"“Fake nails and false eyelashes, though, go against that. You’re able to become expressive, to become someone else. You don’t become the idea of who a woman should be. You become the antithesis.”"
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Cohen, Alina (26 January 2016), South African Artist Explores Feminism Through Intimate Sculptures, Vice Media, retrieved 23 March 2025.
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