That’s not how dials work, what you’re describing is a switch. In dials, all the way left is nothingness (bad), and all the way right is distorted (bad). To actually create the effect you want (good volume or equal rights) you have to be somewhere between the two extreme ends of the dial
The point of this artwork is to highlight the absurdity of being told to “dial down the feminism”. Treating it like a dial means turning it back towards “complicit in my own dehumanisation”.
The point of the dial is there is no middle ground. You either take it quietly or you’re a troublemaker.
That’s not how dials work, what you’re describing is a switch. In dials, all the way left is nothingness (bad), and all the way right is distorted (bad). To actually create the effect you want (good volume or equal rights) you have to be somewhere between the two extreme ends of the dial
The point of this artwork is to highlight the absurdity of being told to “dial down the feminism”. Treating it like a dial means turning it back towards “complicit in my own dehumanisation”.
And my point is that there are levels between those two extremes that are better, both literally and also as unintentionally depicted in the art