a lot of things are so weird and wrong about this photograph, starting with the portrayal of frida by models the size of her paintbrush. frida could swoop in and sit on them. she could frickin' eat them, and i think that should be celebrated, not contested through film. i'm also not a fan of the knee socks.
i saw the actual painting at the museo de arte moderno in d.f. i stood so close that i could see the little diego rivera she held in her right hand. underneath it they pasted a quote from kahlo, stating, "i am not a surrealist, for i paint only my reality." it was only then i fully understood the immense pain she must have felt at the time of painting.
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