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Blame It on My Wild Heart: On #365FeministSelfie, Stevie Nicks, & Dailiness

On December 18th, WEIRD SISTER hosted The Feminist Selfie, an event exploring #365FeministSelfie, Hello Selfie, and other projects and performances that look at selfies through a feminist lens. I read this piece about participating in #365FeministSelfie, a project created by Veronica Arreola in response to the ongoing debate about selfies as empowering media vs. narcissistic cries for help. #365FeministSelfie invited feminists to post a selfie each day for the entire year of 2014, which I did—give or take a few days. In honor of the year, and the project, ending, I’m posting this piece today along with a bunch of my #365FeministSelfies from the year.

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UntitledOn Halloween, I snuck out of work early in full work-appropriate Halloween costume and rushed to Soho to make sure I caught the Stevie Nicks Selfie exhibit, 24 Karat Gold, on the last day before it closed. The show is made up of a series of Polaroid self-portraits that Nicks took beginning in the mid-seventies. Some of the photos are taken in her home, some in hotels around the world. In most of them the camera’s remote is hidden. In one of the photos, “The Key,” which shows Stevie leaning against a concrete structure in a pool, she’s holding the remote above the water for the camera to see. She never intended for anyone to see these pictures. But this year she decided to share them with the world. Continue reading

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**THE FEMINIST SELFIE** on 12/18!

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Join us later this month for a series of live and virtual readings, performances and talks exploring selfies and feminism!

Featuring:

Veronica Arreola
Marisa Crawford
Kate Durbin
Morgan Parker
Jennifer L. Pozner

“The selfie suggests something in picture form—I think I look [beautiful] [happy] [funny] [sexy]. Do you?—that a girl could never get away with saying. It puts the gaze of the camera squarely in a girl’s hands, and along with it, the power to influence the photo’s interpretation.” – Rachel Simmons, Slate

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Veronica I. Arreola is a professional feminist, writer, and mom. She took her degree in biological sciences with a minor in women’s studies and turned it into a career working on diversity issues in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Veronica is the assistant director of the UIC Center for Research on Women and Gender and directs their Women in Science and Engineering program. Her blog, Viva la Feminista, has been named a top political blog by Blogher, Women’s Media Center and LATISM. Veronica’s work on behalf of women and girls has been recognized by her coworkers with a UIC Woman of the Year award, the community with a Chicago Foundation for Women Impact Award and the White House with an organizational Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. Her current project, #365FeministSelfie, aims to have people take a close look at themselves every day and see the beauty everyone else sees.
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