Word: shockproof
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...certain language that is a symptom of the violence of the culture," Finley insists. "If I talk about a woman being raped, I have to use the language of the perpetrators." While her wild orations about menstruation and excrement have been known to rattle even shockproof veterans of New York City's downtown art scene, they have also won her a raft of admiring reviews. When she performed at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis in January, the Star Tribune used words like heartfelt and moving to describe We Keep Our Victims Ready, a verse piece about the consequences...