This is a picture of designer Jason Wu and Amanda Lepore, who calls herself "The World's #1 Transexual". In class yesterday we went through Rebecca's presentation deciding if the person shown was male or female. Looking at this picture instead of wondering if Amanda was male or female I wasn't even sure if she was a person. She looks like a mannequin, and paired with the background I was definitely confused...to be honest I still don't know if she really is a human or if this is a mannequin!
This seems like a real life example of the performance of being female that is exhibited by "Drag Queens". Amanda looks like a Barbie doll, she has a body that no "natural" woman could ever have.
I am wondering a few things....
I wonder why she felt she had to go so extreme in her transformation?
I wonder if this is a manifestation of how she feels inside?
I wonder if she really feels more comfortable in this extreme body she has created then in the body she was given?
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She changed herself so she would be more than a symbol! Sometimes I dress very poorly so that I won't be just another symbol or object to be under the gaze. I don't necessarily try to perform as a different gender but more so androgynous so that I become more than just a woman. I think this is about comfort but on a level most can't understand. That is an extreme picture though!! YIKES!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe this woman was a man once, let alone a real human! This reminds me of the woman that has tried to become a living barbie doll by having over 100 plastic surgeries, I can't imagine putting yourself through so much pain, and spending so much time on money just to make a statement.
ReplyDeleteThis is very EXTREME! I can not imagine someone who would do this to themselves. I actually think that if someone puts themselves out there so much that you can't tell if they are human, can not be truly happy and ultimately is not a human. Why would someone think her body is a symbol...well maybe she is a symbol of inhumane repulsion!
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