Simulacrum - Blog Posts

I found these sketches in my gallery and they make me laugh…

Ahahahahahahahahahah.

They are weird idk

I keep coming back to this video essay

The simulacrum of feminine performance | explored through The Substance

Especially the concept of a simulacrum. This idea of hyper-reality.

Of course of how it pertains to gender but also how it seeps our way into so much of our culture. We're so separated from our inherent existence and instead who we are is filtered through several layers of society

I haven't spent enough time considering this in the depth I would like to write a full analysis of these concepts and how they apply to me and others but I've got so many seeds of thoughts around this topic.

I think eventually I might write a personal essay on how the simulacrum of womanhood affects me as a nonbinary person, especially one who's autistic and struggles with a social identity. I think there's so much to explore on this topic