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Hail Mother, Sydney Walters
Hail Mother, Sydney Walters
CGU MFA Theses
My work disrupts two kinds of power: gender roles in religious practices, and the perceived power of a ritual object. Constructions of gender and power are thrown onto a stage and cast in a sincere parody that ultimately liberates underrepresented people to perform with agency.
My larger-than-life figures examine who holds power in religious institutions. The figures challenge the intelligibility of their identity because she/they are dressed in religious regalia. In Western Catholicism, maleness is the pre-requisite for priesthood. These church leaders are distinguished by wielding specific religious regalia: i.e. the Ring of the Fisherman, Episcopal gloves, and globus crucigur. …
Assuming We Cause The World To End, Emma Ambler
Assuming We Cause The World To End, Emma Ambler
Scripps Senior Theses
Four short stories about women dealing with apocalypse in its various forms.