Articles and Artists that have influenced my work.

Article about the theory of Affademento where women create mentoring relationships in order to be successful in the world without having to conduct themselves as men.

Affidamento - Trust between women. [n.d] Retrieved May 20, 2008, from

http://www.hite-research.com/femaffidamento.htm

Information on Alexandra Jacoby’s Vagina Verite work in progress. She is currently creating 'natural' vagina portraits.

An unabashed exploration of the plain, ordinary, mysterious matter of vaginas. [n.d] Re trieved May 20, 2008, from

http://vaginaverite.com/art/vvstatement-0709.pdf

Information on Susan Griffin including quotes from her publication Pornography and Silence. In which she discusses how pornography strips women of their identity. which allows men to see the model as submissive so they feel powerful. She also talks about how we deny knowledge of the body from a very young age and the range of negative consequences that stem from it.

Pornography and Silence. [n.d.] Transcript interview by Karla Tonella for KPFA-FM, Paci fica Radio. Retrieved May 3, 2008, from

http://www.depts.drew.edu/wmst/corecourses/wmst111/timeline_bios/SGriffin.htm