Totally fair, I’m not meaning to criticize, it’s just very rare to see someone working with a material I’m extremely familiar with the intricacies of. Her work is beautiful, but I can safely say with literally, just a hint of tradition, it would do nothing but good...

No, it’s a Rothko. You are confusing it with Tim Noble and Sue Webster.

I was into this until she went on her “I don’t believe in starving artists/there are no /true/ barriers to entry” spiel, at which point I was just like - jeez, that’s some privilege. I know plenty of hard working, brilliant artists who never made it big, who struggle to make rent and pay their bills even with a day…

Thanks for posting this. Her work is gorgeous. Perhaps a tiny bit disingenuous not to mention Gustav Klimt among the others, though. He may have been a white, European male, but he’s her most obvious influence.

It would have been really eye catching if she had gone with a red background. With that shade of blue that she uses, a red background would have made her paintings just glow. Think like this Rothko painting;

This assumes that she wants cleaner results. It’s always good to experiment with other techniques, but it could be that she’s making a choice about the overall effect and is happy with what she’s produced this way.

I really love her work, and hate criticizing people... But, I’m technically an expert on gilding IRL... As silly as that may sound, and or pretentious? I dunno... This isn’t meant to be pretentious, but...

I think you’re well-meaning and support your efforts to get women to champion and protect themselves....and I’m glad you clarified that you’re “talking about supporting them so they feel less afraid/alone when and if they do”, or that perpetrators are the only ones that should feel shame.

“I’ll use a condom.”

I know it’s with good intentions, but one of the things that you talk about when training to handle people disclosing assaults to you is that the best thing is to not talk the person’s power away. Meaning, letting them make their own choices, despite how you want them to handle it. Encouraging someone to talk to an…

It’s “coercion such as lies and verbal pressure” so it’s not limited to the typical “you’d sleep with me if you really loved me” but includes things like “if you don’t, I’ll tell everyone you did anyway” or “my dad knows your dad and he will be very sorry to hear that you’re getting group fucked by all the frats.”

I think it means like, “I have a condom on” etc

you must have never experienced the reporting system.

Oh my god, my heart breaks for these people.

Or Brexit!

While I think there is some validity to the idea that progressives are easier to offend (because they tend to not like ‘punching down’), but I don’t think they are beyond being comedically entertained... they just have different expectations.

Offensive isn’t the end of the conversation, it’s the beginning of analysis. In your mind, “offense” means the conversation is over. If you can’t handle it, don’t talk about it. Maybe you’re scared something bad will happen if you analyize someone’s words?

He rapes, but he saves. And he saves more than he rapes.

**TL;DR, Dave isn’t that important. Ain’t nobody got time for that.**