I'm related to a lot of thin people too & I previously worked in fashion for years. On top of all that, I struggled with anorexia when I was younger. I stand by my statement that I've never seen anyone who is naturally emaciated.

While “eat a cheeseburger” may be obnoxious, let’s also stop pretending anyone is naturally emaciated. No doubt she is naturally thin, but this is well beyond that (although perhaps there are medical reasons for it).

I love love love a good braid. That is not a good braid.

Everyone above has a legit complaint except Depp. Soooooooo overrated.

I think he looks like a bloated Siamese cat. I have no idea why? He bugs me & yet I can't wait to see this movie!

Yeah, my sister is probably the only person on ever I’d do this for. Although I'd make her pay for a ton of pre natal massages & then a personal trainer post-birth.

It’s not incest on any planet. Stop with the fucking hysteria.

But that is still egg/sperm related - chromosomal abnormalities have nothing to do with the age of a womb. Although I would think that other complications could arise from a pregnancy in a post menopausal woman.

Really? You seem like a pretty terrible person yourself.

Yep!

I don’t care for performance art in general, or really Orlan’s work in particular, but I love it that art is capable of getting people so worked up!

So angry! I love it!

I just thinks it helps to actually know what your talking about (in this case Orlan’s body of work) before dismissing it. But this is the internet so I realize that's asking too much.

Try harder.

I’m too lazy (and lacking in brains nowadays) to make a halfway decent argument on why it’s “art” but my shorthand answer is that she is part of a movement of performance artists from the 60s & 70s,like Chris Burden & Vito sconce, that focused on the body & it’s physicality (their own bodies specifically). Her art is…

Yeah, I think it was local - but she was awake & talking while she had the surgery which is kind of bonkers.

What is “for years”? I love how impressed people are with the embrace of their own anti-intellectual bullshit. You don’t have to like what this woman is selling, but it helps to have a clue before outright dismissing something. You sound like the yahoos who stand in front of a Rothko or Basquiat painting and say…

Ok. I'll take your word for it as your comment is so incredibly insightful!

Yeah, I'm not enjoying reading some of the knee-jerk art hating comments on this thread. What Orlan does may not be for everyone, but it is subversive & has its place in a modern art dialogue.

Yes, but Orlan knows that & her art has been a long dialogue about depictions & standards of beauty across history & culture. Not saying she has grounds for a lawsuit but there is a fine line to be had between stealing/appropriating versus very openly referencing people, art & culture.