I saw an image online and thought how interesting it is that many painting throughout Western art history are called The Conversation or Two People Flirting or The Couple. You’re clearly meant to see this as a pleasant interaction, but the look on the woman’s face is so clearly, “Someone, please, for the love of God, get me out of here. I wish I were dead.” I don’t want to make sweeping generalisations, but I love the idea that basically for 600 years of Western European art, male artists were thinking, ‘That’s the look women always have on their face when you talk to them. That’s not boredom, that’s just their listening face.’
—Mallory Ortberg: ‘If men show up that’s great, but we don’t need them’ | Books | The Guardian (via the-eastern)
(Source: theguardian.com, via tangledndark)
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Mallory Ortberg: “I keep drinking, but it’s not making him more interesting.”(painting: The Toast)
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