BS On The Couch

That Doctor:
What would you like to talk about this week?

This Patient:
Well, I'm feeling a lot of ambivalence about my last post.

TD:
Mmmm hmmmmm....? Go on....

TP:
As you know I consider myself a feminist, and this is a feminist blog, and, well, last week I went and posted a bunch of boobies on it.

TD:
And how does that make you feel?

TP:
Well, I realize I'm conflicted about using obscenely proportioned images of women (well, they weren't exactly real women) in my post, even though the intent was to expose sexism.

TD:
Perhaps you are familiar with what Lucy Lippard said: "blah blah blah blah."*
*It is a subtle abyss that separates men's use of women for sexual titillation from women's use of women to expose that insult. L. Lippard, 1976

TP:
It makes me feel inadequate when you trot out those musty olde feminist crones.

TD:
I'm sensing some hostility issues toward older women.

TP:
Well, it's true, my mother used to flagellate me with her old bras.

TD:
Would you like to talk about that?

TP:
Not really.

TD:
Let's return then to those sexist images. Where do I find those online? My interest is purely professional... ahem.

TP:
You see, that's just what I mean. I tried to make a point about retailers' horrid attitude towards women's bodies. But, like artists I've criticized whose work simply functions as free porn, maybe I've gone and done that too.

TD:
Since you couldn't control the perception of the viewers, now you are afraid that you are guilty of reifying sexual stereotypes. Am I close?

TP:
Yes, I think that's it. I'm a hypocrite.

TD:
I'm glad you finally realized that. I think you've made some really great progress today.

You can put your clothes back on now.