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I actually believe them, but note this is really is, at heart, only her claim:

"Ms. Shvarts is engaged in performance art," a Yale spokeswoman, Helaine Klasky, said. "She stated to three senior Yale University officials today, including two deans, that she did not impregnate herself and that she did not induce any miscarriages. The entire project is an art piece, a creative fiction designed to draw attention to the ambiguity surrounding form and function of a woman’s body."

If there's evidence it was faked, it's not being presented nor even described.

Correction: The ink and Vaseline was half-misread and half made up in my own head. The article doesn't say how she faked it. Presumably it was (supposedly now) just menstrual blood.

Thanks to See-Dub for asking about that.

Just a Prank? Via See-Dub (now aboard on Michelle Malkin's blog), it looks like this was just a pure pranking. Punking as art. Her "art" apparently consisted of hoax press releases only, or at least that's what this statement by Yale suggest.

Caught in Punking: Now the deranged "artist" is claiming Yale is lying and covering up, and that her "art" is in fact real, and she did everything she claimed to.

She says only she does not know if she was ever pregnant, but she took all the steps to make herself so.

I don't know. Now this back-and-forth dueling press release thing can be part of the "art" too and I grow bored and just want them all to die in a fire.

Posted by: Ace at 07:39 PM

Comments

She faked it.. like all women do. Typical. Now, make me a sammich!

Posted by: sithson at April 17, 2008 07:43 PM (K1+tY)

2 Do I believe the douchebag student or the douchebag administration?

I'm bitter.

Posted by: Dave @ at April 17, 2008 07:43 PM (IwKSD)

That no one called bullshit earlier is less an indictment of our gullability than it is a measure of how far, based on their prior "performances," we believe the pwecious unhinged artistes are willing to go.

Posted by: Red Headed Stepchild at April 17, 2008 07:44 PM (xWk3U)

4 Quick lets all turn to booze, online porn and mens brothels! Were bitter!

Posted by: sithson at April 17, 2008 07:45 PM (K1+tY)

<blockquote> a creative fiction designed to draw attention to the ambiguity surrounding form and function of a woman’s body</blockquote>

Ambiguity? What's ambiguous about a uterus?

Posted by: Red Headed Stepchild at April 17, 2008 07:46 PM (xWk3U)

blockquote, why hast thou foresaken me

Posted by: Red Headed Stepchild at April 17, 2008 07:47 PM (xWk3U)

red, perhaps becuase its some lovecraftian creation of playdoh and bacon? The horror!!!

But also: Bacon.. mmmmm.

Im torn.

Im bitter.

I am very bitter
you fake abortion
gimme sammich now

Posted by: sithson at April 17, 2008 07:50 PM (K1+tY)

8 "Had these acts been real, they would have violated basic ethical standards and raised serious mental and physical health concerns."

Are you kidding me? The fact that she even thought this crap up did not "raise serious mental and physical health concerns."

...sorry, just noticed the Kiyomi iTune commercial on the side bar...NICE!

Posted by: Hongqi at April 17, 2008 07:50 PM (+WuMm)

9 So, basically, she's a liar as well as a skank.

Posted by: V the K at April 17, 2008 07:52 PM (/0sRQ)

10 The fact that she even thought this crap up did not "raise serious mental and physical health concerns.

Oh, I dunno. It comes down to stupid things kids do. Is lying about self-induced miscarriages worse than swimming in urine or shit? Obviously, lying like that in public shows very poor judgment.

Posted by: Guy Ritchie's Career at April 17, 2008 07:54 PM (kcHPi)

Yeah, she should get a failing grade for not using the materials she said she used on her art work, and then chraged with fraud or some other crime. Lock her away. Whats next a oil painting made of dove brains?

Common!

Posted by: sithson at April 17, 2008 07:55 PM (K1+tY)

12 I've always always hated "performance art." Let's call it what it really is: lack of talent and creativity.

Posted by: Guy Ritchie's Career at April 17, 2008 07:56 PM (kcHPi)

13 ink? She'd probably be better off using chocolate syrup.

Posted by: Joanie at April 17, 2008 07:56 PM (Yyy1m)

14 AS performance art goes, this was much more shocking and transgressive.

Posted by: See-Dubya at April 17, 2008 08:03 PM (dtCy0)

15 You have to admit, her art project is the logical conclusion of abortion in this country, where a baby is a "burden" instead of being treated with any human consideration.

Abortions are done with no pain killers whatsoever for the baby, despite the fact that we know babies recoil from pain in the womb. You can't even come close to doing this to a pet or farm animal, or someone would throw you right in jail.

A lot of people don't know this, but several babies actually survive late term abortions every year and are "born alive". Usually the nurses just leave it to die. Congress tried to pass a "born alive" law that required babies to be given legal protection if they survive an abortion, but Obama gave an impassioned speech saying why you should still be able to kill them outside the womb. That's our mainstream moderate Obama.

I think the future of Abortion is game shows, where pregnant women offer to have their pregnancies terminated depending on how they do or the results of viewer call ins.

Posted by: Village Idiot at April 17, 2008 08:03 PM (u6umx)

16 O.T.: Because Il Papa is in town, ever plaintiff's atty is getting a soundbite demanding he do more to prevent future abuse. Here's a clue: parents don't relinquish your control to anyone. Why are kids being allowed sleep overs at rectories? Or, with other adult males who are not close relations?

Posted by: Guy Ritchie's Career at April 17, 2008 08:03 PM (kcHPi)

17 Ho hum, this is no surprise to people who read Rachel Lucas. I guess her bullshit detector is better than some people's.

Posted by: I Love Rachel at April 17, 2008 08:04 PM (NtRyN)

18 yo why yo' gotta hate on the Ace and the morons?

Posted by: ace at April 17, 2008 08:09 PM (SXBHu)

19 The leftist intellectual sewer broke my bullshit meter years ago.

Posted by: Dr. Chopper at April 17, 2008 08:18 PM (xvIpv)

designed to draw attention to the ambiguity surrounding form and function of a woman’s body."

Ambiguity?

You know, taking a class that teaches basic anatomy might clear some of that up.

Posted by: Entropy at April 17, 2008 08:20 PM (HgAV0)

21 It's unquestionably good news that this turned out to be a hoax. But do you know who this benefits most?

Mitt Romney.

Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at April 17, 2008 08:21 PM (9MT+F)

I say we give this twat's degree/diploma to the person that fingerpaints with BBQ sauce and half-gnawed spare ribs.

Posted by: Mmmm, Ribs at April 17, 2008 08:21 PM (gjLdu)

23
Wow! I wonder if this is fake?

Posted by: Guy Ritchie's Career at April 17, 2008 08:26 PM (kcHPi)

24 I blame Yoko Ono.

Posted by: Z as in Jersey at April 17, 2008 08:28 PM (kZT4X)

25 The ink and Vaseline was half-misread and half made up in my own head.

Seems Ace has a little experience in making fake menstruation. Wonder why?

Posted by: lorien1973 at April 17, 2008 08:39 PM (MSfUd)

26 I didn't get the commentary when it was real, and I don't get the commentary now that it's fake.

Posted by: tachyonshuggy at April 17, 2008 08:40 PM (IVUjc)

Ladies, Gentlemen, Morons (99%/1%),

I think I safely speak for most of us when I say:

BIIIITCH!!1!!

Posted by: Warthog at April 17, 2008 08:42 PM (auF0/)

28 The only skill this "art" required was an ability to lie effectively. Which she didn't So if Yale had any academic standards, she should get a failing grade.

Just another example of how so may college students are just people educated beyond their intelligence.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at April 17, 2008 08:42 PM (9p0nw)

29 Fake aborted fetus or not, she still suffers from sever mental illness.

How the school's faculty can sit there and embolden, encourage, and enable her is...well, gross negligence. She needs help.

Posted by: Bart at April 17, 2008 08:48 PM (Ucvls)

30 Doesn't Yale have any problems with:

1. lying about assignments
2. menstrual blood-art produced by students

... 2, if only for health and safety reasons?

Finally, everyone is supposed to believe this self-admitted liar based on her word?

Posted by: Christoph at April 17, 2008 08:55 PM (hawOV)

31 I'm sure there are quite a few Psychiatric Nurses out there who are sick to death of "Menstrual Art" and "Poop Avant-Garde".

Posted by: Joanie at April 17, 2008 09:04 PM (Yyy1m)

32 I knew it!

So she's not a monstrous, twisted, leftard bitch...

She's merely a disturbed, twisted, leftard bitch.

Posted by: Log Cabin at April 17, 2008 09:07 PM (j7zrD)

Speaking of artistry, found this over at Agent Bedhead.

I'm trying to imagine her reaction.

Posted by: jmflynny at April 17, 2008 09:27 PM (l25Zd)

designed to draw attention to the ambiguity surrounding form and function of a woman’s body."

I always thought the g-spot was on the back of a woman's head, that's why I place my hand there during a knobber

/typical white every guy

Posted by: Frank G at April 17, 2008 09:30 PM (Ydps9)

35 Oh, I get it. It's FUNNY. Like those Aqua Teen Hunger Force lite-brite things that snarled traffic around Boston for hours a couple years ago.

So funny. And SMART. Especially when the explanation uses a lot of multisyllabic sociology/psychobabble words, like "hegemony" and "patriarchal".

Wish I could be an ivy-league smartypants, but I'm too busy working, and trying to keep my knuckles from draggin' on the ground.

Posted by: red speck at April 17, 2008 09:36 PM (imYOK)

36 This seemed to be pretty much the natural progression for "art" to me. For all we know, someone heard this and is working up to doing it "for reals." That would not surprise me a bit.

Posted by: cranky-d at April 17, 2008 09:40 PM (pCFoQ)

I havent seen her picture- is she even remotely fuckable?

Posted by: Male Chauvinist at April 17, 2008 09:44 PM (/YM8H)

Totally off-topic except for the fake, phony, nausea inducing, bullshit parts of it...

I can't believe I just watched a commercial starring Nancy Pelosi and, get this, Newt Gingrich, agreeing on America's need for addressing climate change.

Newt. What. Have. They. Done. To. You?!

Posted by: jmflynny at April 17, 2008 09:46 PM (l25Zd)

39 I'm bitter.

*BLAM* Jesus, that feels better...

Posted by: richard mcenroe at April 17, 2008 09:47 PM (yo0zc)

It was fake?

The question is: Were they lying THEN?...Or, are they lying NOW?

Oh wait...They're Lefties...n'mind.

Posted by: franksalterego at April 17, 2008 09:47 PM (3KJ36)

41 I called it as a fake a little over an hour after it was published on Gateway Pundit. Chalk one up for the good old Aussie bulltish detector.

Posted by: oz reader at April 17, 2008 09:49 PM (A1PFj)

42 Newt was bought off/blackmailed, oh, I'd say 10 years ago or so now.

Posted by: Hank Rearden at April 17, 2008 09:53 PM (eXk2G)

43 Sometimes, it's a fine line between performance art and mental illness.

Posted by: tasteslikechicken at April 17, 2008 10:03 PM (XfFE7)

44 Are there any artists left who, you know, paint pretty pictures of stuff?

Posted by: Jack Bauer's Evil Brother at April 17, 2008 10:04 PM (nnGGB)

45 So funny. And SMART. Especially when the explanation uses a lot of multisyllabic sociology/psychobabble words, like "hegemony" and "patriarchal".

Don't forget "heteronormative", gotta have that to get the bloody star on the chart.

Posted by: cheshirecat at April 17, 2008 10:34 PM (nzAs7)

46 I agree about the "ambiguity" of the human body. For instance, sometimes it feels good when things come out of my butt, but then other times...

Posted by: Andi Sullivan at April 17, 2008 11:00 PM (wBq+u)

The real value of her art is that it is a perfect metaphor for the Democratic primary-- wrapped in bloody goo, a stillborn fraud, a meaningless press(ure) release dressed up in overwrought theorizing.

Somebody give her a mill job!

Posted by: antiphates at April 17, 2008 11:13 PM (RO947)

48 Yes Jack, yes there are. They are called "good artists."

Posted by: Dr. Chopper at April 17, 2008 11:29 PM (xvIpv)

Obviously, lying like that in public shows very poor judgment.

But excellent preparation skills for being a 'Rat politican and having to double-down in the face of being called out by... oh nevermind. Those ABC guys from last night are dead people walking already. Sound the "All-Clear" - it was just a false alarm.

Posted by: sherlock at April 17, 2008 11:32 PM (ojW85)

50 Once again, conservatives have played right into the game of these "artists" by getting all outraged about the latest shock piece, just like the "artist" hoped they would. They won't go away until we collectively stop paying attention to them, folks.

Posted by: Alex at April 17, 2008 11:57 PM (fgyj8)

51 tasteslikechicken: Really? I'd say performance art and mental illness are congenital hobo twins. No fine line at all.

Posted by: mr. frakypants at April 18, 2008 12:00 AM (bZAfL)

52 I havent seen her picture- is she even remotely fuckable?

She looks a bit like Andrea Dworkin might have looked if she'd ever had her stomach stapled. So, no.

Not that I would think any woman who uses the word "heteronormative" would care much what guys think about her looks anyway.

Posted by: Alex at April 18, 2008 12:00 AM (fgyj8)

Are there any artists left who, you know, paint pretty pictures of stuff?

http://www.cordair.com/

Posted by: Red Headed Stepchild at April 18, 2008 12:19 AM (xWk3U)

54 #50 Everyone I saw said, "Is this a hoax?" And then they said, "Yeah, thought so."

The political and psychological commentary, however, stands.

Posted by: Synova at April 18, 2008 12:25 AM (KZJr+)

55 Fake or not, the whole thing's as nasty as can be. I'm glad my kids aren't sharing a dorm with any of these mutated freaks. Unless they carried a handgun.

Posted by: preacherswife at April 18, 2008 12:31 AM (eUJDz)

56 WTF? This story has more twists than, uh, um, some really twisty thing.

So now where are we? We're thinking this is some sort of Kabuki Moron Theater?

Posted by: Bart at April 18, 2008 12:34 AM (/S/K9)

57 Everyone I saw said, "Is this a hoax?" And then they said, "Yeah, thought so."

Numerous commenters here seem to have been pretty well punked. And I even thought it plausible for a very short time, before I really thought about it. But plenty of people got taken in, because they wanted to be Outraged!, and they probably wanted to believe the worst.

In a blue-moon moment, the normally stunningly-stupid Amanda Marcotte managed to make an apt comment today, to the effect that if self-administered abortion / miscarriage were that easy, the pro-choice movement would never have adopted the coat hanger as their symbol.

Posted by: Alex at April 18, 2008 01:44 AM (k9MJ1)

58 I'm sure daddy's really proud of his little Bolshevik.

Posted by: tasteslikechicken at April 18, 2008 07:10 AM (KJ3Z8)

59 Trying to be the new Andy Kaufman.

Posted by: ronnie dobbs at April 18, 2008 08:06 AM (DZmDA)

As I said yesterday, all it takes is for the supervising professor and/or department chair to intervene with their RESPONSIBILITY to define exactly what "work" gets school credit or not.

SO THEY PUT THEIR SPIN ON IT. "Hush, hush" confidential! @ Drudge:

The story about Aliza Shvarts' project, published Thursday in the Yale Daily News, swept across blogs and media outlets - including the Drudge Report, Fox News and The Washington Post - before Yale issued a statement saying it investigated and found it all to be a hoax that was Shvarts' idea of elaborate "performance art."

"The entire project is an art piece, a creative fiction designed to draw attention to the ambiguity surrounding form and function of a woman's body," said Yale spokeswoman Helaine Klasky.

Posted by: maverick muse at April 18, 2008 08:09 AM (1cbR0)

61 The girl thinks film of her naked bleeding into a cup is art. She's at that age where mental illness first exhibits itself. Her parents need to come take her home.

Posted by: Guy Ritchie's Career at April 18, 2008 08:31 AM (kcHPi)

62 I want to see a DNA test on the turkey baster before I believe this.

Posted by: Joe at April 18, 2008 09:23 AM (Ukf53)

Actually, I am glad that she did this hoax or whatever.

It demonstrates how completely psychotic our country is. As disgusting as it would be to kill fetuses and call it art, it is all perfectly legal.

Liberty and justice for some. Sad.

Posted by: oops at April 18, 2008 10:52 AM (1WdUw)

64 Yeah, the bint got me. Doesn't make her less of a bint. Though if this was performance art, who's performance was the art? Was it the responses she generated?

She probably has her NEA grant request completed. Be moving to SOHO after graduation.

Posted by: Penfold at April 18, 2008 11:23 AM (lF2Kk)

I don't care if this was a hoax or not. She's a vicious cunt who should be institutionalized and sterilized. Unlikely as it is, there is a small possibility that she'll breed.

I'm sure she is a proponent of euthanasia and animal rights. Maybe she can do a 'performance art piece' about it by, say, climbing into a cage of hungry lions. About the only value she has is as protein.

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