Be A Good Girl - Continued

Snippets of a 12/17/2015 article by Nneka Samuel: "As 2015 nears an end, “Hotline Bling,” one of the year’s most popular songs, continues to fill airwaves, and remnants of Ayesha Curry’s remarks regarding her preferred choice of clothing, as well as The Game’s statements on finding a “Queen” with a real career (not Instagram modeling), are still fresh in my mind.  So is the following question that they unknowingly posed: What does it mean to be a “good girl”?

It’s certainly not a new question or concept, for that matter, this whole “good girl” thing.  And it goes far beyond the beliefs of anxious children who want to convince Santa and their parents alike that they’re deserving of the Christmas gifts their little hearts desire.  Being a “good girl,” as we’ve come to understand over the years, means staying in your narrow, preconceived, separate but not equal lane.  Better yet, it means stuffing yourself into a one-size-fits-all box designed especially for your strict adherence to societal norms regarding femininity and womanhood."

In essence, inequality and diminished value, my definition of "Be A Good Girl", and the basis of my series/works of art beginning in 2010. This one depicts these words juxtaposed with "Unbridled" (uncontrolled; unconstrained).

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