If you’ve walked around campus in the past week, you may have seen a string of gold-lettered graffiti tags reading “SOLID GOLD CLIT” on various buildings and structures. A movement started by artist Sophia Wallace, the “SGC” tags themselves(the most “controversial” of which were on the Shepard Fairey mural on the quad) were spread around campus by an unknown person(s). On Jan. 19, a community fine of $250 was imposed on every resident living on campus. Both the tagging and the fine soon sparked strong responses on the Student Life Facebook page. Initially, the SFUAD student life Facebook page lit up with frustrated students voicing their concern with the fine. Eventually, the comments turned bitter over the entire situation, with some students calling out their peers and staff members with rather heavy and hateful language. “People were running around campus trying to figure out who it was and people got really nasty on the Facebook page in terms of body-shaming (people saying clits,[which are] something as natural as an elbow, are dirty and inappropriate),” said Katie Collins via email. Collins, a sophomore film student, participated in Wallace’s discussion when the artist visited last semester. Once Wallace became aware of the situation, she posted a statement in support of the students to her Tumblr and Facebook page. In an email interview, Wallace told Jackalope that “There is a wonderful opportunity for SFUAD as an institution to be at the forefront…Whoever did the tagging put something into the public discourse that the entire society is telling them from a young age should never, ever be spoken of”…“Imagine if the ways your genitals are spoken of, and frequently are, almost exclusively to humiliate and shame. What is happening right now at SFUAD is powerful. I am excited to...
Cliterific
posted by Arianna Sullivan
When Sophia Wallace first began to consider the clitoris as the subject-matter for her next project, her first thought was simply, “you can’t go there.” Once the seed had been planted in her brain, however, she realized that she “really didn’t have a choice.” The world was expressing an obvious need to be educated about the clitoris, and she would do the best she could to fill that need. As a part of that process, Wallace recently presented her work to a photography class at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design.
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