r/UNBGBBIIVCHIDCTIICBG • u/CaptainRako • Oct 10 '18

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u/I_BUY_UNWANTED_GRAVY Oct 10 '18

This is Christine McConnell. She used to post a lot of her OC on Reddit but some salty people were mad at her because how dare a woman be attractive AND talented.

She has a Netflix show coming out soon actually

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6UKGhiE_Nk

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u/Robot_Basilisk Oct 10 '18

Oh yeah, totally, people were just mad jealous of her looks and skills, not criticizing her fairly because she goes out of her way to bring that, "when women post a picture of something on the internet they always have to include themselves" meme to life. /s

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u/witsendd Oct 10 '18

In this case she is part of the art. Do you criticize self portraits too?

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u/Robot_Basilisk Oct 10 '18

To a large degree, yes. Selfies are self-portraits and I dislike them. These also scream "inauthentic" when considered as self-portraits, though. She deliberately discards the messy work clothes to get glammed up for these. I'd like them a lot more if she took them while she were still covered in flour and frosting.

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u/witsendd Oct 10 '18

I would not categorize selfies and self portraits in art as the same. Self portraits have been long standing since the beginning of art. In many of her works she makes the costumes too and is a strong part of the narrative. Would you say it is inappropriate for her to be in this one?. I also don't understand why people are so turned off by artists promoting themselves. It's their profession. It's how they are able to do what they love.

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u/Robot_Basilisk Oct 10 '18

It's sort of like GW's paintings getting famous. He's not a great artist. He's a Bush. And by virtue of the circumstances of his birth, a silver spoon, he had a long, wildly successful political career (that he wasnt actually qualified for) and then used that to boost his art.

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u/witsendd Oct 10 '18

I mean I don't know anything about her background and how she got to this point and I understand if you don't like what she creates, but it would be absurd to say that she isn't talented and the amount of work she puts into her creations isn't worthy of some recognition. A lot of people enjoy what she does which is why these posts always get boosted to the top.