A monumental joke on the pro-life contingent…right?
I would have posted this a couple weeks back, but unfortunately I was blind. Thanks so much to jentifred for passing it along. I’m trying to think of an appropriate way of repaying her.
Anyway, you remember the artist who did the sculpture of Britney Spears giving birth doggie-style on a bearskin rug? Uh-huh. I saw the story and image noted several places. But what I wondered about was this – it was always shown from the front.
Well, joy of joys, Gawker has dug up a photo taken from a, ummm…. different perspective. (Before you click, make sure you’re sitting down, and have a stiff shot of whiskey handy.)
I’m more convinced than ever that something is amiss with this whole project, which was presented – believe it or don’t – as a pro-life statement.
This can only mean one of two things:
1. We’re dealing with a very bad artist.
2. The artist is having some fun at the expense of pro-lifers.
Because this scuplture does nothing to make me cherish the miracle of childbirth. If anything, it comes closer to making a case for abortion. Specifically, the artist’s.
Honestly, is there any way of reading this sculpture as a legit, straight-up pro-life statement? And if so, is there any way of taking someone who would make the statement in this way seriously as an artist?
lullaby pit 
That sculpture is total satire. I read on a bunch of feminist blogs that the artist is doing it as a farce.
I mean, really, who would use Britney Spears, queen of teen smut, as a poster child for fetal right-to-life?
That sculpture is total satire. I read on a bunch of feminist blogs that the artist is doing it as a farce.
I mean, really, who would use Britney Spears, queen of teen smut, as a poster child for fetal right-to-life?
Thank the gods. I mean, that would be a HUGE lack of awareness for one artist to be lugging around, right?
Thank the gods. I mean, that would be a HUGE lack of awareness for one artist to be lugging around, right?
Exactly. Supposing this artist DID want to make a sculpture to represent the pro-life movement, there are thousands of other celebrities s/he could have used…like, say, a woman who actually straps her baby into a car seat?
Exactly. Supposing this artist DID want to make a sculpture to represent the pro-life movement, there are thousands of other celebrities s/he could have used…like, say, a woman who actually straps her baby into a car seat?
Was the dead bear head our sardonic clue?
So it’s possible, then, that it’s actually a pretty cool sculpture from the vantage point that the artist is mocking absolutely everyone he appears to be paying homage to.
Well, huh. I’m liking that idea.
Was the dead bear head our sardonic clue?
So it’s possible, then, that it’s actually a pretty cool sculpture from the vantage point that the artist is mocking absolutely everyone he appears to be paying homage to.
Well, huh. I’m liking that idea.
Re: Was the dead bear head our sardonic clue?
Yeah, that works a whole lot better for me.
Re: Was the dead bear head our sardonic clue?
Yeah, that works a whole lot better for me.
She appears to be giving birth to Dick Cheney.
She appears to be giving birth to Dick Cheney.
In that case, I’m not only not pro-life, I’m pro-mandatory abortion at gunpoint.
In that case, I’m not only not pro-life, I’m pro-mandatory abortion at gunpoint.
The more I look at that sculpture, Dr. Pit, the less certain I am that it’s really Britney. I think it’s really Ann Coulter.
The more I look at that sculpture, Dr. Pit, the less certain I am that it’s really Britney. I think it’s really Ann Coulter.
No, if it was AC giving birth it would be a chest-burst and the spawn would be born forked tongue-first.
No, if it was AC giving birth it would be a chest-burst and the spawn would be born forked tongue-first.