Work comes out of life. Where else would your work come out of, if not your experience? Being a queer woman is the air that I breathe, and it’s inescapable, and it’s going to be part of the work.
Eisenman demonstrates how she invokes identity politics in her work. She expresses that your work has to come from somewhere so why not let it come from your real life.
I’m gender fluid, but I use the “she” pronoun. I’m a little old school. I believe in the radicality of stretching the definition of what “she” is.
Eisenman explains that she feels gender fluid so she feels like a boy and a girl but uses the "she pronoun." She feels that she has many definitions not just one.
But I would like gender to just disappear from the face of the earth.
This quote speaks to me personally. As a women I feel that we are seen as less and are not treated equally. Gender shouldn't matter if you're doing your job correctly and to the best of your ability. And in real life situations if you're not hurting anyone your gender shouldn't affect how someone sees you.
“I understand that this is a significant part of black life around the globe,” she continues, “but if all we’re known for is our pain and our struggle, what does that say? I don’t want young people to feel that is the only way they can talk about themselves, through that lens.
In this she is speaking as a black women standing up for other black people. She is trying to express that black people shouldn't have to see themselves as anything less than the amazing person they are.
With its panoply of individual black faces against white backgrounds, drawn in layers and layers of ink from a ballpoint pen, it established her as a brilliant innovator in the depiction of black skin.
This is an example of the way she is challenging biases through her work. She is in awe and beautifully shows black skin.
Toyin, 33, is a striking beauty with a shaved head, a barely visible gold nose ring, and many delicate tattoos on her bare arms. She’s outspoken, direct, and full of humor
This part of the article speaks to me personally because she expresses who she is and is showing that she is a strong women who is confident in who she is. I think in the world today its important fro all women to feel this way.