Emma
6" x 9" watercolor on 140 lb. Strathmore paper.
"I've seen discourse around Kamala sleeping her way to the top, which is just discourse that we would see about any woman in her position. Patriarchy has a hard time acknowledging the power of women, without relating it back to men and they do that by way of women's sexuality because within a patriarchy its the only thing that men feel powerless to. Suppose for a second that Kamala was a young woman, learning about the boys club that is every professional and political environment in this country by way of sleeping with men. Which by the way, if you know, you know happens more often according to themes of coercion and exploitation in themes of consent or respect. If thats true, it makes me trust her infinitely more. Because of her present day joyful approach to life and the man that she chose to marry. I watched an interview with them this morning and I thought to myself,
"This is the way that I want to be loved some day."
Who she is now tells me everything that I need to know about where she's been and the systems of power that she has personally had to deconstruct in addition to her baseline as a qualified successful and powerful curvier politician. -emma
This is number four in my #women4women series. If you would like to see more of Emma's videos please click the following link:
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