theHRguyFeb 24

TIL: Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Was An Anti-Communist CIA Operative who Kept Feminism From Discussing Class

https://lemmy.world/post/43539154

TIL: Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Was An Anti-Communist CIA Operative who Kept Feminism From Discussing Class - Lemmy.World

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Show threadageedizzleFeb 25
Abstract expressionism (ie modern art) was actually pushed by the CIA as well (source), though the motivation in this case is murkier
Was modern art a weapon of the CIA?

The Abstract Expressionists emerged from obscurity in the late 1940s to establish New York as the centre of the art world. But were they pawns of US spies in the Cold War?

BBC
Show threadArcherFeb 25
Not really? Soviets were pushing hyper-realism so the US government funded the opposite
Show threadageedizzleFeb 25
I didn’t know that. Either way it seems a bit odd that the CIA would care so deeply about matters of artistic taste 
Show threadArcherFeb 25
They didn’t. It was about opposing the Soviets everywhere more than anything
Show threadmcv
A foolish strategy. It means you allow your opponent to limit you. People who like hyper realism would have no option but Soviet art.
Feb 25 at 1:25pmWeb
Show threadageedizzleFeb 25
It’s also a stupid strategy because modern art is pretty dumb (I know I might get hate for this but lets be real guys)