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Forever feminist - Letters - Letter to the Editor

Art in America, Oct, 2003 by Kate Poole

To the Editors:

After reading the article "Feminism at 40" by Carey Lovelace in the May 2003 issue, I had many unanswered questions. One of the most enduring was: what does it mean to be a woman in today's art world?

Lovelace viewed the feminist movement as passe, a significant art movement of the late 20th century but something that had long since lost its relevancy. After all, in the modern day, women artists are respected and placed on a level playing field, right? Women have equal opportunities with men, and they demand equal respect. Hasn't feminism eradicated all gender stereotypes?

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Of course it hasn't. Only the naive would think that sexual stereotypes have ended. A glass ceiling still exists over the heads of hardworking women. Over 50 percent of the U.S. population is female, and yet less than 15 percent of all elected officials are women. What, then, are women artists' responsibilities to the cause?

I propose that each woman, no matter what she does in life, should perpetuate the feminist cause. So women artists, while they do not have to create works that are distinctly feministic, should make sure that, somehow, they are advancing equality. A woman artist can be feminist by simply producing beautiful art work and being female.

Kate Poole

Baltimore

Forever feminist - Letters - Letter to the Editor

Art in America, Oct, 2003 by Kate Poole

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