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MAKING ART LIKE A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONTINUALLY FORCED TO BE AN IDENTITY RATHER THAN HAVING THE FREEDOM TO DO WHATEVER I WANT

I AM NOT SO PRESUMPTUOUS AS TO THINK THAT MY EXPERIENCE IS INDICITIVE OF ANYONE ELSE’S

IF I WANT TO MAKE ART ABOUT MY BODY AND HOW MEN CALL OUT THEIR WINDOW SAYING THEY WANT TO TASTE ME

I WILL JUST BE ANOTHER ARTIST WHO WON’T SHUT UP ABOUT HAVING A VAGINA

I m trying not to give a fuck

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I DON’T WANT TO MAKE ART LIKE FEMININITY IS A CONSTRAINT.

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO MAKE UNAPOLOGETIC ART IF I’M EXPECTED TO APOLOGIZE FOR MY ENTIRE EXISTANCE?

THE THOUGHT OF BEING SATISFIED WITH WHAT I HAVE ACHIEVED IS FOREIGN

WHAT IS THE POINT OF TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHEN PEOPLE FAR MORE ELOQUENT AND TALENTED HAVE TRIED AND FAILED. I’M A CHILD WHO IS FEELING THE BURDEN OF THINGS THAT HAVE EXISTED FAR BEFORE I HAVE AND IMPACTED PEOPLE FAR MORE SEVERELY THAN THEY IMPACT ME. MAYBE IT IS MY OWN PROBLEM IF I FEEL THE NEED TO ASSERT MY IDENTITY AND DEFEND MYSELF. IF YOU DON’T ALREADY THINK THAT WOMEN AND NON BINARY PEOPLE HAVE A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE WHEN MAKING ART THIS DUMB BOOKLET WON’T CONVINCE YOU OTHERWISE.

MAYBE IF YOU MADE ART FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN A E S T H E T I C S YOU COULD TALK ABOUT IT WITHOUT SOUNDING INCREDBILY PRETENTIOUS

Maybe femme artists make art about their bodies because their bodies are always threatened it becomes a document where you can assert control over what other people could throw away

I WOULD LIKE IT IF MALE ARTISTS STOPPED PLACING A NAKED FEMALE BODY ON A PAGE AND SAYING IT IS ART YOU ARENT NEW OR UNIQUE OR DIFFERENT

dont dont look at me dont look look at at me me dont dont talk to me dont talk talk to to me me dont dont think about dontthink thinkabout about talking talking to me talking to to me me dont dont look at me dont look look at at me me dont dont talk to me dont talk talk to to me me dont dont think about dontthink thinkabout about talking talking to me talking to to me me dont dont look at me dont look look at at me me dont dont talk to me dont talk talk to to me me dont dont think about dontthink thinkabout about

I JUST WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO MESS UP AND BE SILLY AND PUT OUT MEANINGLESS ART

ANNA BOSWORTH

IM SICK AND TIR

ED OF TALKING ABOUT THIS