Doing Real Hot Grrl Sh*t
I am best known for Revising History, a body of work in which I transform myself into the central female in found-vernacular photographs in order to identify the limited roles women serve in visual representation. I intend the work to engage the audience in a conversation about how historical depictions of women, rife with aesthetically pleasing glamour, are used to help us idealize the American past.  My work draws a parallel with the current culture of discrimination female-identifying people still experience today.  However,  the absurd irony is that I have to participate in those same, constant, beauty rituals in order to make my work.  Dieting, waist training, coiffuring, and other grooming practices like maintaining my nails in Jungle Red have become part of my everyday life. These images are from a series I have made dramatizing the labor and effort required to conform to society’s expectations for attractiveness.