May 22, 2004
vag.again
me with vag n' bill and some lady musician types a few years ago, stolen from vaginaldavis.com
My gosh, I might as well just start a blog that tracks the various major media blips of madam vaginal creme davis on the cultural radar screen. This week she is in the Sunday Styles section of the NY Times[reg. required, etc]. As hard as they might try, none of these stories seem to really capture the true essence of madam davis, the weird liminal and ephemeral space of her meaning. The various transgressions of the boundary between truth/lies (and many others) are never really studied. Still, it is nice to see the crazy amazon woman who gave me my first showing in a real art venue and who wrote grad school recommendation letters for me get a tiny, tiny sliver of the cultural adoration which she deserves.
A couple notes:
1.) I am really weirded out by the use of the male pronoun in articles about her. Even though she is not a real "drag queen" or trans, her embodiment is still from a very womanesque space.
2.) So does the Times always steal articles so blatantly from the LA Crimes? This is basically the same article with better pictures. Same basic premise, same points, same people quoted. I know the NYT is a bit stodgy but you would think they could find this shit on their own.
3.) I wonder if the person usually referred to as The Professor in this space will care that he described as "Mr." & not "Dr.", I would but I am also a sucker for status.
4.) Why are articles about Vag always in the style or magazine section of newspapers. The woman's whole life is an art project, she has show/performed at museums and is always billed as an artist when she lectures at universities. Can the art press not handle her?
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