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Woodwork


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I have the sinking feeling that whoever wrote that post at the Daily Caller referring to "Frida, the girlfriend" of Diego Rivera may actually never have heard of Frida Kahlo.

Hard to believe, but I guess anything's possible. Given her stature as an artist, referring to her that way would be remarkably disrespectful if the writer had had any idea who she was.




I can’t say I quite know why the author referred to Kahlo as a girlfriend…beyond the fact that she was notoriously adulterous with both men and women throughout her “marriage.” And fwiw, there were no agreed upon terms that theirs’ would be an open marriage.

As for her painting, or art, it was as about as ego-centric and self-dramatizing as modern-art can be which pretty much makes it a front runner for the most self-dramatic of all time. To my mind, she had the great advantage of being dredged-up by pop-icons at the popular crossroads of late-feminism and magical-realism. Marquez was at his height and authors like Fuentes and Llosa were hot and increasingly cinematic. Then came the movie and, bingo! She was a pop-feminist art star. As I recall, Madonna, post cone-bra, was hawking Kahlo's wares and rep, amongst other low-watt paragons of culture and social politics.

As for the uni-brow?
De gustibus non disputandum est, here applies.


-- Edited by Woodwork on Wednesday 8th of December 2010 07:38:22 AM

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"BigG, I'm sure you realize that there are *lots* of women who would look like that if they cultivated that particular presentation! I'm afraid I couldn't manage it myself."

And thank God for that, you look alot better than she does. That is one scary looking woman that I wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley.no

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I have the sinking feeling that whoever wrote that post at the Daily Caller referring to "Frida, the girlfriend" of Diego Rivera may actually never have heard of Frida Kahlo. 

Hard to believe, but I guess anything's possible.  Given her stature as an artist, referring to her that way would be remarkably disrespectful if the writer had had any idea who she was.

Not to mention that she wasn't his "girlfriend"; they were married.

And I couldn't care less at this point what Diego Rivera's politics were; he was a wonderful artist.  Even if he was no Frida Kahlo.

Never mind the photo; here's a self-portrait:

200px-Frida_Kahlo_%28self_portrait%29.jpg

BigG, I'm sure you realize that there are *lots* of women who would look like that if they cultivated that particular presentation!  I'm afraid I couldn't manage it myself.  (In case anyone doesn't know, Frida Kahlo's father was German -- maybe part Jewish -- and her mother was Mexican, partly Spanish but mostly Indian.)



-- Edited by DonnaL on Tuesday 7th of December 2010 08:10:44 PM

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Obviously it serves some evolutionary purpose or she wouldn't be here.

Or is it a mutation? Hummmm....

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Yes, her facial hair is quite impressive. Gosh, I feel guilty, because blondes for the most part can't grow a unibrow if they tried, no one would ever see it. I'm thinking that maybe instead of showing my support in that manner, I could just wear a dumbass flower like the one she has on her head. It would draw particular attention in uniform, I think.

Okay, this article just has to be from the Onion, isn't it? Because, honestly, nobody is that dumb.

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*rofl* Wait....Looking like Frida would, from my observation, involve growing a unibrow AND a mustache!  Maybe they can call it MoDecembrow....

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Woodwork


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This holiday season, Feministing.com, an “online community for feminists,” is encouraging women to opt out of eyebrow waxing appointments in favor of looking like “Frida,” the girlfriend of Marxist Diego Rivera.

And, this will have the double advantage of the public being able to identify these hotties in a crowd, and keeping their humongous brains warm [I am sure there would have been a good emotocon for this...maybe someone else could supply it].

 Anyone else going to bridge the gap for the cause?

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/12/06/feminist-website-encourages-women-to-make-december-decembrow-for-cause-of-their-choice/#ixzz17MCiOdns

 



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