{"id":4746,"date":"2011-06-04T20:56:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-04T20:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/04\/these-two-were-specifically-made-for-the-queer-as\/"},"modified":"2024-02-01T17:52:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T17:52:02","slug":"these-two-were-specifically-made-for-the-queer-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/04\/these-two-were-specifically-made-for-the-queer-as\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4746 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/04\/these-two-were-specifically-made-for-the-queer-as\/attachment\/4747\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tumblr_lmaa6q0ykS1qcztaao1_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tumblr_lmaa6q0ykS1qcztaao1_640-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tumblr_lmaa6q0ykS1qcztaao1_640-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tumblr_lmaa6q0ykS1qcztaao1_640-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/04\/these-two-were-specifically-made-for-the-queer-as\/attachment\/4748\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tumblr_lmaa6q0ykS1qcztaao2_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tumblr_lmaa6q0ykS1qcztaao2_640-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tumblr_lmaa6q0ykS1qcztaao2_640-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/tumblr_lmaa6q0ykS1qcztaao2_640-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>These two were specifically made for the &ldquo;Queer as Political&rdquo; exhibition currently running at The Other Place in Cork city. Til now, I&rsquo;ve really never made explicitly political work, but for once I have something I want to say out loud.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Corrective rape&rdquo; is the nauseating term given to the targeted rape of lesbians by men who seek to punish those women for their sexuality. It is currently rife in South Africa, despite a progressive legal constitution that even permits same-sex marriage. Noxolo Nogwaza (24) and Eudy Simelane (31) were each gang-raped, mutilated, stabbed and beaten to death for being gay and speaking openly in defence of gay rights. There have been many others.<\/p>\n<p>Irish society, meanwhile, is comparatively liberal but still unequal. Women and lesbians are still taught the message that their bodies are not their own; that their desires and choices are not valid unless they conform to restrictive notions of femininity. I&rsquo;m struggling to find a way to speak coherently about the misogynistic, homophobic influences that still permeate our supposedly liberal society but the idea behind these two paintings was to express this basic message: that if you think casual sexism or anti-gay slurs are harmless, you&rsquo;re just not thinking. Read about what happens when you take this attitude to its logical extreme and consider whether you mind\u00a0that you&rsquo;re a part of the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Correction 1 (Double Portrait) and Correction 2:\u00a0Both pieces watercolour\/mixed media on paper, 16&#215;20&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the deaths of Noxolo and Eudy, try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calbia-foundation.org\/another-lesbian-murdered-brutally\/#respond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ggsnews.com\/17836\/world-news-updates\/south-africa-killing-of-lesbian-nogwaza-a-hate-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These two were specifically made for the &ldquo;Queer as Political&rdquo; exhibition currently running at The Other Place in Cork city. Til now, I&rsquo;ve really never made explicitly political work, but for once I have something I want to say out loud. &ldquo;Corrective rape&rdquo; is the nauseating term given to the targeted rape of lesbians by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/04\/these-two-were-specifically-made-for-the-queer-as\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[505,46,266,72,130,171],"class_list":["post-4746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-concept","tag-drawing","tag-feminism","tag-figure","tag-portrait","tag-watercolour","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4749,"href":"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4746\/revisions\/4749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kaisercaimo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}