Full Cover piece for The New York Times Arts and Leisure Proto Feminism in pop culture! Art Direction by the incredible Jennifer Ledbury
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“On Yassifying The Women of History—What gets lost when ‘Dickinson’ and ‘The Great’ and ‘Six’ plunder the past for contemporary feminism. Written by Alexis Soloski.

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The main cover figure is based on Emily Dickinson’s likeness. It was fun to research details on her clothes, room, wallpaper, and even found drawings of her dog, Carlo! I included him in the frame details. Thanks to the Emily Dickinson Museum for being a great source of visual research.

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The secondary piece is based on Catherine the Great.

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“On Yassifying The Women of History—What gets lost when ‘Dickinson’ and ‘The Great’ and ‘Six’ plunder the past for contemporary feminism. Written by Alexis Soloski. AD: Jennifer Ledbury