[qoae] Rosemary: Art Trivializes Life

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Posted by Rosemary:
Art Trivializes Life
http://www.qoae.net/posts/1208455071.shtml


   Yale Art major [1]Aliza Shvarts '08 wants to make a statement.

     Beginning next Tuesday, Shvarts will be displaying her senior art
     project, a documentation of a nine-month process during which she
     artificially inseminated herself "as often as possible" while
     periodically taking abortifacient drugs to induce miscarriages. Her
     exhibition will feature video recordings of these forced
     miscarriages as well as preserved collections of the blood from the
     process.

   The artist said, "I hope it inspires some sort of discourse," Shvarts
   said. "Sure, some people will be upset with the message and will not
   agree with it, but it's not the intention of the piece to scandalize
   anyone."

   Good thing she said that because we wouldn't want to mistake her
   intent. Trivialize surely but not scandalize. Oh, no, we wouldn't want
   to mistake her message. BTW, I love how they said "forced
   miscarriages". What's wrong? Are we having trouble saying ABORTIONS?
   Does it sound nicer to call it "forced miscarriages"? Yeah, probably
   but I'm not falling for it. There is nothing "nice" about this "art"
   project.

   It's disgusting, disturbing and does nothing to advance the argument
   that women have abortions because they "need them" and they don't do
   them lightly. They wouldn't have abortions for trivial reasons like
   birth control or FUCKING ART PROJECTS.

   No, clearly, this woman had "health issues".

References

   1. http://yaledailynews.com/story.html