Sad how "outsider art" vocab is cringe-inducingly ableist. I'm trying to talk about "heterodox" things, w/o connotations of mental illness.
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Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler Made a joke about how fringe candidates are like outsider artists & then realized the framing of ["outsider" anything] is gross1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @traviskorte
@KevinSimler I wanted to compare the outside-the-mainstream aspects of some artists & pols, not dog-whistle about them being mentally ill.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @traviskorte
@KevinSimler But all the canonical language--"art brut," "naive art," was too insidious.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @traviskorte
@traviskorte ah, after reading the Outsider Art Wikipedia page, I now get what you mean. FWIW, when I first heard the term two weeks ago...2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler I remember it being taken seriously & uncritically in classes in college (go Bears, btw). Sad it took me this long to question.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@traviskorte yeah, unlearning's a bitch =/
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