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sheshe2

(83,730 posts)
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 04:58 PM Dec 2016

Haunting Photos Feature Trumps Sexist Comments Drawn On Womens Bodies *NSFW*

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When Donald Trump won the presidential election in November, 18-year-old Aria Watson knew she needed to do something. So, she turned to art.

Watson, a first-year student at Clatsop Community College in Oregon, created a powerful photo series titled “#SignedByTrump” for a final project in a photography class. The images feature some of the sexist comments President-elect Donald Trump has made about women painted on naked women’s bodies.

Trump’s misogynistic comments paired with these women’s naked bodies serves as a powerful commentary on the damaging effect his words have had ― and will continue to have ― on so many women.

Watson told The Huffington Post she decided to mix her political opinions with her photography because she felt so strongly about Trump and Hillary Clinton. “I never really cared for or understood politics, but this year was different,” she said. “As a feminist, when I saw that Donald Trump actually won, my heart shattered.”

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Watson explained why it’s important we continue to call out Trump’s sexism. “Kids are going to grow up and look up to this man for the next four years,” Watson said. “We can’t have a leader who says such horrible things about women. I’m scared that the way he speaks about women ― this sexism and misogyny ― will end up becoming a social norm.”



More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/haunting-photos-feature-trumps-sexist-comments-drawn-on-womens-bodies_us_584ef639e4b0bd9c3dfddf27?section=us_women

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PLEASE. much more at the link.

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Haunting Photos Feature Trumps Sexist Comments Drawn On Womens Bodies *NSFW* (Original Post) sheshe2 Dec 2016 OP
The link is worth a look. Powerful stuff. K&R rzemanfl Dec 2016 #1
Thanks, rzemanfl. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #2
You're welcome. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #3
Indeed. n/t progressoid Dec 2016 #5
That is one of the many reasons Lifelong Protester Dec 2016 #4
It sheshe2 Dec 2016 #6
It truly does. brer cat Dec 2016 #8
It will now be a... sheshe2 Dec 2016 #15
Wow, that makes it worse! Lifelong Protester Dec 2016 #16
Written on a young girls body shows us... sheshe2 Dec 2016 #17
I prefer to look at it like this mythology Dec 2016 #18
No, sorry can't agree. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #21
Our country is regressing. They say Reagan took us back to the 50's, where's Trump taking us? jalan48 Dec 2016 #7
Reagan took us back to the 1950s. Assfaced Shitgibbon will take back to the 50's Feeling the Bern Dec 2016 #10
Good point. It does sound like ancient Rome and the Caesars. jalan48 Dec 2016 #14
Who would ever have thought... yallerdawg Dec 2016 #9
She is 18 tears old! sheshe2 Dec 2016 #11
I think the most depressing thing about this election mountain grammy Dec 2016 #12
Powerful mcar Dec 2016 #13
This really is excellent and powerful. Problem is, those folks who voted Trump really don't care. stevenleser Dec 2016 #19
Hey Steve, thank you. Sigh. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #20
Gruesome that the potuspos elect's quotes drive Cha Dec 2016 #22
Yes. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #23
"Pervert elect".. yes, voted for by Cha Dec 2016 #24

sheshe2

(83,730 posts)
6. It
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 05:58 PM
Dec 2016

breaks my heart that an 18 year old girl would have to produce a photo essay like this.

This from the prez-elect.

brer cat

(24,557 posts)
8. It truly does.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 07:37 PM
Dec 2016

We have come to *this*? I keep hoping I am going to wake up and it was all a nightmare.

sheshe2

(83,730 posts)
15. It will now be a...
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 07:58 PM
Dec 2016

recurring nightmare.

That child-woman is only 18 years old. This should NOT be happening.

Lifelong Protester

(8,421 posts)
16. Wow, that makes it worse!
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 09:11 PM
Dec 2016

How are young women going to make it?

Talk about un-presidential. These statements are deplorable.

sheshe2

(83,730 posts)
17. Written on a young girls body shows us...
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 09:33 PM
Dec 2016

how he has stigmatized young women.

They are fighting back, yet it is painful to behold. What he has done is wrong on so many levels.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
18. I prefer to look at it like this
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 11:21 PM
Dec 2016

We have come far enough that an 18 year old woman can do this and get attention for doing so. Not that long ago women weren't in a position to have such a powerful statement.

Yes it sucks that women still have to, but progress isn't linear. We don't move directly forward on any issue without setbacks. Trump is a setback, but he won't permanently end the progress we as a society have made in terms of the radical notion that women are people too.

sheshe2

(83,730 posts)
21. No, sorry can't agree.
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 01:31 AM
Dec 2016

Trump is not a set back. He is an abomination to every woman. He has now, to this entire nation and this world normalized sexual assault on women. He just gave everyman the right to sexually assault women. Just grab them by the P**sy because our new Prez elect said, hell yes do it! It is great! We will make America Great Again!

 

Feeling the Bern

(3,839 posts)
10. Reagan took us back to the 1950s. Assfaced Shitgibbon will take back to the 50's
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 07:45 PM
Dec 2016

Literally, the 50s!

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
9. Who would ever have thought...
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 07:40 PM
Dec 2016

we needed to campaign against the diarrhea coming out of this pigs mouth?

I am still just stunned.

mountain grammy

(26,614 posts)
12. I think the most depressing thing about this election
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 07:50 PM
Dec 2016

is that a man who has such a low opinion of women and is proud of that, got 62 million American citizens to vote for him.

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
19. This really is excellent and powerful. Problem is, those folks who voted Trump really don't care.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 11:27 PM
Dec 2016

It will be interesting to see what if anything affects their opinion.

sheshe2

(83,730 posts)
20. Hey Steve, thank you. Sigh.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 11:39 PM
Dec 2016

It brought me to tears that an 18 year old women had the need to post this. It is 2016 and rump sent us back hundreds. It hurts.

They do not now or will ever care. The majority is angry white male. It is all about them.

Cha

(297,132 posts)
22. Gruesome that the potuspos elect's quotes drive
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 04:06 AM
Dec 2016

our gorgeous gender to have to do this.

Thank you for this, she

sheshe2

(83,730 posts)
23. Yes.
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 04:13 AM
Dec 2016
"Gruesome that the potuspos elect's quotes drive
our gorgeous gender to have to do this."


She is 18 years old and assaulted by our prervet elect.

Thanks Cha. So sad for this Country.

Cha

(297,132 posts)
24. "Pervert elect".. yes, voted for by
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 04:48 AM
Dec 2016

his fans 'cause he's a bully and they like that.. makes him so manly That's how many gd bullies we have in this country.

We just have 2.8 million more who aren't.

Did Clinton win more votes than any white man in history?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38254946

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