In this video, we will explore how Frida addressed sexuality in her artworks. We will explore 3 of her paintings, allowing us to observe how trailblazer she was for sexual liberation and self-determination at the beginning of the 20th century. To help you navigate this video, we recommend you answer the following questions as you watch it.

Why do you think Frida never took Diego’s style?
How did Frida defy the societal expectations and norms for women in Mexico?
Why do you think she was so open to expressing her sexuality to the public and the press and challenging the traditional narrative of femininity?
Why do you think she mockingly dressed as a man in one of her father’s pictures? How does this gesture allow us to observe her 1940s painting differently?
Why do you think she used this particular song in her painting?
Why do you think she cut her hair? What message did she want to convey?
Why did she repeat the two female nudes in two of her paintings? How did she describe them?
Why can we assume there were sexual undertones in her paintings? What is the gesture that both women are making?
How does she represent her parents in What the Water Gave Me? Why did she place them there?
How did she depict the couple in the 1939 painting? Why did she change the setting, making it more austere?
Do you think the 1939 painting is a representation of her miscegenation?