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Christine de Pizan: Not Your Average Working Mom
Christine de Pizan's plate in Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party At age 24, Christine de Pizan (or de Pisan) found herself widowed with no money, no inheritance, and two small children, a mother, and a...
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Georgia O’Keeffe: Not Just the Best Among Women
“The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I’m one of the best painters.” -Georgia O’Keeffe Georgia O'Keefe. (Used with permission). Judy Chicago was definitely a fan of Georgia...
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Margaret Sanger: The Woman Rebel
Photo of Margaret Sanger (by buttonknee on flickr.com ; used with permission) Margaret Sanger was born in New York State on September 14, 1879. She grew up in an Irish-American, working class family...
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Judy Chicago was starting a movement.
As I was doing research to find out the angle I wanted to start my blog post with, I stumbled upon a post by Paul Betts that clear about what dinner parties were really. “What makes the difference at a...
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In The Time of The “Butterfly Imagery”
Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party is a very interesting piece that I recommend to everyone, feminist or not. The Dinner Party comprises of 39 plate settings, with detailed embroidered runners, each...
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The Dinner Party Controversy
“The Dinner Party threatened the status quo on several levels. Not surprisingly, the piece generated a lot of media attention and endless controversy.” -Dissent Magazine “The Dinner Party reiterates...
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Who’s Invited to The Dinner Party?
Judy Chicago's, The Dinner Party| Photo by Kent Wang, used with permission The Dinner Partywas amazing. I really did feel like all of the women represented were right there in that room. I’m not...
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The Dinner Party Didn’t Leave Me Fully Satisfied
Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party I first came across The Dinner Party several years ago, probably through aimless wandering on Wikipedia. For a lover of both women’s history and referential art, it...
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The Dinner Party 2.0
Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party (used with permission from Flickr.com) Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party is an art piece which is now permanently installed in the Brooklyn Museum. This piece...
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One Movement, Two Different Dinner Tables
The Dinner Party Exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum | Photo used with permission. As a young activist, going to see Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party could only be described as an emotional experience. I...
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2016 Election: White Women Support Status Quo
Going into this year’s presidential election, I felt alone in my anxiety over the outcome. After all, almost every poll predicted a comfortable Clinton victory over Trump; some news sources even said...
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Say My Name: Don’t Make Me Choose Between My Race and Gender
“Feminists have created this propaganda to make black women see themselves as women first and second as black.” This is a recent phone text a straight, cisgender, Black, male family member sent me...
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silent abuse : the invalidation of Black Women
Who taught you to hate yourself? Who taught you to invalidate yourself? Who taught you that you’re worthless? Who taught you that you don’t even deserve life? My light and my dark complexion are tools...
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