here’s to

“…the female narcissist is dangerous to patriarchy because she obviates the desiring male subject (loving herself, she needs no confirmation of her desirability from him). in the case of an artistic practice that performs female narcissism (such as wilke’s), the threat lies in its making superfluous the arbiters of artistic value. already presuming her desirability, wilke obviates the modernist critical system; loving herself, she needs no confirmation of her artistic “value.”

amelia jones, body art: performing the subject (via karaj)

over 2,000 notes. here’s to obviating the male subject, needing no confirmation of your artistic value, and being dangerous to patriarchy.

(via karaj)