"Luce Irigaray accepts that women do not have the phallus. But she counters this with her claim that women in effect do not need the phallus: women have something else: the two lips. Women have essence of being by virtue of their anatomy that has its own integrity, its two-ness which is always folding back on itself."
-- Frances Gray in Jung, Irigaray, Individuation: Philosophy, Analytical Psychology, and the Question of the Feminine.
The "we have it all" in this painting is used in a sarcastic tone, but on the other hand, it does also assert that women actually do HAVE it all! I think that as an artist it is important for me to express my point of view in my work, as well as my political motives - if I didn't, I would be giving my power away. However, with the mirrors I also try to keep the painting fluid, flexible and open to interpretation.
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