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¶ … customs adopted by Guerrilla Girls in the world of today as well as that of yesteryears. It lists their history, their indoctrination as well as their different ways of dealing with the society and the people, in general.
GUERRILLA GIRLS
The Guerrilla Girls - Who are they?
Guerrilla Girls -- a mission that was founded in New York in 1985 had a clear and specific task at hand of increasing the visibility of women and minorities in the art world. The Guerilla Girls are unknown, ape-masked performance artists and agitators who have made a mark in cultures jamming them into everyone's heart and mind for the last two decades or so. They have infused bull on the sexism in the worlds of art and not to forget the form so closely related with art, the media. The semian sirens stories and fables narrate to us of the safaris of the labels that bully women whose primary intention is to empower women in creating their self-fabricated stereotypes...
[Zeisler, 2004] The Guerrilla Girls is all about the women who have made inroads into worlds of art and media with the passage of time and have continued their struggle to attain a distinctive position in the different societies of the world.
Organization of their Material and their View of Stereotypes
The girls take some measures in order to organize their "material." Even though they hold no bars when it comes to their sarcasm and satire, yet they are insulting in giving their own version of graphical indications, ever so often. The Guerrilla Girls adopt the approach of "cradle to grave" stereotypes, which might include amongst it the "daddy's girl, "tomboy," and "spinster," to name a few. They have been pretty harsh and scrutinized in the racial and sexual slurs they receive and usually go along the line in examining how real women as well as mythical symbols and characters from Tokyo Rose to Lolita tightened into the form of a stereotype.
*****es, Bimbos and Ballbreakers also include among them the "do-it yourself stereotype eradication" kit; one that entices all and sundry to monkey around with the enriching hypotheses that has…
Works Cited
Zeisler, Andi *****es, Bimbos And Ballbreakers: The Guerrilla Girls' Illustrated Guide To Female Stereotypes Foundation for National Progress 2004
Author Unknown, URL: http://www.guerrillagirls.com/index.shtml
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