tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716512158511003971.post5480098500689742495..comments2023-03-21T16:01:43.495-04:00Comments on Farenell Photoblog: Blurred Lines and Promotion of the Rape Culturesemi234http://www.blogger.com/profile/16285987609138307282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716512158511003971.post-40598444033787434472013-09-25T12:10:50.549-04:002013-09-25T12:10:50.549-04:00"How is (rape, physical, & emotional abus..."How is (rape, physical, & emotional abuse) different from me as a model myself?"<br /><br />One word: consent. Without knowing who you are (not that it'd make much difference in terms of this discussion), you choose to put yourself in front of the camera. This is a reason why I don't get up in arms over BDSM depictions. Because in a properly trained BDSM setup, the sub has all the control...but that's a discussion for a different time. A sexual assault or rape is not remotely about arousal but about power, power of one individual over another. <br /><br />I believe that we as a society HAVE TO be better than that. <br /><br />The question should not be "how will someone else label what I do" but "how do <i><b>I</b></i> label what I do?" <br /><br />Here's why. What is a hoodie? Its a piece clothing that a person wears to keep themselves warm & god willing, keep themselves from getting wet. But because people make their own connotations to a simple piece of clothing, its all of a sudden "menacing" even when a person is minding their own damn business as happened in the Trayvon Martin case as well as my own. You can read my own account of a "menacing" hoodie here:<br /><br />http://farenellphotography.blogspot.com/2012/05/hoodies-really-are-menacing.html<br /><br />Same can be said about the JCPenny's catalog. I think we can agree that its meant to sell a product. Yet adolescent boys with to much pent up hormones have used it as masturbation fodder. Does this mean that it should stop being produced? Absolutely not.<br /><br />Its like what my old Staff Sergeant used to say when I was in the Marines. "Opinions are like (the anus), everybody has one." I have a crop of people whose opinions <i><b>DO</b></i> matter & will seek their input but for the most part, I couldn't care less what people think. The exact moment I simply stopped caring what each & every person thought about my work & started forging my own path was the exact moment my work started getting better. But more importantly, I started enjoying what I do.semi234https://www.blogger.com/profile/16285987609138307282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716512158511003971.post-63641112118258162362013-09-24T21:37:02.346-04:002013-09-24T21:37:02.346-04:00Being a victim of rape, physical, and emotional ab...Being a victim of rape, physical, and emotional abuse, I think the lines are a bit blurred. She may be perceived as slutty, which I at first did label her. But how is this different from me as a model myself? I have shot implied and nude. I question myself before each shoot. I do it for beauty but the question becomes, how will someone else label this? is this promoting sex, wanted or unwanted from people who know me as a model or just stumble upon my photos. I myself am afraid of men but here I am as a model, who models for mostly men. Most of the time to prove that I am stronger than the unfortunate events that happened to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com