These images evolved in conversation with artist Sav Lyon on the topic of their personal experience with and relationship to femininity.

“In my mind, I don’t feel feminine, or masculine, or both, or neither… I don’t interact with them. And when I do, to me, that’s drag.”

The performance and caricaturization of the Virgin Mother serves as emblematic of the pervasive codification of femininity within caregiving. Chastity, powerlessness, and bereavement coalesce in this performance, in which Sav embodies these feminine ideals as a tool to affirm others perceptions of their self and gender.