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Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts)
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 03:54 AM Nov 2018

ARTIST KIDNAPPED BY RIGHT-WING TERRORIST!

Illma Gore was kidnapped by her uber driver because she painted trump naked
The controversial artist also addressed concerns of transphobia and body-shaming in an enlightening Reddit AMA.



They say good art should provoke, but Illma Gore's viral painting of Trump with a micro penis is prompting next-level backlash. Earlier this year Gore revealed in a disturbing Instagram post that she had been physically assaulted by one of the Republican presidential candidate's supporters outside her Los Angeles home. "This type of violence makes creatives feel like we live in a world where our individual creative input isn't safe," she wrote alongside a bruised selfie and a clarification that the guy had actually yelled "Trump 2016!" before punching her. Yesterday Gore revealed in a Reddit AMA that she was put in physical danger a second time, and while that experience didn't involve anyone loudly pledging allegiance to Trump before battering her, it might be even more terrifying. "Aside from getting attacked, what's the weirdest thing thats happened to you because of the painting?" asked one fan, to which the artist responded, "Being kidnapped in an UBER for 2 hours." Noting that this took place in the thick of press generating from the painting and the attack, she explained:

"I got into a Uber at my house (I do not own a car in the US... yet!) and the man immediately recognized me as I got in, told me how he thinks art is fleeting, to which I agreed. He told me he was a veteran, and during the ride got progressively and progressively angrier talking about inner city neighborhoods, people stealing jobs, the economy, how stupid everyone is." Fearing that she couldn't say anything without aggravating the situation, Gore stayed silent while he drove the wrong way to her destination, passed her home entirely after an hour, then refused to pull over when she asked him to and started driving toward the top of a canyon. She eventually escaped when the driver stopped at a stop sign.

In the same AMA, Gore also addressed concerns that using a small penis to humorous effect was transphobic or promoted body-shaming. In fact the body is based on one of her friends. "The body is actually of a friend and body model whom I adore," she replied when asked if body-shaming was her intent. "I created it because I find masculinity so interesting. So, I put Donald Trumps [sic] face on somebody I think is beautiful, masculine and has a small penis (something we as a society view as effeminate). it is absolutely terrifying how all of sudden the penis became like an excuse for the things Trump says and does."
https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/vbe973/illma-gore-was-kidnapped-by-her-uber-driver-because-she-painted-trump-naked
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ARTIST KIDNAPPED BY RIGHT-WING TERRORIST! (Original Post) Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 OP
Who thinks paid, Trump-trolls blamed Russia, after hacking voting machines? Jeffersons Ghost Nov 2018 #1
Uber tracks every ride jberryhill Nov 2018 #2

Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts)
1. Who thinks paid, Trump-trolls blamed Russia, after hacking voting machines?
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 04:27 AM
Nov 2018

Who thinks Freepers and paid Trump-trolls like me, or my Gore-y Opening Posts?

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
2. Uber tracks every ride
Tue Nov 27, 2018, 06:31 AM
Nov 2018

This article is from October 2016.

“She eventually escaped when the driver stopped at a stop sign.”

...and reported the incident to Uber and the police, since every Uber ride is tracked?
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