 my body, my choice.terracota, 8x16.
Western perception of White Feminism doesn’t help women in marginalized groups, specifically when it is discussing contemporary issues. By generalizing an entire group of women as oppressed and projecting historically repeated stereotypes, it validates the oppressors. There is a shallow definition of how women should feel empowered and this piece channels how two modestly dressed women, whether they adorned the hijab or not, took a form of empowerment. |  my body, my choice.terracota, 8x16.
Western perception of White Feminism doesn’t help women in marginalized groups, specifically when it is discussing contemporary issues. By generalizing an entire group of women as oppressed and projecting historically repeated stereotypes, it validates the oppressors. There is a shallow definition of how women should feel empowered and this piece channels how two modestly dressed women, whether they adorned the hijab or not, took a form of empowerment. |  my body, my choice.terracota, 8x16.
Western perception of White Feminism doesn’t help women in marginalized groups, specifically when it is discussing contemporary issues. By generalizing an entire group of women as oppressed and projecting historically repeated stereotypes, it validates the oppressors. There is a shallow definition of how women should feel empowered and this piece channels how two modestly dressed women, whether they adorned the hijab or not, took a form of empowerment. |
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