In the current political climate there has been a lot of demonizing of women. My body of work is confronting slut shaming and the double standard placed on sexually active women. Using watercolor, marker, ink and printmaking I create posters and repetition to drive my point home.

This series started as a therapeutic way to deal with my experiences with slut shaming, date rape, and the loss of my virginity. I wanted to pull from personal experience and hope to bring the double standard placed on women to light. When a man has sex he is celebrated, when a woman has sex she is called a slut and torn down for choosing to enjoy her body. Also, men are encouraged to lose their virginity whereas women are supposed to keep theirs, to give to a man after marriage. These archaic ideals are a thing of the past. It is time to move on towards equality.

With the prints I used actual phrases that were said to me about or during past sexual experiences. I want people to be shocked and sickened by the fact that men believe they are entitled to our bodies.  I hope each of those phrases elicits the same feelings of shock and discomfort. With the flowers, I am making a commentary on the idea that keeping your virginity, as a woman, is the beautiful pure clean thing and as soon as your flower is touched it is no longer clean or beautiful. The triptych is a look at the stages of the feminist movement and the arrival at our current political climate. I hope to help other women realize they are not alone and that they are still strong and beautiful.