rurouniidoru: Self-Portrait as the Terrifying Spectre of Women’s Sexuality, 2012 Here, everyone, have some actual work I did for a real class. I did an essay on Surrealism (the movement, not the style), and found myself increasingly frustrated with the ridiculous misogyny within. For as gorgeous and super-cool as the imagery is, the whole movement was really exhaustingly Freudian about women. Women were frequently depicted as evil killer void doombringers and a bunch of other Dave Sim-esque BS. The Praying Mantis was commonly used: The evil woman, whose sexuality is tied up in murderousness, and all that. The first thing I thought was, “That’s really stupid, Surrealist guys.” The second thing I thought was, “But actually, that seems kinda punk rock, as a reclamatory thing.” And then I remembered that I had no ideas for my upcoming self-portrait assignment for Silkscreening class. So this is more a fantasy portrait than anything else. I’ve never slept with anyone and then killed them. …Yet. that was a joke tumblr i’m not going to kill anyone Dude I was just drunkenly ranting about my love/hate relationship with Surrealism for those exact reasons on Saturday night.

rurouniidoru:

Self-Portrait as the Terrifying Spectre of Women’s Sexuality, 2012

Here, everyone, have some actual work I did for a real class.

I did an essay on Surrealism (the movement, not the style), and found myself increasingly frustrated with the ridiculous misogyny within. For as gorgeous and super-cool as the imagery is, the whole movement was really exhaustingly Freudian about women. Women were frequently depicted as evil killer void doombringers and a bunch of other Dave Sim-esque BS. The Praying Mantis was commonly used: The evil woman, whose sexuality is tied up in murderousness, and all that.

The first thing I thought was, “That’s really stupid, Surrealist guys.” The second thing I thought was, “But actually, that seems kinda punk rock, as a reclamatory thing.” And then I remembered that I had no ideas for my upcoming self-portrait assignment for Silkscreening class.

So this is more a fantasy portrait than anything else. I’ve never slept with anyone and then killed them.

…Yet.

that was a joke tumblr i’m not going to kill anyone

Dude I was just drunkenly ranting about my love/hate relationship with Surrealism for those exact reasons on Saturday night.