Sarah Saartjie Baartman was cruelly exploited in Europe by being exhibited as a freak show attraction because of her protruding butt. After her death, her body was displayed in a Paris museum for over 100yrs.
The exploitation of Sarah Baartman.
A THREAD!
things that don’t mean anything:
- i love you
-meeting their family
-being with them at their lowest
-taking about the future
-calling for hours
-genuine caring about them
when you realize that the most many men do for one woman is the bare minimum your friend does on a random Tuesday at 3pm just because she loves you and wants to see you
this man understood women. wow. she’s not even sexualized as she’s naked, she’s just existing as most of us do: random fondling of body parts, weird pose, stomach rolls and a messy environment. he does not attempt to make her this sexualized ideal like so much other nude art does
girls, we need to frantically and obsessively start reading books and finish them in less than 24 hours again.... remember how happy we were back then??