Theatre of Cruelty

[substitute]

Lincoln Clarkes' heroines is a disturbing article to me. The guy took some fascinating pictures of prostitutes in Vancouver BC, but his outlook appears very twisted to me.

I don't think prostitutes are "strong women" or "survivors". Maybe survivors in the sense that someone who's just been shot and is bleeding to death is currently surviving. I also don't care for his dumb play on word "heroines". Plays on words don't do much for me when they're about people who are suffering and going to die.

Everything isn't art, guy. Some things, like young women on drugs, being used by the sex industry, and dying before their time, are real, and it takes more than a spoonful of sugar to make it all better.

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Ah, liberal-guilt pornography

[eyeteeth.livejournal.com]

"Clarkes had always been drawn to women as subjects, and he had once tried heroin himself, so he knew the incredible rush." Yeah, he's a regular Jane Goodall. Except for the childhood sexual molestation, the fatal illnesses, the rape and mutilation, the whoring, and the complete divorce from normal human society, his experience with the lifestyle was exactly the same. He can really relate to his subjects on that level, I'm sure.

What a load of patronizing crap. Nice pictures, though.

Thank you.

[stimps.livejournal.com]

You said it better than I ever could.