My friend Nancy, aka the witch most able to make a cab materialize when you need one, gave me Women and Art: Contested Territory for Lughnasadha. She bought it at the newly-renovated National Portrait Gallery, which I'm itching to go see. The book is written by Judy Chicago and Edward-Lucie Smith. It's reminding me how much I love Judy Chicago. Some choice excerpts:
Women are a colonized people. Our history, values and . . . culture(s) have been taken from us . . . manifest most arrestingly in the seizure of a basic and most precious"land", our own bodies. ~ Robin Morgan, 1992
If men had babies, there would be thousands of images of the crowning. ~ Judy Chicago, 1992
The reconceptualization of the female body from a symbol of sexual and spiritual power to an object under the control of men . . . graduallly led women themselves to image their bodies from a male perspective. ~ Riane Eisler, 1995
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I saw "The Dinner Party" as a young teen and have never been the same since. Moving, fascinating, life-changing.
Does the book talk about Eva Cockcroft? Check her out, you'll love her work.
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