Gender is Stupid a Rant Of How I’m Inspired by the Dada Movement.

Started with a deep dive into Marcel Duchamp and seeing his alter ego, Rrose Sélavy. Then later falling down another rabbit hole on gender in the Dada movement.

But the wheels were turning, how the themes of the Dada movement can play into many gender non-conforming artists and my own art. How to be rebel against the conservative culture on gender. Especially within the trans community. Which people have set expectations that someone who identifies as non-binary has to be androgynous, a trans woman has to be dressed 100%her best and feminine, and a trans man has to be dressed so boringly basically and be 100% masculine. That the gender police will question one’s gender because they will refuse to fit in a box. Just absurd. Even in our own community, people bring conservative fascist bullshit.

Mainly thinking about Hannah Höch’s line of artwork and how she would call out gender roles.

Not only with the theme of cyborgs in dadaism, but because of the new plastic surgery and prosthetics, because of the injuries from World War One. It is a theme that has been in my head. The idea of adding parts to myself when I feel more masculine. To take off my breasts and add a bulge. The non-binary body and how some days wanting a different gender body. Themes that can definitely be explored more.

There is a lot to explore and to rebel against.