New and Dangerous Ideas
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Abstract
My quilt is an intimate object that explores sexuality, feminism, beauty, and the vulnerability of women. I explored these topics through hand-stitching sensual images onto squares of fabric, which I then sewed into a quilt. There is a conflicting connection between the security of a quilt and the vulnerability of the images. In my Mixed Media class, I explored the ways in which society's views on nudity causes tension between security and vulnerability. Sensuality is a taboo topic, yet it fills the media. Where is the line between sexualizing women and embracing their bodies and beauty? This quilt was created to begin the conversation about embracing women's bodies despite the media's portrayal of them.
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Slowik, Sara
(2018)
"Sensuality,"
New and Dangerous Ideas: Vol. 1, Article 12.
Available at:
https://docs.rwu.edu/nadi/vol1/iss1/12
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