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Frances Goodman
9 quotes
“Women are often asked to make media-influenced choices about our bodies,”
Frances Goodman (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fake nails and false eyelashes, though, go against that. You’re able to become expressive, to become someone else. You don’t become the idea of who a woman should be. You become the antithesis.”
Frances Goodman (born 1975) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cohen, Alina (26 January 2016), South African Artist Explores Feminism Through Intimate Sculptures, Vice Media, retrieved 23 March 2025.
“I don’t buy into your heterosexual traditions. We know that last claim is a lie because in some ways we all do buy into these traditions, it’s very difficult not to.”
Frances Goodman (born 1975) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rodney, Seph (31 March 2016), South African Artist Nails It with Sculptures Made from Thousands of Press-Ons, Hyperallergic, retrieved 23 March 2025.
“The mundane, the ordinary and the trivial have always been of interest to me, as I believe they all obscure dark places, issues and emotions that people do not wish to confront.”
Frances Goodman (born 1975) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frances Goodman "Beneath Her", NY Art Beat, 2017, retrieved 23 March 2025.
“A shift happens where you become governed by your wants rather than your needs. It’s no longer about getting food, paying the bills, survival. Suddenly, it’s all about needing to go to the gym, needing those new shoes or that new car…”
Frances Goodman (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All the addictions I deal with are about keeping up appearances”
Frances Goodman (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“‘These objects are about how you look, how you show yourself to the world. You pop a little pill when everything is falling apart inside and suddenly you can put on a smiley face, go out into the world and get your work done.’”
Frances Goodman (born 1975) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frances Goodman, Elle Decor, 16 December 2013, archived from the original on 4 November 2018, retrieved 23 March 2025.
“Rapacious is a fantastic word,” says Goodman. “It means needy and greedy and assertive and aggressive, all these attributes we’re taught to be embarrassed about. We’re taught not to want. ‘Rapacious’ asserts these characteristics that are only criticized in women, not men.”
Frances Goodman (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There’s still a need for feminism and a voice for what women have to contend with that men don’t.”
Frances Goodman (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source