Day 2: Iphigenia Gras
For the second day of her Tumblr curation, Iphigenia Gras asks female identifying viewers, 'what does being a woman mean to you?'
For the second day of her Tumblr curation, Iphigenia Gras asks female identifying viewers, 'what does being a woman mean to you?'
(My idol) Anthony Hegarty on Future Feminism
“A lot of misogynist press has taught us to scorn feminism and relegate it to the past. In fact there’s so much more: we’re just at the tip of the iceberg in what has been addressed in terms of re-imagining a less patriarchal, a less misogynistic way to structure our world, societies, communities, political and spiritual systems. Whereas all the systems that we have seem to be neutral, in fact they are gender-biased; they were all established by men and they’re all patriarchal systems, they’re all hierarchal systems. It’s not that there’s nothing good that could be gleaned from that, but we are at the point now where we’re expecting nature to collapse within a century. It occurred to me in the last year that people can more easily imagine the apocalypse that religions have been preparing their members for for the last 2000 years, than they can imagine a subtle shift in our systems of governance towards more feminist systems.
I have no hope that men can resolve the crisis that we’re facing now. Men can participate, men can draw upon feminine resources inside themselves, but it is for women to gain the empowerment necessary to participate so vigorously and internationally to create that change, I think they’re really our last hope. It’s the great untouched resource of the world; it’s half the population and if we organised ourselves differently, it could be instantly reformative.”
(via Antony Hegarty on Future Feminism - AnOther Mag)
sometimes being a woman comes with an expectation of being all things at one time, all the time. sometimes being a woman reminds me of the desert, where everything is beautiful but also sharp; everything’s learned to grow defenses. while I was being raised up as a young girl I was taught to brush my hair & make sure I was presentable before I left the house, but also to watch my back & walk tall & strong against those who’d try to fuck with me. I still carry that today - I’ll have a dress & lipstick on but also a knife strapped in my boot. I like the way the steel feels against my ankle.
CHELSEA WOLFE ON WHAT BEING A WOMAN MEANS TO HER