STUDENT PICKS | no gender i'm feral

Sofia Canale-Parola '21 is a sophomore art history major and the Student Picks curator for the month of November. Their show explores femininity, gender identity, and embodiment through a distinctly queer sensibility.

"no gender i'm feral" will be on view in the Cunningham Center on Thursday, November 29th from 4:00pm-8pm. Student Picks is part of the fall Student Grant Program, "illumiNATIVE: exposing colonialism and embodying sovereignty" co-hosted by the Indigenous Smith Student Alliance (ISSA) and the Latin American Students Organization (LASO).

^{Carolee Schneemann. American, 1939–. Eye Body # 10 (with added banner), 1963-1979. Photograph, gelatin silver print with hand coloring and scratching. Purchased with the Judith Plesser Targan, class of 1953, Fund. SC 2011.31.3.}

This show is about when Kristin Chang said “Godhood is just like girlhood: a begging to be believed,” or when Laurie Penny said “It’s no surprise that so many women and girls have control issues around their bodies,” or when Fiona Apple said “There’s no hope for women,” or when Elana Dykewomon said “Almost every woman I have ever met has a secret belief that she is just on the edge of madness,” or when Carolyn Gage said “You can terrorize her with her own body and then she will torture herself” or when Angela Carter said “I often felt like a female impersonator” or when Leslie Feinberg said “I don’t feel like a man trapped in a woman’s body, I just feel trapped”.