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Maulleigh
05/07/09

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That's an awesome shot! I saw his stuff in Brooklyn. Powerful.
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debo matar la zombi goldberry83
05/07/09

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Mai uncanny vally. Ur in it.
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barzzini
05/07/09

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Wow the woman looks like Tracy Ullman. Yikes. My eyeballs are hurting.
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Flackette Goes Retro
05/07/09

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Btw, if you google "Ron Mueck Mother and Child" you can find views of this piece from all angles...
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fluxuspoo
05/07/09

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you guys, settle down. that's what newborn babies look like (maybe not SO grotesque). just because it's wrinkled and wet because it just came out of a body doesn't mean it's malicious. it's just a baby, and mom-meets-baby is often a really weird and scary introduction (understandable, right??), but that doesn't mean the entire situation is inherently evil. motherhood and childbirth are complicated.

i love this piece a lot - also, the viewer should totally be a permanent part of the sculpture. his reaction is priceless.
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the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene
05/07/09

@fluxuspoo: I think the piece is amazing as well, but I don't know what comment led you to believe that the general consensus is that motherhood is inherently evil.

I think the point of the sculpture is to get people to think about our reactions to newborns, to parenting, etc. It doesn't mean that having a reaction that is less than OMG BABY YAY YAY NEWBORNS CUTENESS is somehow wrong. Why can't there be room for both sides? Some people just don't find newborns all that amazing, others do. Of course the relationships between motherhood/childbirth/being a parent are complicated. I don't think anyone is denying that.
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SarahMC
05/07/09

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Why does admitting that a fresh-from-the-womb newborn looks gross make one a bad mother? Gimme a break.
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greengrey
05/07/09

@SarahMC: ball-cutting cybersuccubus: BECAUSE PREGNANCY IS AN AMAZING MIRACLE THAT WE MUST BE IN AWE OF ALL THEM TIME!

You, ma'am, are anti-woman if you think babies or pregnancy is gross! YOU'RE HATEFUL!

/heavysarcasm
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SarahMC
05/07/09

@greengrey: It's the feminist in me, I guess. :eye roll:
Newborns are disgusting. Fetuses even more disgusting. It doesn't make you a bad woman or a bad mother to think so.
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the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene
05/07/09

@SarahMC: ball-cutting cybersuccubus: I was wondering the same thing myself.
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MissyMcCLung
05/07/09

@SarahMC: ball-cutting cybersuccubus: I think there's a difference between gross looking and disgusting. One is simply an aesthetic judgment, the other refers to the baby in general, not the looks alone.

but maybe that's just me.
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Jack_Burton
05/07/09

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Ron Mueck's stuff is amazing. I caught it in Sydney in 2002, and like many works of art, his pieces are far more evocative in-person, especially since Mueck uses scale and pose to deliberate effect on the viewer.

If you get a chance, definitely worth seeing!
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salymander
05/07/09

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For such a female positive/body positive site, people's comments sure are harsh, judgmental, and hateful. This is what real women and babies look like ya'all!
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the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene
05/07/09

@salymander: I haven't seen a single comment criticizing the woman's body, except that the image might be NSFW. And no hate either. Sorry, I'm not a baby person and I don't find newborns particularly amazing.
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sybann
05/07/09

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this guy's self-potrait is here at the Nasher - and it's HUGE and very very good.
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dreamweave
05/07/09

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omg disgusting baby newborn my vaginaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....

you guys. It's the year 2009. You do not have to have children if you don't want to, now or ever.
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moosesanddeers
05/07/09

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Quick question since a lot of people have a NSFW issue. I work from home so doesn't matter, but isn't just being on websites like Jezebel while you're at work NSFJ (not safe for jobs)? Does it really matter what pops up if you're surfing the net on company time? Seriously, just a question. I've never worked in an office 'cause I'm a creative type.
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The Queen of No
05/07/09

@moosesanddeers: I always wondered that, too..
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angelina jolie-laide is a gaudy tulip
05/07/09

@moosesanddeers: I'm wondering why a shirtless picture of John Legend would be okay for work, but not this?
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Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd)
05/07/09

@moosesanddeers: At my job limited personal web-surfing is allowed, but anything that could be construed as pornography is a fireable offense.

@angelina jolie-laide is a gaudy tulip: Even though it is stupid that a man-nip is kosher and woman-nip is "pornographic" that's the way my overlords would see it.
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SarahMC
05/07/09

@moosesanddeers: I was wondering the same thing. Like, your boss is gonna flip if she sees a nipple on your screen but she's cool w/ you reading Jez on company time as there's no nudity?
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PreposterousHypothesis
05/07/09

@Benevolent_Dictatrix I must I must increase my bust!: Same here; we can browse but nooo NSFW stuff. My job kind of ebbs and flows in terms of workload. Sometimes I honestly have nothing better to do but I'm required to be in the office. Other times I'm up to my eyeballs in work and working 7 days a week.

Fortunately I'm by myself in the office today but if that had come up and boss was around the corner there DEFINITELY would have been questions.
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Flackette Goes Retro
05/07/09

@moosesanddeers: In my office it does matter. We are not reprimanded for blog-reading (particularly because part of my job is to stay on top of news headlines). But NSFW images run the risk of attracting the wrong kind of attention. As an example: a male coworker looked at golf web sites all the time, and nobody got mad. But when they found naked chick sits in his history, things did not go well.
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Flackette Goes Retro
05/07/09

@angelina jolie-laide is a gaudy tulip: Because, like it or not, America has some weird ideas about what is obscene.
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Kali Mama
05/07/09

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man, if only Kali Kidlet had been that size.
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
05/07/09

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Waaaaaah!

But yeah, he's kind of a genius.
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dirtybee
05/07/09

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Have you guys ever seen the movie It's Alive! ? Because this baby reminds me of scary baby that comes out in that movie. CREEPY

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dirtybee
05/07/09

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It's Alive!

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