Menstrual blood with acrylic highlights on paper, mixed media frame, 45 x 52 cm, 2026
Visible menstrual blood? TABOO!
Female anger? INAPPROPRIATE!
Aging naturally as a woman and lovingly accepting one's reflection? DISGUSTING!
Showing emotions and crying in public? EMBARRASSING!
A combination of all? Rebellious, outrageous, unsettling... therefore incredibly powerful!
The time is over-ripe for us to publicly live out and even celebrate all these things, because the censorship was imposed on us by the patriarchy, not by ourselves. The more we attack FLINTA*-oppressive structures, the stronger and more authentic we become within ourselves. We blossom, we light each other's way.
Let us be the system's worst nightmare. Let us visibly menstruate, rage, age, act and react! TOGETHER!
