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Tracey Emin - a moving article.

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Escapeplanning · 29/10/2020 21:09

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tracey-emin-on-her-secret-cancer-battle-to-get-past-christmas-would-be-good-r00rsb5h8

Hope this is a share token. This is a really moving story about Tracey written by Decca Aitkinhead. I have really understood her work more and more as I've got older and whatever anyone else thinks of it, she's definitely broken new ground for women in art.

I thought she was worth a support thread here.

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Happyface120 · 29/10/2020 21:49

Gosh, how heartbreaking...

pippitysqueakity · 29/10/2020 21:48

Thank you for signposting this OP.
Sad read. Wishing her peaceful days ahead.

katienana · 29/10/2020 21:48

That's so awful, poor Tracey. I think her work is amazing and she's achieved so much as a working class woman, she really should be celebrated more.

Itwasgoodwhileitlasted · 29/10/2020 21:43

I've wanted to read that article all day. Thank you OP for sharing it Flowers

I love her artwork. I also lost my Dad to squamous cell cancer and I remember his strained eyes too. So, so sad.

SonEtLumiere · 29/10/2020 21:39

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GingerBeverage · 29/10/2020 21:34

Thanks. There's no one else quite like her. So astonishingly open about her traumas as a woman, it's discomforting and brilliant.
Wishing her well.

Candleabra · 29/10/2020 21:31

I had no idea. Thank you for sharing. I also love her drawings.

BestIsWest · 29/10/2020 21:30

So hard for her. I wish her well Flowers

ArabellaScott · 29/10/2020 21:26

Thanks for the share. That's very sad, and beautifully written. I hope she heals.

Goingdooolally · 29/10/2020 21:25

I read this today. Incredible woman. ♥️

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Escapeplanning · 29/10/2020 21:21

Tracey love, come over to Mumsnet for a chat

“Being known for what I do is quite a good thing,” she muses. “So I have that on one hand. And then I have the shit on the other. You get a reputation for one thing …” Being difficult? “Yeah. And I think the biggest price I’ve paid was with my work. A lot of my work I was accused of moaning or whingeing or whining. ‘Oh, she’s banging on about rape again.’ Well, yeah, I was raped. Or, ‘Oh God, not the abortion.’ Well, I’m sorry. Lots of women have abortions. Yeah, I’m constantly trying to explain these things, and have been for the past 30 years.”

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Glitterbiscuits · 29/10/2020 21:20

Her Desert Island Discs episode is fascinating.

pippitysqueakity · 29/10/2020 21:18

Oh, thanks persistent.❤️

CaraDuneRedux · 29/10/2020 21:17

It was a very moving article. Poor Tracey. That is such a horrendous thing to happen, and so sad, especially the bits about wanting her vagina back, and feeling like seeing Christmas will be a win.

I confess to being somewhat left cold by her conceptual art, but I love her drawings.

pippitysqueakity · 29/10/2020 21:17

Would really like to read this, but am not a subscriber.

persistentwoman · 29/10/2020 21:13

She's had it very rough recently hasn't she?

I don't think that's a share token OP - you need to click on the little black envelope beside the word share that takes you to a blank email where you can cut and paste the share token link:

thinkwww.thetimes.co.uk/article/be7fa388-184f-11eb-9310-80eb93b6f705?shareToken=77637f4db90d95fc81513537f15149ed

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