My final diss chapter is about the racialised sexualisation of Cleopatra in Orientalist paintings and all I can think is that it’s such a crying shame that this infinitely complex woman is reduced to her fucking boobs
Going to dissolve into Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah before another long but fulfilling day of working in London tomorrow 🥱 so tiring but so worth it
@maverickreverie I’m glad you don’t feel the same pressures I do! 😊 However, I don’t think idealising having a smaller/thinner body is an unusual experience for women. The whole dynamic is rooted in diet culture, and making women smaller (in many ways), and it’s tough not to internalise that.