Comments on: Frida Kahlo's 100th

Frida Kahlo's 100th

lilywing13 — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:53:16 -0800

"I have had two accidents in my life - the streetcar crash and Diego Rivera." To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Frida Kahlo's birth, the largest ever exhibition of her work is taking place. Frida has been the subject of or inspiration for movies (most recently, this lovely one, although not without some controversy), books (this biography is quite good), a postage stamp, and a brand of tequila (more controversy). People have been interested in her socialist politics and possible victim status. There is an online fan club. She was also featured in Smithsonian Magazine. If anything, Frida was always outspoken.

By: papakwanz

papakwanz — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:03:55 -0800

I haven't had a chance to look at all the articles but that one from the Mises Institute (the "some" link) is so terribly written I can't even stand it. It is ridiculously bad partisan propaganda masquerading as some sort of intellectual analysis of socialism. My favorite part: In particular, Stalin, it is said, was merely a gangster writ large. Stalin was, indeed, a gangster writ large. The author, Clifford Thies, was, it is said, a douchebag. Thies is, in fact, a douchebag.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:07:54 -0800

Kahlo previously on MeFi.

By: papakwanz

papakwanz — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:08:10 -0800

Sorry, just noticed that my comment is a bit confusing. It is badly written and bad propaganda. The quote was an example of the former; I'm not trying to defend Stalin. That is all.

By: lilywing13

lilywing13 — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:11:14 -0800

languagehat, thank you for including that link. I knew I had forgotten something.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:39:42 -0800

The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo is worth a look. Also, one time mefite Blake Leyh did the sound design for Taymor's Frida.

By: AmberV

AmberV — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:57:44 -0800

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By: AmberV

AmberV — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:58:35 -0800

Well, that looked substantially more exciting in Live Preview!

By: thanotopsis

thanotopsis — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:23:33 -0800

I'm currently convincing my wife that we need to go down and eat at Frida's in downtown Madison this evening. If any other Mefites are around, we should all raise a toast.

By: homodigitalis

homodigitalis — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:24:11 -0800

Frida Kahlo is the most amazing woman ever!

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:25:29 -0800

papakwanz, Ludwig van Mises was one of the fathers of the "we'd be anarcho-capitalists except we're just barely bright enough to understand what happens to property when there's no cops" school of economics, so it's no surprise that the Mises Institute piece is worthless.

By: unrepentanthippie

unrepentanthippie — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:38:59 -0800

"In reality Kahlo wore three or four socks on the thin calf and her right shoe was built up to compensate for the smaller limb." My friend who had polio wonders how long it took her to figure that out. He wears 3 socks on one foot, to make his tiny foot fit the same size shoe as the good foot. (It's a matter of pride with polio victims to wear two shoes that match; that are the same size. It makes it less obvious.) That's just for background.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:01:18 -0800

Thanks for a good collection of links, lilywing13 - nice first post.