Last week one of my art teachers suggested I 'dial down the feminism.' Today I showed him...

[demmiblue]

AlexBertulisFernande‏ @alexbertanades

Last week one of my art teachers suggested I 'dial down the feminism.' Today I showed him my newest piece:



2:17 PM - 7 Feb 2018

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[Snotcicles]

1. Great work. That one will take off for sure. nt

[CurtEastPoint]

2. A teacher said that. An ART teacher? Art is about expressing one's self.

F that teacher. And you go, Alex.

[TeapotInATempest]

16. My thought exactly.

[lunasun]

27. Nope my one kid stopped taking some art classes at HS . Teacher would try to redo the work or

say stuff . It was the studrnts art in the end but what the teacher wanted
My kid already was in art shows and had won awards by the time this happened
.And no profanity no nudity , political slant etc.
Moved to only computer art classes where the dept. teachers were more hands off

[BigmanPigman]

52. I was an illustrator, got my BFA

then switched to teaching elem school (artists can't afford rent sometimes and forget health insur!) and I am appalled I taught art to my students in lessons from all subjects (math, social studies, science, reading/writing, etc) and they loved it and learned about the subject much better. I can't imagine any legit art teacher stifling freedom and creativity. I always told my kids what I learned in Art School, "Art is whatever you believe it to be". It is a thoroughly subjective opinion and experience.

[demmiblue]

3. Toon I found in the responses:

[Ligyron]

4. Somebody is getting an "A" on that one!

K to the R.

[BigMin28]

5. Nevertheless

you persisted! Bravo!

[demmiblue]

7. I am not Alex. I found her tweet when looking at 'Twitter Moments'.

[Blues Heron]

6. Beautiful piece

Nice job!

[IronLionZion]

8. I'd be curious to see what sort of art led to this conversation

I hope it was shocking in an awesome way

[PJMcK]

9. There needs to be another setting

Just below "Raging Feminist" there should be an "11."

[volstork]

17. Agree!

[Still Blue in PDX]

19. GMTA. nt

[Laffy Kat]

10. AlexBertulisFernande....

Is my hero of the day.

[mcar]

11. Perfect!

[DownriverDem]

12. I love it!

Sadly, the repubs for decades have made feminism/feminist a dirty word. Listen to a lot of women who say stuff like, we don't need feminism. I'm not a feminist, etc. It makes me sick. Many women are our own worst enemy. Or maybe it's that those women are with rich men and don't give a damn.

[IronLionZion]

15. Phyllis Schlafly: College Women Get Raped Because They Go to College

https://jezebel.com/phyllis-schlafly-college-women-get-raped-because-they-1677798292

Not all women are your sisters. #NotAllWomen

[mythology]

29. And she raised a dumass kid as well

Her kid is the idiot behind conservapedia. Because Wikipedia was too biased against conservatives.

[Staph]

35. As Colbert said

"Facts have a well-known liberal bias."

[alfredo]

37. Not all Schlafly's are assholes. The owner of St Louis Brewery, maker of Schlafly ale

has made it clear that Phyllis has nothing to with their business and they do not share her views.
Their ales are very good.

[47of74]

60. Yes they are.

I really like Schlafly beers.

And Tom Schlafly is a Democrat.

[alfredo]

64. I loved their first iteneration of an ESB. The newer ESB

is either not as good, or my tastes changed. Their American IPA was delish.
I can’t drink carbonized beverages anymore, so wine and whiskey are my remaining pleasures.

[whathehell]

40. But she went to law school

She seemed to be of a "do as I say, not as I do" mindset.

[IronLionZion]

41. Like most conservatives

they like having education and opportunities and choices for themselves but not others.

[whathehell]

42. That phenomenon is bizarre..

I mean, how do they justify it publicly?..They can't just come out and say "I'm better than you", though they well may think it.

[IronLionZion]

44. In order to feel exclusive

you have to exclude some people

They really enjoy dividing people by class or other ways that benefit a few at the expense of many.

[whathehell]

50. I figured they felt that way..

I just wondered what their public rational for it was.

[calimary]

58. Totally. She made a career traveling all over everywhere making public appearances

and speeches to spread her message that women should stay home and not have careers.

[eppur_se_muova]

43. I wish I could remember where I read it -- Schlafly largely responsible for defeating ERA.

Not that long ago (it doesn't take me long to forget sources, sometimes) I read a rather lengthy account of everything that PS did to encourage people to vote against ratifying the ERA. It made the pretty convincing argument that she alone carried more responsiblilty for ERA's failure to be ratified than any other person or organization. The irony was that she wasn't much of a stay-at-home mom herself, but that was the ideal she claimed to be defending. She worked so tirelessly for ERA's defeat it's hard to understand what drove her. Only religious dogma seems to be able to get RWNJs to make that kind of effort.

[IronLionZion]

46. STOP (ERA) was an acronym for "Stop Taking Our Privileges"

She argued that the ERA would take away gender-specific privileges currently enjoyed by women, including "dependent wife" benefits under Social Security, separate restrooms for males and females, and exemption from the Selective Service (the Army draft).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Schlafly#Equal_Rights_Amendment

There were states that ratified the amendment and she got them to rescind it. She was a real piece of work.

Her own mother worked during the great depression, and she worked in an ammunition plant during WW2 and then went on to college and law school. She also seemed to claim that feminism helps younger women and minorities while screwing over older white women, and got supporters based on that lie.

[stonecutter357]

13. K&R

[crazycatlady]

14. Suggestion for Alex

Open up a feminist art shop on Etsy.

I'd love to shop there.

[dlk]

18. There's Never a Shortage of Women Haters

[turbinetree]

20. Classic...................

[PunkinPi]

21. K&R nt

[MineralMan]

22. Oh, SNAP!

[Auggie]

23. Great idea ...

Last edited Thu Feb 8, 2018, 02:30 PM - Edit history (1)

typography could use some work though (I've been designing type for almost forty years).

[BlancheSplanchnik]

26. I work at a university. At the Art college, that would definitely be the crit.

I can imagine it now. But no one would be calling for “less feminism”!

[efhmc]

36. Curious what changes you would suggest.

Looks perfect to me but what do I know.

[Auggie]

48. The word spacing and letter spacing is terrible

[MontanaMama]

24. Bam!

How do you like Alex now, art "teacher"? Take THAT!!!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

25. Awe. Some!!

The radical notion that women are people.

[niyad]

39. exactly!!

[UpInArms]

28. Well done!

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[Miigwech]

30. One bad art teacher

censorship is not art, did you tell him that?

[Iggo]

31. You get an A.

[Wounded Bear]

32. Well played...

[kag]

33. My daughter is studying art in college.

She's a freshman, and I could just see her if someone told her to "dial down the feminism". I'm sending this to her.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

34. Perfect!

[niyad]

38. YAYYYYYY for Alex!! and thank you so very much for sharing this with us!!

[rolypolychloe]

45. Your drawing program needs a spell checker

de·hu·man·i·za·tion
ˌdēˌ h)yo͞omənəˈzāSH(ə n/

distracts from your message which I thought was very good. Weird an art teacher would say such a thing. They are usually all about the art and not so much about the message.

[TygrBright]

47. Spellchecker probably wouldn't flag an accepted variant like that.

Canadian/British English spells it that way, just as they spell "civilisation" thusly.

diffidently,
Bright

[demmiblue]

51. This (she lives in London). n/t

[nolabear]

49. All the way to eleven!

Yeah, I’m old. 😂

[AllaN01Bear]

53. this could be used to visualize a whole lot of responses to not nice things.

[blogslut]

54. Nice.

If it were me I would have taken a photo of the teacher and drawn horns and a goatee on it with menstrual blood.

[cry baby]

55. Big rec from me for your spunk! nt

[debsy]

56. THAT is beautiful!

excellent - A+!

[TheFrenchRazor]

57. me too. nt

[Honeycombe8]

59. LOL! Clever. nt

[Old Vet]

61. Good for you demmiblue, Happy valentines day.....

[Mc Mike]

62. Now, THAT'S art.

[Blue Owl]

63. Turn it up to 11!

[YOHABLO]

65. I'm confused why a teacher has the right to say such a thing. An art teacher at that. WOW.

Tell your art teacher to mind his own business.