I have researched on the micro aggression that most of women get which is diet and skin tone. I used to hear micro aggression about my skin tone when I was in elementary school. I used to have tanned skin color and my friends made fun of me. I am on my diet to lose some of my weights since I have gained so much weights ever since I came here. I have been consuming a lot of eggs so I thought I could made a found object out of egg shells.
Artist Statement
Diet has been a huge concern to women. It must be the society that makes women to think that being skinny is beautiful. I am pretty sure that all the girls have heard micro aggression that is related to the weights whether it is being too skinny or fat. I have been hearing that I have gained so much weights ever since I came to college, so I decided to lose weight back on. The diet that I choose was egg diet which is very unhealthy which I acknowledge, but can lose weights in a short period of time. I did know the fact that only consuming one kind of food is very unhealthy and I can easily gain the weights back on after I start eating regular meals.
My found object is a sculpture made out of egg shells because I was on the egg diet even though I knew that it is temporary and unhealthy. The egg shells are fragile and I wanted to show that it is temporary. Also, I wanted to weave the skin tone micro aggression into my found object. I used to get comments about my skin tone when I was in elementary school. I used to get tanned really easily and my friends made fun of me because being white as porcelain was the best thing that girls can have. I can be careless about it now. However, it did hurt my feelings when I was a little girl. I think I successfully displayed both of my micro aggressions for this project.
It was meaningful for me because I have realized how many micro aggressions that we get in a daily life and it made me to really learn that I would not going to think I am not good enough because of what people say and what the society makes others to believe .
