Every Monday on Global Comment, we share Something Special you don’t want to miss. To fit with the six core pillars of the magazine, these will alternate between the themes of watch / listen / read / see / taste / place.
It will be something different every week, but it will always be about something worth seeing, hearing or watching, or a place worth visiting or a food worth tasting.
This week, a thoughtful read from BBC journalist (and interviewing powerhouse, frankly) Emma Barnett, who reflects on the differences in reception when men make blood-filled art and when women making blood-filled art.
It is striking that some use the word “gutsy” when reviewing this show. And yet, spare a thought for the furore and dismissal Tracey Emin has experienced during her working life for all she has bared and shown the world. (Something we discussed in my podcast Ready to Talk – check it out – what a conversation that was.)
When a man shows blood – it’s gutsy. But when a woman does? Disgusting.
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