"Marie Antoinette is a prominent historical figure for so many reasons: bad bitch style icon, symbol of excess, victim of propaganda etc etc.
Born into a family who sought political gains through marriage and shipped off at fourteen. Ofc she wasn’t suited to rule. Society consumed her, the way people in that era consumed women in general.
In this piece, her head is at the top of a cake. Which represents that infamous quote she never actually said and her eventual end. The melting cake symbolizes her unstable reign. It’s a representation of how she was elevated, adorned, blamed, and ultimately undone.
Women have come a long way from being treated as ornamental bargaining chips, but society still loves assigning rules, roles, and expectations to genders. I hope the larger sentiment of this piece is to keep progressing by challenging old narratives and writing our own stories 🍰🎀💅"
