Yale Senior Self-Induced Abortions for Art Project

[shinerbock]

Yale now claiming it is a hoax. Maybe it was, but surely they've been aware of the story since it broke, and one would think they'd dispel this sooner than 12 hours later.

Overall, very bizarre.

[Kevlar281]

Yep. Here is the link to Yale's statement.

[EE-BO]

Wow- talk about short and sweet. That is one of the best worded damage control press releases I have ever read. I can infer nothing either way from its content.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by EE-BO

Wow- talk about short and sweet. That is one of the best worded damage control press releases I have ever read. I can infer nothing either way from its content.

Yeah, really. So, the whole thing about the videos that were going to be shown of her supposedly miscarrying? They don't exist?

So is her "performance piece" the hissy-fit she's purposefully caused among the sane-minded public? Are we the exhibit? I'm genuinely confused.

[RaggedyAnn]

I think the statement by Yale is CYA.

[fantASTic]

This girl needs a psych eval, and that is all there is to it.

[ISUKappa]

She said she does not know whether or not she was ever pregnant.

Hokay, so what's the point then? If she can't confirm she was ever pregnant, then she can't state the blood is from "self-induced miscarriages." Why not do her piece on her nasty, used Kotex? It's the same thing (although, I think that's been done already).

the goal of her exhibition was to spark conversation and debate about the relationship between art and the human body.

Obviously, I'm not smart enough to have ever gotten into Yale because I don't get it. Maybe if I took a lot of mind-altering drugs it would make more sense?

[RaggedyAnn]

Think about it. The university can't support her. Just imagine all of the protests that will be going on during the art show. Imagine if they publicly support her? Also, they would probably open themselves up for a law suit when she realizes how sick she actually is...which I hope she eventually does. Even if this is performance art, this is not a joke.

[SydneyK]

Ok... someone help me out here.

From the article:
"The entire project is an art piece, a creative fiction designed to draw attention to the ambiguity surrounding form and function of a woman.s body,. Yale spokeswoman Helaine Klasky said in a written statement e-mailed to the News this afternoon"

I'm not sure that I understand how the form of a woman's body is ambiguous. I also don't understand how the function of a woman's body is ambiguous.

I totally agree with the last statement in the article Kevlar posted. I think this project is completely insensitive to women (and the men in their lives) who have suffered the pain (physical and emotional) of miscarriages.

And, for the record, I like Thomas Kincaid. I don't particularly think I would like bloody Saran wrap cubes. ????

[jon1856]

Yale to Cancel Controversial 'Abortion Art' Exhibit Unless Student Admits It's Fiction
Yale University has threatened to pull a senior student's controversial "abortion art" project from an exhibition Tuesday unless she admits she lied about artificially inseminating herself and inducing miscarriages to produce the piece.
The Ivy League school stood by its claim Monday that Aliza Shvarts fabricated a shocking work of "creative fiction" in detailing how she constructed her senior art project.
"In this case, we will not permit her to install the project unless she submits a clear and unambiguous written statement that her installation is a work of fiction: that she did not try to inseminate herself and induce miscarriages, and that no human blood will be physically displayed in her installation," Yale College Dean Peter Salovey said in a statement released Monday.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351984,00.html

[RU OX Alum]

that sucks, they're backing down