Women Empowering Women
This recognition is important, but I would like us to think a bit more critically about the ways in which we are perceived. For those of us with intersecting identities, the “male gaze” is far too limited a term to capture how we have been surveilled. So, I put to you: the white gaze.
If we claim that gender equality is being achieved in this present timeline, we need to define what we mean and who we include.
As an artist, I see gender equality as a shared canvas upon which different colours and tools come together to create a work of art that captures the beholder’s eye, provides meaning and serves as a framework of reference for them to assess other artworks.
What does this mean? Let’s break it down.
This is an opinionated piece on mental health awareness and the discriminations genders face in their mental health.