That escalated quickly.
this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2024
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It is about rape, so yeah. The telling of trauma is intentional.
Oh ok, I see it now. It seemed abstract at first glance.
Totally. It is a bit abstract, or perhaps Dada or Surrealism inspired. It could be said that trauma is baked into those movements.
Sometimes to properly show the horrors of the real you have to leave the real behind
Yeah, history and art don't repeat themselves, contemporaries rhyme with the past.
It's considered surrealist by which ever groups of Art History PhDs who decide these things
Makes sense.
I read it as about menstruation
Interesting. The sexual assault reading comes from the artist.
My first look was similar. But after reading the comments and looking again, it became more obvious to be about rape.
That's what I said, in the comments.
I'm agreeing with you.
Sorry, I misinterpreted your comment. Cheers.
Oh interesting. I definitely see that now. I thought it was “passion according to gh”
I hate that I could tell what it was about without looking at the comments :/
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Seems like a good depiction of what it's like to be forced to carry your rapist's baby
:(
It's interesting how the first and final frames have similar poses.
Jesus christ what’s going on here?
Depiction of rape
nsfw label would had been appreciated...
This book is psychedelic.
I wish someone would fuck me like that... 😮💨
Joking about rape is not cool.
I mean, the comic is so vague you can interpret that as not being about rape.
In which case they are joking about sex. Which is cool.
And where is the context stating this art is explicitly about rape? I just see a spooky black creature stretching out a lady's body like some Cronenberg body horror.
I thought it was about depression or other mental struggles before seeing the comments explicitly saying otherwise. I don't think your comment was out of line given that you didn't know the author was depicting rape.
I just assumed it was about this:
Things that are common among rape survivors as coping mechanisms:
-Dark humor about rape
-Fantasizing about sex that looks like rape as a way to reestablish a feeling of control
These are not universal experiences - everyone processes differently - but they are common. Feeling shame about them is also common, or being told that they invalidate victimhood.
I believe you're trying to help, so I'm not mad at you. But you aren't helping.
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Doubt that's what they're doing. Also come be CNC kink.
I didn't really interpret the art as rape. I could see that, but I originally saw it as some surreal horror story.
Bad jokes about rape are not cool, but if it's a funny joke...
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