.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago
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Renowned feminist artist and film-maker Valie Export dies aged 85

Valie Export used provocative performance art to invert the male gaze and expose the objectification of women’s bodies.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Not for ogling': forget Titian, Botticelli and the male fantasists only women can paint great female nudes

If you want to paint, put your clothes back on! That was how Carolee Schneemann summarised the critical response to her 1975 performance piece Interior Scroll, which she had performed nude standing on a gallery table. After making a series of life model poses, she removed a scroll from her vagina and began to read her manifesto. In doing so, Schneemann asked an important question: What does it mean for a female artist to be both the artist and the life model?
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Film
fromInsideHook
3 months ago

In Defense of Movie Sex Scenes

Onscreen sex scenes can be narratively essential but are often gratuitous, harmful, or disruptive when objectifying participants, reinforcing stereotypes, or damaging a film's flow.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

I tried to capture her inner world but couldn't': Tom de Freston on painting his wife pregnant and nude

Tom de Freston paints large-scale works exploring grief, the male gaze, mythological female figures, and his wife's pregnancy and miscarriages.
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fromBustle
5 months ago

TikTok's Viral "Male Gaze" Vs. "Female Gaze" Makeup Trend Asks Who Your Glam Is For

Modern social-media makeup divides into a 'male gaze' minimal, approachable aesthetic and a 'female gaze' playful, expressive style prioritizing personality over palatability.
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 months ago

Kim Novak's Vertigo review the dizzying demands on Hitchcock's leading lady

At 92 years old, Hollywood movie star Kim Novak legendary of course for her doppelganger starring role in Hitchcock's Vertigo is a vivid and, in fact, yearningly romantic and demanding presence in this gallant, cinephile documentary-interview filmed by director and Novak superfan Alexandre O Philippe. She is one of the very few golden age stars still with us, and maybe the title of this film is a playful pun:
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fromInverse
8 months ago

How The Most Underrated Action Epic Of The Year Found Its Secret Weapon

Matilda Lutz endured grueling physical challenges transforming into Red Sonja, confronting revealing costumes, intense stunts, and embracing a role that subverts the male gaze.
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