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✓ Published: 08-Sep-2020
✓ Published: 08-Sep-2020
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PLEATS DID NOT PLEASE ME.nOne of the first artist books I made about gender disparity within schools in Sri Lanka, an ongoing series begun >20 yrs ago. My preoccupation with pleating started early >50yrs ago-see past posts. nSri Lankan school GIRLS uniforms were white cotton starched pleated dresses, while boys wore coloured shorts & white shirts. As a child I resented spending my evenings ironing those wretched pleated uniforms while boys had none of these tedious tasks, allowing them more
PLEATS DID NOT PLEASE ME.nOne of the first artist books I made about gender disparity within schools in Sri Lanka, an ongoing series begun >20 yrs ago. My preoccupation with pleating started early >50yrs ago-see past posts. nSri Lankan school GIRLS uniforms were white cotton starched pleated dresses, while boys wore coloured shorts & white shirts. As a child I resented spending my evenings ironing those wretched pleated uniforms while boys had none of these tedious tasks, allowing them more
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