Body horror: A history of menstrual blood in art
Since the 70s, the intersection of art and activism has sparked a growing interest in addressing topics once considered taboo. Menstrual blood, and other bodily fluids, have since emerged as a potent symbol of cultural resistance. The fear associated with bodily fluids, described by psychoanalyst Julia Kristeva in Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection (1980), is ultimately entwined with the psychic confrontation of self and other.hellip;
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