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Being Female by Eileen Myles →
“When I think about being female I think about being loved. What I mean by that: I have a little exercise I do when I present my work or speak publicly or even write (like this). In order to build up my courage I try to imagine myself deeply loved.” (whateverjeanne)
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The concept of women’s play is still underdeveloped.
That reading magazines, trying on make-up, or doing needlework could be relaxing, pleasurable, or amusing for busy, bright, successful women seems to go against an unstated belief that women should always be working—caring for others, improving themselves, and casting a rosy glow of morality on all about them.
I myself believe that when I am reading Vogue I should not have to be worrying about whether I have ‘better’ things to do, and that pleasure and play are as necessary for women as for men and children.
— Elaine Showalter, “Better Things to Do” in Media History 6.2 (2000) (seriousladies)
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Louise Bourgeois & Tracey Emin, I Wanted To Love You More, from the series “Do Not Abandon Me” (2009)
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Louise Bourgeois & Tracey Emin, Waiting For You, from the series “Do Not Abandon Me” (2009)
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"I often feel straddled between two worlds.
On one planet, populated by the smart kids from high school, everyone talks about structural violence, theory, race, sexual identities, gender and queer politics. The denizens of this planet worship ideas.
On the other planet, populated by the weird kids from high school, everyone talks about cock rings, lube, blow jobs, anal sex, genital sores and Pedobear. The denizens of this planet worship acts.
I want these two worlds to collide but only if they fit together post-collision. Why can’t we talk about cock-ring use as a part of sexual identity? Lube access as a structural impediment to sexual happiness? Anal sex as it relates to gender?" -
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Nontsikelelo Veleko, Nonkululeko, pigment print on cotton rag paper (2004) (bf: sp: bacm: an)
