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Frida Kahlo's Art and Life Heralded for Women New Power in a New Age

Jun 06, 2023

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Three images of black-haired Frida Kahlo in black-and-white and color photos. Kahlo on the left in the black-and-white photo shows her painting. Kahlo in the middle color photo wears a purple ribbon threaded in her hair gold jewelry, and a dark pink cape. Kahlo in the right black-and-white photo leans back and wears a scarf and has a ribbon threaded in her hair. — Frida Kahlo predated intersectional and feminist disability theories; Marxist, postcolonial and transnational feminisms; and confessional art.

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