sandhandler t1_ixpgyqb wrote
Reply to comment by listyraesder in TIL that the first colour frames in a film were used to be hand painted, by female artists. by Knight_TheRider
Is an added category really any more precise when talking about artists painting? Nope, but when talking about artists painting in a historical context, and writing about how their gender plays a role? Yep!
So I def agree w u that it’s more precise WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE ARTICLE ITSELF
The article very clearly talks about what their womanhood meant in the context of their WORK, and not solely the creation of the art itself
“To see late 19th-century women readily accepted into any craft is unusual. Unsurprisingly, one of the reasons they were hired was because they could be employed for less pay.”
But is it more precise in terms of what OP learned today?
Now what emphasis OP places on what they learned is totally separate from the article, and that’s what really should determine whether they needed to put “female artists”
The way they put the “, by female artists” makes it seems like they learned that the frames were handpainted, not that they learned that feminine people were mistreated in the workplace
listyraesder t1_ixpnovo wrote
Post-production was a women’s job(sewing and crafts of course) until sound arrived, where it promptly and mysteriously became a TECHNICAL craft and thus men’s work. So yes it’s fair for OP to mention that those doing the work were in fact women. Because they were, in fact, women.
sandhandler t1_ixppgxw wrote
Yah I think it doesn’t really matter what they title it because we will all interpret it differently, and the details that are nonessential or essential will differ depending on what we take away from the info
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