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That toxic subjects are quite literally valued as less "worthy" 

This image comunicates the gender pay gap amongst black women. By graphically altering the representation of a federally issued $10 bill, the artist behind the image demonstrates the unwqual "value" of black womens labor. 

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I read the "doodles" within this image as being purposfully fashioned in a way that calls attention to the labeling of black bodies as "aimless" or lacking direction. By this I mean that I find that the artist's decision to doodle or sketch over an actual $10 bill to speak to the ways in money is devalued for the black body, by being effaced or drawn upon), but also that the physical act of doodling itself, as an informal form of graphic design, and thus the labor of black bodies, as devalued. 

The image's subject appears to be the diverse, yet unequal, UC workforce. 

 Upon viewing these images, I would like to know more about the context in which they were originally taken. Why did the photographer for the Union (and the editors of the publication choose to include these images, and in particular, images that look very similar to ones found in advertisements selling a product or a service. 

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My intial reaction to this image was confusion - why is it that the subjects are posed in this way? What does this contextualization of their labor, and their exaggerated smiles - do for the images? What do the images want? (W. J. T. Mitchell)

I was not assigned Jon, so I'll keep these reflections a little bit brief. The allusion to the photographic art books of Ed Ruscha comes across clearly, to me especially because I work on Ruscha. Jon and I already discussed in person, and I will add here, that he's playfully captured two sensibilities Ruscha prioritized. One is the ironically humorous. Some of you might find this project a little shaming, and I imagine Jon means it to be just that.