Dancing with a Big Butt

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This woman was spotted dancing on West 23rd Street with a prosthetic butt last week. She was trying to publicize her own performance or film a Parsons art show (she was a subject in one of the photographs), but we suspect she was actually challenging He-Man for attention in south-of-the-Naked Cowboy Flatiron/ Madison Square Park/ Union Square region.

Another thing a prosthetic butt has been used for: Hiding stolen goods.

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i'd illegally download her porno vid

There now exists drugs and surgery to get rid of unsightly cellulite.

I want 'em real thick and juicy
So find that juicy double
Mixalot's in trouble
Beggin' for a piece of that bubble

"She was trying to publicize her own performance or film"

What does this mean? Is there a film title? A play? Good old investigative journaling Jen.

Maybe she was publicizing her performance by doing the performance!

Think about it! Genius!

less reporting, more pictures please

OK, A few corrections. Her name is Elana Katz and this was not a publicity stunt, but rather a performance piece. The work that featured her in the show was her own work and a self portrait. Elana's work deals with female body image and how women distort their body to conform to beauty standards. Here is a link to the artist statement for this piece as well as her other works.

http://www.elana-katz.com/samba.htm

Also, the performance took place on West 22nd street (not 23rd as stated), outside of Calumet Gallery where the Parsons School of Design thesis exhibition was held.

For a second, I thought it was JLo.

Elana's work deals with female body image and how women distort their body to conform to beauty standards

Hard to understand considering she has a great body by conventional beauty standards.

This couldn't have waited for the next retarded slide show about hipsters?

Wow! No female artist has ever tackled that issue! What ground-breaking work! Uh Oh, The Whitney called, they just want the prostetic butt, for another show about trannies on motorbikes.

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