Oppression comes in many forms. It can be very apparent or very subtle. There are many forms of oppression that are overlooked as “it’s not that bad” or “they’ve come a long way. Why should we bother?”. One unnoticed form of oppression is sexism and women discrimination. This type of oppression effects nearly half the world’s population and isn’t being addressed adequately however, there strides have been made. In an effort to fight both sexism and women inequality the Feminist Movement came to be. Feminism is the advocacy for equality between both women and men. This advocacy can come in a variety of forms such as protests, plays, novels, paintings, etc. One just has to interpret the hidden message. Jackson Pollock’s no.34 is a painting that
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The colors represent equality. Equality between both women and men, of all nationalities, sizes, and color. Feminine colors such as red and masculine colors such as blue come together. Even neutral colors such as gray and black are mixed to create this image of equality. According to Chimamanda Adichie in her book, We Should All be Feminists, goves her own definition of feminism as “…a man or a woman who says, ‘Yes, there’s a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it, we must do better.’ All of us, women and men, must do better” (48). Adichie incorporate both women and men into her definition of feminism as in is not an issue that one gender alone can fix. No.34 paints this image of the all that Adichie is talking about. All of these individual colors coming together as a whole. While one may think that the Feminist Movement is everyone with one way of think moving towards a certain goal that is not the case. Jennifer Baumgardner in her essay, What is Feminism?, states that, “In reality, feminism wants you to be whoever you are-but with a political consciousness” (3). Baumgardner states that there is no one route towards feminism and one should just be themselves as long as they are politically conscious and help in the fight toward feminism. The colors of no.34 symbolizes Baumgardner’s words well, as they are again individual colors splattered on canvas colors that should or
The colors represent equality. Equality between both women and men, of all nationalities, sizes, and color. Feminine colors such as red and masculine colors such as blue come together. Even neutral colors such as gray and black are mixed to create this image of equality. According to Chimamanda Adichie in her book, We Should All be Feminists, goves her own definition of feminism as “…a man or a woman who says, ‘Yes, there’s a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it, we must do better.’ All of us, women and men, must do better” (48). Adichie incorporate both women and men into her definition of feminism as in is not an issue that one gender alone can fix. No.34 paints this image of the all that Adichie is talking about. All of these individual colors coming together as a whole. While one may think that the Feminist Movement is everyone with one way of think moving towards a certain goal that is not the case. Jennifer Baumgardner in her essay, What is Feminism?, states that, “In reality, feminism wants you to be whoever you are-but with a political consciousness” (3). Baumgardner states that there is no one route towards feminism and one should just be themselves as long as they are politically conscious and help in the fight toward feminism. The colors of no.34 symbolizes Baumgardner’s words well, as they are again individual colors splattered on canvas colors that should or