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Private School, Medium Pop
up book, illustrated with
computer images. Performance
piece read to audience while
seated lower than reader.
up book, illustrated with
computer images. Performance
piece read to audience while
seated lower than reader.
Further Explanation:
This piece deals with rebellion
from gender role stratification.
When I think of growing up, I
think of the ideals of a young
lady/preteen my parents encouraged
me to portray. I wasn't supposed
to have a sexuality, masturbation
was considered inappropriate,
pornography was off limits, and
homosexuality was certainly
forbidden. My dolls enforced
these notions too, reflecting
motherhood, secretarial positions,
and other stereotypical feminine
behaviors. However, at a young
age I was very interested in sex
and used my housewife Barbie and
teen Skipper to contemplate sexual
fantasies. So for this book I
took symbols of innocence like
baby dolls and nuns and gave them
a sexuality.
This piece deals with rebellion
from gender role stratification.
When I think of growing up, I
think of the ideals of a young
lady/preteen my parents encouraged
me to portray. I wasn't supposed
to have a sexuality, masturbation
was considered inappropriate,
pornography was off limits, and
homosexuality was certainly
forbidden. My dolls enforced
these notions too, reflecting
motherhood, secretarial positions,
and other stereotypical feminine
behaviors. However, at a young
age I was very interested in sex
and used my housewife Barbie and
teen Skipper to contemplate sexual
fantasies. So for this book I
took symbols of innocence like
baby dolls and nuns and gave them
a sexuality.