Who knew this uncoupling would last longer than the marriage.

There are a lot of people who would be considered “white” in Mexico who would not be considered “white” in the U.S., and Frida is one of them. I think that’s the root of a lot of the disagreement here...

please go away. I am Mexican american and wear traditional clothing and shoes from my parents land, so am I white washing? Please do tell me more. I honest to god do not believe she was white washing anything. You’re Mexican and live in Mexico, at that time it was hip and modern to dress like an american, she on the…

Same. Ugh children lol I’m 24 I’m not hip enough anymore. Now i know :)

She may have honestly believed she was. While visiting Detroit both she and Diego Rivera took great pleasure in telling Ford (Henry, not Edsel) they were Jewish because of his antisemitic remarks.

Being Mexican and white aren't contradictory...

Wrote a long reply that was dashed by the internet gods. Long story short: Colonial Spanish rule decreed the use of indigenous garb, including distinctive dress in each village, to tell people apart and label the indigenous from the mestizo populations. Now this clothing, a sign of colonial rule, has been…

In the real sense, they weren’t communists. Their joining the party, but still retaining their wealth and obvious privilege simply revealed them to be well-meaning dilettantes.

This is one of the most beautiful and accurate descriptions of her work I’ve seen. Will be stealing this description.

Yeah, I’ve noted people using that word inappropriately a lot lately. It confuses me because English is my second language. It was used against me in an argument about how being a stay at home mom is the hardest job in the world and the person said to me it’s ubiquitous when I disagreed. I didn’t even know what they…

Oh my gosh, thank you so much for this post!! I’m a huge admirer of Kahlo’s art. I don’t “like” it, because to me it’s not “likable”, but I respect the hell out of her and how she expressed herself (in every way, not just through her art). Her talent was fierce and she was completely in-your-face about how she wielded…

I know who she is, but after realizing that she didn’t appear on Dancing with the Stars or America’s Got Talent, I can’t imagine why an art history class would waste any time on her.

I first learned about Frida Kahlo in a high school Spanish class. I would be surprised to find out that I know a single person over the age of 18 who doesn't have at least some concept of who she is. She's pretty famous.

Salma was bankable. I’d like to see it redone by an independent Mexican entity with a Mexican woman directing.

the same way white girls wearing huipils as a cool fashion statement so often seem less concerned with what they represent than with how they’re accessorizing

Wonderful artist; fascinating person.

A bit disappointing for a pictorial.

Whenever I see a white woman dressed up as Kahlo or in obviously “Kahlo”-influenced clothing, I immediately think of her own words on the matter:

Kahlo was a bad ass. Her writing in addition to her art is so immersive and stunning you sort of fall into her mind just like looking at her paintings begins to feel like looking into her mirror as her.