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	kadath 2005-05-05 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	I quite enjoyed the "no, I'm more disinterested than you!" give-and-take between lucifera_shadow and mylaptopisevil. (Reply to this)

	soleta 2005-05-05 08:13 pm UTC (link)
	when you said 'spelling' I thought dictionaries. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ladyofviolets 2005-05-05 08:18 pm UTC (link)
	My mistake. It was supposed to be *spell casting*. *edits* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soleta 2005-05-05 08:50 pm UTC (link)
	oh it's all good. I'm just amused. ^_- (Reply to this)(Parent)

	jyuu 2005-05-05 08:44 pm UTC (link)
	Huh. I actually rather like the paintings. And mixed with acrylic, the blood's all sealed in. Interesting. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	chaimonkey 2005-05-05 10:52 pm UTC (link)
	Very interesting indeed! So forwarding to my art history teacher. Lessee if her current class can stomach it, muahaha! (buncha squeamish girly-girls, nyeah) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2005-05-05 11:16 pm UTC (link)
	I rather like the paintings too; the last one, with the gold mixed in, is really cool. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jyuu 2005-05-05 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	Ooh wow, yeah, that's really pretty. :D (Reply to this)(Parent)

	suzycat 2005-05-06 08:50 am UTC (link)
	There's a painting made from gold and poo in my local art gallery. It was very costly, apparently. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	chaimonkey 2005-05-05 11:28 pm UTC (link)
	On a more serious note, I believe the philosophy and skill with which she creates the paintings make them very valid and significant art works. Yey. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jyuu 2005-05-05 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	Her ability to dismiss flames is quite nice as well. I was seriously impressed when I looked - there's a lot of depth in the work. I'm not an art student of any kind, but I know what I like. Ooh, look at us, all serious and thoughtful. Hee. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	chaimonkey 2005-05-06 02:33 am UTC (link)
	Even better flame response. She's been quite recognized by the art and feminism communities as well, so looks like we're not the only ones. ;) On the use of the blood, doesn't it have the most unique texture? *mezmerized* Now if you want real WTF in the art world, check out Tracey Emin. woo-oo. Speshul. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	chaimonkey 2005-05-06 02:34 am UTC (link)
	ps - if it prompts you for login, do: slashdot@slashdot.org slashdot (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jyuu 2005-05-06 05:56 am UTC (link)
	See, now I think that's interesting, but fucked up. And I'm sort of glad the picture doesn't work. Menstrual blood paintings seem almost prosaic in comparison. Yikes. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	cleolinda 2005-05-06 05:57 am UTC (link)
	I think the intense reactions that people are having says a lot about the way we view women's bodies in general. I kind of get a surreal vibe seeing the actual words "menstrual blood and acrylic on paper," but the art itself doesn't seem inappropriate at all. I really don't think that the level of horror people are coming up with is justified. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

jyuu 2005-05-06 06:06 am UTC (link)

Agreed. Seems like people equate mentrual blood with other bodily excretions, which is sort of sad. I admit the idea was sort of eyebrow-raising at first, but then I looked and thought about it and it doesn't bother me. I'd hang them on my wall. It is sort of surreal, but the art is... pretty. And while nicely tied in with the blood-medium in themes, it's not amazingly shocking or weird. Could be gigantic vaginas spouting clots and baby faces, but they're just paintings. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	funwithrage 2005-05-06 07:24 am UTC (link)
	As someone who wanked there, I...can't see why *not* to equate it with other bodily excretions. It's basically waste product. I mean, otherwise? Ew, but not my thing, just like the guy who paints with shit. With a bit of a "oh, God, not the moon-time crowd again" thrown in, I admit. Squishy New Ageness grosses me out more than any bodily substance ever could. (Reply to this)(Parent)

crickets 2005-05-06 06:49 am UTC (link)

the intense reactions that people are having says a lot about the way we view women's bodies Agreed. Even "blood and acrylic on paper" would raise an eyebrow, but quite as high or for quite the same reasons, I think. And just to add to all of the prior comments about the quality of the work, she is so talented. I didn't know quite what to expect, but those are interesting, lovely paintings. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crickets 2005-05-06 06:50 am UTC (link)
	"but not quite as high" (Reply to this)(Parent)

	quinctia 2005-05-07 04:51 am UTC (link)
	Well, it's more like "blood and uterine tissue," which in my brain makes it worse than plain ol' blood. I'd be just as...meh and generally disgusted if someone were painting with bile, though. Just because it's in my body (or comes out of it at some point) doesn't make it awesome. I'm happy it does what it's supposed to, but that's where the appreciation ends on my end. ;) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	smo 2005-05-05 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	i love nerve hitting the 'spellcasters' You wanna watch it there, pal. It is unwise to piss off Neve Campbell. Just ask Fairuza Balk. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	llama_treats 2005-05-05 09:46 pm UTC (link)
	*coughRobinTunneycough* (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2005-05-06 01:48 am UTC (link)
	Meh. Stupid white girls all look alike. :p (Reply to this)(Parent)

	chaimonkey 2005-05-05 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	mylaptopisevil is never gonna get laid with that hair. Or that face. Or that attitude. Or that screenname... (Tho I'm one to talk) Poor boy. (Reply to this)

	blackjackrocket 2005-05-06 06:02 am UTC (link)
	What's with his preoccupation with her number of icons? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	suzycat 2005-05-06 08:54 am UTC (link)
	He fears that, because she has more icons than him, she possesses a phallus that can trump his pathetic, childlike evil laptop. OMG phallic woman who is not actually a man in drag but a moonblood-loving womyn!! Patriarchy! Crumbles! (Reply to this)(Parent)

mastervex 2005-05-06 09:47 pm UTC (link)

I've seen people wank about this so many times. Get the hell over it. I rather like a lot of the paintings. And personally, I can't muster that much disgust. I only mind the stuff in the first place because it doesn't smell like normal blood, and I wouldn't want to be touching other people's due to possibility of disease. Painted, dried, sealed in, not smelly, nothing for me to be grossed out about. I imagine it's annoying stuff to work with. Painting with regular blood is a pain, it dries and gets sticky so quick, and it's not really worth it to have to keep getting more fresh stuff. And it totally ruins paintbrushes. Menstrual blood has more, uh, texture, and probably has the same problems getting all sticky. Although it wouldn't be as difficult to keep getting more. (Reply to this)

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	Re: Hmph jat_sapphire 2005-05-18 05:17 am UTC (link)
	**Margaret Cho moment** Oh, I loved the colonic skit. "If I had one more hole, I could have Internet access!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	Re: Hmph jat_sapphire 2005-05-18 02:05 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, you must hear the whole skit. It's on Notorious C.H.O. ...in fact, I must hear it again. *runs to DVD player* (Reply to this)(Parent)

	windex_junkie 2005-05-10 08:12 am UTC (link)
	All I have to say about this is (1) at least the paintings are pretty this time, and (2) Seasonale is one of the best things that ever happened to me. There's a damn good reason they call it the curse. Promoting gender equality =/= finger-painting with one's bodily excretions, KTHXBYE. (Reply to this)

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