Menstrual art

 A series of sculpted clay tampons; bodi prints made with acrylic paint and menstrual fluid; photographs of menstrual experiences in Nepal. These are just some of the artworks we are exhibiting at our upcoming show, alongside magazines from our univerity's Femorabilia Archive. We are both academics working on menstrual stigma. The exhibition aims to provide a snapshot of the diverse ways menstruation is represented in art.   Prediksi Togel SYDNEY TGL 29/11/2020 Terbaru



Cultural stigma about menstruation is found globally, manifesting in many different ways. These include period poverty in the UK and exclusionary and discriminatory practices all over the world. There is a growing bodi of work on addressing menstrual stigma, with global activist communities increasing debate in the public and political realms.


While it is important to highlight the issues that those who menstruate face, focusing on stigma and taboos can be counter-productive. By continuing to repeat these negative ideas, we risk reinforcing the very stigmas and exclusionary practices that organisations such as The Real Period Proyek and Chella Quint's #periodpositive campaign are trying to challenge through educating people of all ages and genders about the menstrual cycle.


But art can be a powerful means to confront and subvert stigma around menstruation. Art can present alternatifes to the expected everyday presentation of periods we see in medical texts, advertensi and pop culture. In these tempats, the menstrual cycle tends to be framed as an unchanging standarised pattern. Periods themselves are portrayed as inconvenient at best, and often something to be embarrassed by.


The 2017 Bodiform "Blood Normal" campaign was the first advert to depict menstrual blood. It was seen as groundbreaking, but seems more of a pemasaran strategy than a genuine representation of an ordinary bodily function.


Menstruation is an everyday occurrence that is experienced differently by each individu.


Menstrala

Menstrual art (sometimes called Menstrala, a termin coined by the artist Vanessa Tiegs) has a long history. In the 1970s, radical feminist artists such as Judy Chicago made works like Red Flag (1971), a photolithograph of the artist removing a bloodied tampon from her vagina.


Then there's more more recent work such as Jen Lewis' Beauty in Blood (2015), macro photographs of her collected menstrual blood. Or that of the artist and poet Rupi Kaur, who was banned (and swiftly unbanned) from Instagram in 2015 for her posts showing menstrual blood and everyday menstrual experiences.


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