If you followed the story at all in my last post. You saw: A) The story of an artist who artificially inseminated herself then induced abortions, saving the blood and tissue, recording it all on tape for her senior art project and B) The story of Yale University officials saying the story was not true.
Well, the story continues. The artist has now spoken publicly, insisting she did, in fact, do exactly what the Yale student paper had reported. In her own words [WARNING: BEFORE YOU READ ON, SHE USES A FEW EXPLICIT WORDS]:
For the past year, I performed repeated self-induced miscarriages. I created a group of fabricators from volunteers who submitted to periodic STD screenings and agreed to their complete and permanent anonymity. From the 9th to the 15th day of my menstrual cycle, the fabricators would provide me with sperm samples, which I used to privately self-inseminate. Using a needleless syringe, I would inject the sperm near my cervix within 30 minutes of its collection, so as to insure the possibility of fertilization. On the 28th day of my cycle, I would ingest an abortifacient, after which I would experience cramps and heavy bleeding….
This piece . in its textual and sculptural forms . is meant to call into question the relationship between form and function as they converge on the body. The artwork exists as the verbal narrative you see above, as an installation that will take place in Green Hall, as a time-based performance, as a independent concept, as a myth and as a public discourse….
Just as it is a myth that women are .meant. to be feminine and men masculine, that penises and vaginas are .meant. for penetrative heterosexual sex (or that mouths, anuses, breasts, feet or leather, silicone, vinyl, rubber, or metal implements are not .meant. for sex at all), it is a myth that ovaries and a uterus are .meant. to birth a child.
When considering my own bodily form, I recognize its potential as extending beyond its ability to participate in a normative function. While my organs are capable of engaging with the narrative of reproduction . the time-based linkage of discrete events from conception to birth . the realm of capability extends beyond the bounds of that specific narrative chain. These organs can do other things, can have other purposes, and it is the prerogative of every individual to acknowledge and explore this wide realm of capability.
Well, I guess that clears things up.
She takes self-expression to whole new level…”these organs can do other things, can have other purposes”
Andy
April 20th, 2008
the gross thought of it all, turns my stomach! ugh
brick
April 21st, 2008
No doubt!
Administrator
April 24th, 2008
When you think that society as a whole could birth such an individual it is clear that the down hill slide of mankind to hell is nowhere near finished. As I am repulsed by this persons distorted view of creation I am simultaneously aware that nowhere is the rebirth and regenerative power of the Holy Spirit and the Good News that Christ rolled away the stone covering His grave more needed than with someone who thinks experimenting with their body is art. Jesus save us all from depravity. Deliver us and this one too from the evil one.
Sugar Land Steve
April 29th, 2008
right on Sugar Steve!
its surprising to think that with all the filth that goes on daily and all the individuals that claim to be servants of God yet display actions and speak quite to the contrary…that God is still and always in control of it all. He is so good and so merciful. Our God is Awesome! And i can’t think of another religion that can claim that:-)
brick
April 30th, 2008
This young woman has created a public outcry because she willingly had abortions and supposedly saved the byproducts for show-and-tell. But what is so different between this woman’s choices and the thousands that use abortion as birth control everywhere else in our world? The only difference I see is that this lady made it a public spectacle whereas most women choose to medically or surgically abort in private. Where is the public outrage over this daily massacre?! Why is it so outrageous when someone puts the “byproducts” on stage, but not so when the “byproducts” are thrown in the trash?
Scientifically speaking, one can only hope that she wasn’t conceiving in the first place. After all, she admitted to never taking a pregnancy test. She was ingesting abortifacient herbs which cause natural uterine contractions and since she ingested them on the day she expected to menstruate, it could be very likely that she was just experiencing normal blood flow and heavier than normal uterine contractions (cramps) due to the herbs. We can only hope.
Kathy Z.
Kathy Z.
May 2nd, 2008
THANK YOU Kathy. You cut to the core on this. It’s amazing to compare how easily we can create horror and outrage with a story like this to how impossible it seems to awaken thinking people to the horrors of abortion.
Administrator
May 2nd, 2008