This is the false promise of “digital girlhood” art that appropriates female tropes to appeal for attention. Instead of bucking “girl” trends, Man invents a new one: the “Irony-Poisoned Girl” who revels in her own demise.
With the ever-growing surge of the female-gaze, the era of the “Girl Crush” has begun. Held at Heavy Manners Library in Echo Park, “Girl Crush” was the debut event for Heart House – alumnus Maya Man’s newly established curatorial endeavor.