Don’t let it ever be said that I don’t have love for the sisters. Just like y’all haven’t upgraded me yet I will still ride out for y’all.
*oh sweet Hollywood Jesus please don’t send me no white girl with a booty*
Nahh, but seriously, I came across this group in Facebook and I thought about what a nice way to segue from Black History month into Women’s History month it would be for me to highlight their collective. Plus I have love for anyone who embraces the legacy of the Hottentot Venus and uses it to empower Black women as opposed to exploiting them. If you are unfamiliar with the backstory of SAARJTIE BAARTMAN please do the knowledge via Wikipedia.
For the last several years BeYONCE KNOWLES has existed as the reincarnation of the BAARTMAN bootylicious sideshow.
The SAARJTIE Project™ is a growing collective of artists and activists using original performance art to explore the continued fascination with the black female form, create dialogue and promote healing across communities. The SAARJTIE Project™ is based in Washington D.C. and what better town to be in to celebrate the ascendency and reclamation of the Black booty than the place where the First Lady is a little bit of a SAARTJIE?
I wish these ladies well in their movement but I just wish they would hookup with a few dudes to help their art production get tighter. Women categorically have difficulties with spacial recognition. The logo above is off center and it annoys me. Draw a straight line upwards from the endlines of the text on both sides. Why does that line cut off one of the arms of the silhouettes? That needs to be reworked so that the text and silhouettes form a nice rectangle.
I will like the logo even more at that point and it will make for a cleaner business card bitches.
BONUS INFO!!! Did you folks know that April is now Sexual Assault Awareness month? No seriously, most college spring breaks are in April and that month has the highest number of reported sexual assaults annually. Thanks for the info SAARJTIE Project™.
Thanks for the Saarktie knowledge.. and speaking of Beyonce and her other physical uh talents: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/24/beyonces-oscar-nipple-sli_n_169494.html
DP, I object to the notion that women in general have spacial recognition issues. Maybe the girl who made the logo was cross-eyed or had vertigo or something (no disrespect, if so). There’s plenty of dope graphics artists with vaginas that coulda made that design more balanced.
That being said, thanks for heads up! Heading to their website now…