This coming from the Daily Mail a liberal website to say the least. This woman's a lying sack of shit. She could care less about Megyn Kelly! Read the whole article. She's from Oregon and writes articles for the Socialist Worker.org, she's worried about 'thousands of refugees' from Central America locked up in detention centers, and will donate the proceeds of the 'art' sale to an immigrant rights organization.
Surprised the blood wasn't blue.
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One Portland artist found an - ahem - creative way to tell Donald Trump that his comments about women and menstruation are unacceptable: She painted his portrait in her period blood.
Sarah Levy describes her red-and-white picture of Trump, who looks like he is speaking, as 'menses on a matte board' and has titled it 'Whatever'.
She intends for the portrait to send a message to 69-year-old Trump, and the rest of the world, that sexism is unacceptable, and also plans to auction off the piece to benefit U.S. immigrants.
Eyebrow-raising artwork: Portland-based artist Sarah Levy painted this portrait of Donald Trump in her menstrual blood
Unfortunate words: The politician sparked Sarah's interest after implying that Megyn Kelly was PMSing during the Republican debate
'I heard the comments he made to Megyn Kelly and I was outraged that he was basically using women's periods not just to avoid a political question but also to insult her and all women's intelligence,' Sarah told USA Today.
After the Republican presidential debate on Fox News, the candidate infamously said of Megyn, who served as a moderator: 'You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever.'
Most people interpreted the second part of Trump's comment as an implication that Megyn was hormonal because she was on her period, and that was the reason that she had asked him 'tough' questions about the way he talks about other women.
Sarah was offended by the comment, and on the last day of her period last month, an idea struck her.
Creative supplies: She collected her blood in a Diva cup and painted with a brush and tampon
Fighting back: Sarah said she found it 'outrageous' that someone running for president could 'say what he did and still be in the race'
'It just made so much sense,' she wrote in an essay for SocialistWorker.org. 'It was outrageous to me that someone running for president of the United States of America - not just some small-state governor or a random rich guy, but president - could say what he did and still be in the race.'
While she was happy to see people tweeting their own anger at the entrepreneur-turned-politician - like the women who wrote about their own periods using the hashtag #periodsarenotaninsult - she thought the message would be more powerful if it was delivered in an even more humorous way.
So, she collected her blood with a Diva Cup, a device that is inserted like a tampon and captures the blood, and then used a tampon and a paintbrush to create Trump's picture, highlighting his pursed lips and wavy comb-over.
'I could basically use it like watercolors with a paintbrush,' she explained to USA Today. 'I definitely recommend painting with your menstrual blood.'
Passing it on: She also takes issue with Trump's comments about Mexican immigrants, and plans to auction off the painting to benefit and immigrant organization
Getting the word out: Sarah wanted to go further than the women who have tweeted about their periods using the hashtag #periodsarenotaninsult
She knows that her artwork may turn some stomachs - even of those people who agree that Trump's comments were sexist and insulting - but she believes that it is important to fight against ignorance in a way that will really get people's attention.
'I think that an issue like menstrual shame is related to the overall body shame that many girls and women in our society are raised to feel as a matter of course,' she wrote in her essay, adding that comments like Trump's contribute to the idea that women are worth less than men.
'I think Trump does need to be shut up and deflated, and any way I can help do that - like inverting his sexist comments into menstrual art - is something I'm going to do.'
However, she's not just offended by the sexist comments made by the man she calls a 'racist doofus'. She also takes issue with his incendiary comments about Latinos and Mexicans in particular – he referred to men from these areas as 'rapists' and recently voiced his grandiose plans to build a wall at the border and, somehow, make Mexico pay for it.
Priorities: She knows some people disapprove of her project but says that there are plenty of other things to be more upset about
In an attempt to undo the harm done by those remarks, she plans to auction her painting off online and donate the proceeds to an as of yet undetermined immigrant rights organization. She is also selling posters of the artwork onEtsy for $20, from which she will also donate earnings.
Sarah is quite aware that some people are 'outraged' by her painting, but she points out that there are much bigger problems deserving of that indignation and disapproval - like that fact that Trump makes openly sexist and 'blatantly racist comments', and that 'thousands of refugees' from Central America are locked up in detention centers.
'There are plenty of things to be outraged about, but my little piece of art should be at the bottom of that list,' she said.
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