It is important to distinguish whether privacy or secrecy undergirds the silence that surrounds abortion, Carol Sanger writes in About Abortion: Terminating Pregnancy in Twentieth Century America. I look at the difference 👇🏽
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Abortion concealment in contemporary society aligns not with privacy but with secrecy. That secrecy is a much darker, more psychologically taxing, and socially corrosive phenomenon than privacy,” Sanger says. feministgiant.com/p/essay-lies-s… #abortionstories
In 1998, when a referendum to decriminalize abortion in Portugal failed, artist Paula Rego made a series of works to highlight the "fear and pain and danger of an illegal abortion, which is what desperate women have always resorted to." #abortionstories
The Abortion Series, which depicts women in the aftermath of illegal abortions, was so powerful it's been credited with influencing the public to campaign for a second referendum, in 2007, after which abortion was finally legalized in Portugal. nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artist…
Our #abortionstories are like guide stars that lead us toward solidarity. Gather here, they say, and banish loneliness.
And the role of artists is to place those stars in the heavens. Look, they say, you matter.
feministgiant.com/p/essay-lies-s…
And the role of artists is to place those stars in the heavens. Look, they say, you matter.
feministgiant.com/p/essay-lies-s…
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