CLASS DESCRIPTION
When we look back at the most ancient traditions of tattooing, women were very involved as both recipients and artists. In many ancient cultures, tattooing was in fact a women’s only art.
That’s right, just for the ladies!
Tattooing the body was a way to secure a seat with the ancestors in the afterlife, prepare and announce that a young girl was now a woman ready to marry and bear children, and often it was deeply linked with ideals of feminine beauty held.
In this lecture students will be led on a journey through women’s tattoo herstory, looking at traditions from Ancient Egypt and Nubia, the Ainu, Atayal, Maori, and then the indigenous tribes of North America. We will also discuss the intersections of colonialism, patriarchy, and Western beauty myths that attempted to erase these practices.
This ‘herstory’ needs to be shared and engaged, since it helps put to bed the old perception that tattoos are for men … for those sailors, criminals, and bikers! Sorry fellas!
ABOUT OUR LECTURER
Kimberly Baltzer-Jaray (she/they) is a lecturer at King's University College for the Social Justice & Peace Studies department, the primary lecturer for the Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies courses that are nested within this dept. She is also a longtime fan of Alien (and countless other horror and science fiction films and books and art), and has been immersed in research pertaining to it for nearly 2 decades.
INSTAGRAM: @iluvphilosophy
WEBSITE: https://www.kings.uwo.ca/academics/social-justice-and-peace-studies/faculty/
__
FAQs
ACCESSING THE LIVE LINK
If you booked to join us live, you’ll be able to find the link to the Zoom webinar via your ticket on the ticketing platform. We do not email out the live link - this means we do not risk the email bouncing and not reaching our students!
DONATE TO FLP
Love what you’re seeing? Help The Feminist Lecture Program to keep our Pay What You Can ticket model, and to continue scheduling an incredible line-up of lectures by donating a little extra.
You can send us a ‘tip’ via our PayPal link here: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/my/profile
RECORDING
A recording of the lecture will be sent out by The Feminist Lecture Program after the event finishes, within 2 hours of the end of the class. This email will also contain any resources/reading list the lecturer shares.
Please add hello@feministlectureprogram.com to your email contacts to ensure you receive the recording as expected.
Please note that the recording will expire 7 days after sending.
PAY WHAT YOU CAN
Everyone is welcome to join this Pay-What-You-Can class. We suggest a donation of £20, however, we understand that may not be possible for everybody. Please be honest and pay what you can afford so that we can continue to offer our sessions on a donation basis.
MORE FLP…
Can’t get enough? The Feminist Lecture Program has our very own digital archive, where you can find some of the best past lectures from our back catalogue to rent and watch ON DEMAND. Check out our ever growing collection here: https://thefeministlectureprogram.vhx.tv/
Follow us on Instagram @thefeministlectureprogram
And check out our sustainable merch from FLP Studio at https://feministlectureprogram.com/shop & @flp__studio
And that's it!
We're really looking forward to you joining us x