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I thought about the "sculpture taking a selfie" when I read this article: https://observer.com/2016/01/this-viral-image-makes-a-bold-statement-in-defense-of-sel
by minikites 6y ago
I thought about the "sculpture taking a selfie" when I read this article: https://observer.com/2016/01/this-viral-image-makes-a-bold-statement-in-defense-of-selfie-culture/ https://observer.com/2016/01/this-viral-image-makes-a-bold-s...
>The thing about this is that sculptures like these in art history were for the male gaze. Photoshop a phone to it and suddenly she’s seen as vain and conceited. That’s why I’m 100% for selfie culture because apparently men can gawk at women but when we realize how beautiful we are we’re suddenly full of ourselves.
- cat199 6y agoIsn't a third party admiring/honoring someones beauty independently an inherently different act than publicly proposing that ones own beauty should be admired? agree there can be a double standard, but if there is, it can go both ways