Bailey Davenport
Politics of Misconduct
Instagram: @baileyriverss
On view from May 3 – May 7, 2021 at University of California San Diego Visual Arts Facility Main Gallery.
Politics of Misconduct explores the social and political environment surrounding rape culture and the Me Too Movement, focusing primarily on portraits of major political and social figures that have contributed to disrupting rape culture in recent years. Positive representation of sexual assault survivors and survivors of domestic violence contributes to the disruption of rape culture and functions to destigmatize the survivor experience. By depicting survivors and survivor advocates in a heroic light I hope to change the narrative surrounding survivors of sexual violence to one of admiration and support.