or progressive subterfuge
concealing incremental enslavement
exploitative of
biological differences
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an inquiry in humility
not an assertion
but obsessive bafflement
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Anonymous wrote:
Allow me to comment in 3 parts.
First, the elegance of the form which i read as artfulness, signifies
the way in which the market has 'sold' empowerment to women, conveying through
advertising blitzkrieg that enhancing appearance is equal to beauty is equal to
superiority is equal to power over other women and men of course.
Second, the fine detailing of the curves and the finery /
jewellery represents the craving and desire that all 'normal' women must
experience / possess in order to accomplish the above objective.
And third, the bent, bowed and to my critical gaze even
twisted image symbolises the 'un defeatable' abjectness of the 'woman
condition' which only intensifies with every apparent bold step (hu)mankind
takes in the direction of empowering it.
And your words so completely expressing your "obsessive
bafflement" serve as a chilling non question... how can it be otherwise.
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Anonymous said...
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The picture is lovely, I saw it as an odalisque / apsara, reclining sensuously. The text reveals it in a new light, as a woman who may be chained into a submissive position, or even ducking to avoid a blow.
3 comments:
The picture is lovely, I saw it as an odalisque / apsara, reclining sensuously. The text reveals it in a new light, as a woman who may be chained into a submissive position, or even ducking to avoid a blow.
Bhai,
I am not quite sure of 'enslavement' being 'incremental'.
It is 'all' at 'all times' at 'all places'
charu
...Shaayad unka aakhri ho yeh sitam
Har sitam yeh soch kar hum seh gaye
Hum wafa kar ke bhi tanhaan reha gaye
Dil ke arumaan aansuvon mein behe gaye
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