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(Why should we all be feminists?)

I never considered feminism an ideology. To me, it was a way of becoming aware, of learning how to express a profound sentiment of injustice. I reckon feminism is a living thought that inspires sensible actions, creates new forms of relationship and enriches our concept of freedom.

With this series I meant to support the brillant speech of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ‘We should all be feminists’.

https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_we_should_all_be_feminists

I also wish to thank her for making the word ‘feminist’ fashionable again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o3sxrgFRgk

Because we do not have to feel ashamed to claim our rights, to denounce the incongruities of the patriarchal system that entertains a culture of rape and violence against women.

I homage some of the women who wrote the history of women and others who continue to fight despite sexism. Obviously, the list is not exhaustive.

The only profile I deleted from my Facebook contacts belonged to a really nice guy.

One day he posted two pictures. The first was a beautiful, elegant Barbie going to a night party. The second was a naked, torn, sodomized Barbie thrown in a bush like a trash bin.

Before and after, read the caption.

Before deleting the nice guy’s profile, I wondered if I did not have enough sense of humour: many little yellow laughing faces had appeared under the post.

I made this series a long time after, during the Covid-19 crisis. I used my daughter’s Barbies, which were already quite spoiled, and only objects that I could find at home.

​Thanks to Agata Sarr.

Barbara Gussoni

www.barbaragussoni.net

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