Katarina Glinski, Student Work

 

“Not Just Ovaries” 

Watercolor and ink 

14"x11" 

“Far more women than men claim to have cold hands and feet, which isn’t surprising. When the body gets cold, it protects the core organs first (which is why it’s easy to get frostbite in your extremities); in women, it protects the reproductive organs.” (Natural History of The Senses, Ackerman, page 91) 

I was motivated to create this art piece because not all people simply identify as women even if they have ovaries. Even people who identify as women don’t necessarily think that their reproductive organs are the most important part of their bodies. For Diane Ackerman to suggest that our wombs are protected because they are the most important part of our bodies is absurd- especially when you consider the fact that not all people who have ovaries identify as women. I purposely blurred the watercolor because I wanted to make a point that she is ignoring and erasing transgender and non-binary people.