"Ugly Ambitious Women"

Official music video FOR Ziemba —
a multi-sensory performance artist
and musician

“Mirrors, self-portraits, and autobiographies became popular during the Enlightenment. A psychological shift, the "self" became understood through the imagined eyes of society. I remember five year old me, projecting giant future boobs onto my chest as I looked in the mirror. I was aware then of the importance of beauty and sexual appeal for determining my worth in the world. Hysterical, silly, too quick to cry, the category of "woman" has largely been defined by men. I read a youtube comment on a video of a female politician giving a speech, "Ambitious women can't help being ugly," and wrote a song about the ways men describe women who harness their power. The eye of the world stuck in tired hierarchies is a pure mirror and a damn prison.”
— René Kladzyk (Ziemba)