Liza Donnelly: Drawing upon humor for change

Prevoditelj: Tilen Pigac - EFZG Recezent: Mislav Ante Omazić - EFZG

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

I was afraid of womanhood.

Bojala sam se ženstvenosti.

Not that I'm not afraid now,

Ne da se ne bojim i sada,

but I've learned to pretend.

ali naučila sam se pretvarati.

I've learned to be flexible.

Naučila sam biti fleksibilna.

In fact, I've developed some interesting tools

U biti, razvila sam neke zanimljive alate

to help me deal with this fear.

koji mi pomažu da se nosim s tim strahom.

Let me explain.

Dopustite mi da objasnim.

Back in the '50s and '60s, when I was growing up,

U 50-ima i 60-ima, kada sam odrastala,

little girls were supposed to be kind and thoughtful

malene djevojčice su trebale biti ljubazne i pažljive

and pretty and gentle and soft,

i lijepe i nježne i mekane.

and we were supposed to fit into roles

I trebale smo se uklopiti u uloge

that were sort of shadowy --

koje su bile, na neki način, sjenovite.

really not quite clear what we were supposed to be.

Doista, nije mi jasno što smo mi trebale biti.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

There were plenty of role models all around us.

Bilo je mnogo uzora svuda oko nas.

We had our mothers, our aunts, our cousins, our sisters,

Imale smo naše majke, naše tete, naše rođakinje, naše sestre,

and of course, the ever-present media

i, naravno, stalno prisutne medije

bombarding us with images and words,

koji su nas bombardirali sa slikama i riječima,

telling us how to be.

govoreći nam kakve da budemo.

Now my mother was different.

Moja majka je bila drugačija.

She was a homemaker,

Ona je bila domaćica,

but she and I didn't go out and do girlie things together,

ali ona i ja nismo izlazile van i radile djevojačke stvari zajedno.

and she didn't buy me pink outfits.

I nije mi kupovalu rozu odjeću.

Instead, she knew what I needed, and she bought me a book of cartoons.

Umjesto toga, znala je što mi treba, i kupila mi je knjigu karikatura.

And I just ate it up.

I ja sam je progutala.

I drew, and I drew,

Crtala sam i crtala,

and since I knew that humor was acceptable in my family,

a kako sam znala da je humor prihvatljiv u mojoj obitelji,

I could draw, do what I wanted to do,

mogla sam crtati, raditi ono što sam htjela raditi,

and not have to perform, not have to speak --

i nisam morala nastupati, nisam morala pričati --

I was very shy --

bila sam jako sramežljiva --

and I could still get approval.

i još uvijek bih dobila odobrenje.

I was launched as a cartoonist.

Započela sam kao karikaturist.

Now when we're young,

Kada smo mladi,

we don't always know. We know there are rules out there,

ne znamo uvijek -- znamo da tamo vani postoje pravila,

but we don't always know --

ali ne znamo uvijek --

we don't perform them right,

ne izvodimo ih pravilno,

even though we are imprinted at birth

iako smo na rođenju obilježeni

with these things,

sa tim stvarima,

and we're told

i rečeno nam je

what the most important color in the world is.

koja je najvažnija boja na svijetu.

We're told what shape we're supposed to be in.

Rečeno nam je u kojem obliku bi trebale biti.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

We're told what to wear --

Rečeno nam je što da obučemo -

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

-- and how to do our hair --

-- i kakvu frizuru da imamo --

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

-- and how to behave.

-- i kako da se ponašamo.

Now the rules that I'm talking about

Pravila o kojima ja pričam

are constantly being monitored by the culture.

su pod neprestanim nadzorom kulture.

We're being corrected,

Ispravljane smo.

and the primary policemen are women,

A primarne policajke su žene,

because we are the carriers of the tradition.

jer smo mi nosioci tradicije.

We pass it down from generation to generation.

Mi je prenosimo s generacije na generaciju.

Not only that --

Ne samo,

we always have this vague notion

mi uvijek imamo tu nejasnu misao

that something's expected of us.

da se nešto očekuje od nas.

And on top of all off these rules,

A povrh svih tim pravila,

they keep changing.

ona se mijenjaju.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

We don't know what's going on half the time,

Pola vremena, ne znamo što se događa,

so it puts us in a very tenuous position.

pa nas to stavlja u veoma slabu poziciju.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Now if you don't like these rules,

Ako vam se ne sviđaju ta pravila,

and many of us don't --

a mnogima od nas se ne sviđaju --

I know I didn't, and I still don't,

znam da se meni nisu, i još uvijek mi se ne sviđaju,

even though I follow them half the time,

iako ih slijedim pola vremena,

not quite aware that I'm following them --

prilično nesvjesna da to radim --

what better way than to change them [than] with humor?

koji je bolji način da ih se promijeni od humora?

Humor relies on the traditions of a society.

Humor se oslanja na tradicije društva.

It takes what we know, and it twists it.

Uzima ono što znamo, i izokreće to.

It takes the codes of behavior and the codes of dress,

Uzima pravila ponašanja i pravila odijevanja,

and it makes it unexpected,

i čini ih neočekivanima,

and that's what elicits a laugh.

a to je ono što izmamljuje osmijeh.

Now what if you put together women and humor?

Što bi bilo kad bi stavili zajedno žene i humor?

I think you can get change.

Mislim da možete dobiti promijenu.

Because women are on the ground floor,

Jer se žene nalaze u prizemlju,

and we know the traditions so well,

i znamo tradicije tako dobro,

we can bring a different voice to the table.

da možemo donijeti za stol drugačiji glas.

Now I started drawing

Počela sam crtati

in the middle of a lot of chaos.

usred mnogo kaosa.

I grew up not far from here in Washington D.C.

Odrasla sam nedaleko odavde u Washington D.C.-u

during the Civil Rights movement, the assassinations,

tijekom pokreta za civilna prava, ubojstava,

the Watergate hearings and then the feminist movement,

Watergate saslušanja i zatim feminističkog pokreta.

and I think I was drawing,

I mislim da sam crtala,

trying to figure out what was going on.

pokušavajući otkriti što se događa.

And then also my family was in chaos,

A zatim je i moja obitelj bila u kaosu.

and I drew to try to bring my family together --

I crtala sam kako bih spojila svoju obitelj --

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

-- try to bring my family together with laughter.

-- pokušala spojiti svoju obitelj pomoću smijeha.

It didn't work.

Nije uspjelo.

My parents got divorced, and my sister was arrested.

Moji roditelji su se rastali, a moja sestra je uhićena.

But I found my place.

Ali ja sam pronašla svoje mjesto.

I found that I didn't have to wear high heels,

Otkrila sam da nisam morala nositi visoke pete,

I didn't have to wear pink,

nisam morala nositi roza odjeću,

and I could feel like I fit in.

i mogla sam se osjećati kao da pripadam.

Now when I was a little older, in my 20s,

Kada sam bila malo starija, u svojim 20-im,

I realized there are not many women in cartooning.

shvatila sam kako nema puno žena koje se bave crtanjem.

And I thought, "Well, maybe I can break

I pomislila sam, "Pa, možda mogu razbiti

the little glass ceiling of cartooning,"

taj mali stakleni plafon crtanja."

and so I did. I became a cartoonist.

To sam i napravila; postala sam karikaturistica.

And then I thought -- in my 40s I started thinking,

Zatim sam pomislila, u svojim 40-im počela sam razmišljati,

"Well, why don't I do something?

"Pa, zašto ja ništa ne napravim?

I always loved political cartoons,

Oduvijek sam voljela političke crteže,

so why don't I do something with the content of my cartoons

pa zašto onda ne poduzmem nešto da sa sadržajem svojih crteža

to make people think about the stupid rules that we're following

potaknem ljude na razmišljanje o glupim pravilima koje slijedimo,

as well as laugh?"

a ujedno ih i nasmijem?"

Now my perspective

Moja perspektiva

is a particularly --

je naročito --

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

-- my perspective is a particularly American perspective.

-- moja perspektiva je specifična američka perspektiva.

I can't help it. I live here.

Ne mogu si pomoći. Živim ovdje.

Even though I've traveled a lot,

Iako samo puno putovala,

I still think like an American woman.

i dalje razmišljam poput američke žene.

But I believe that the rules that I'm talking about

Ali vjerujem kako su pravila o kojima pričam

are universal, of course --

univerzalna, naravno --

that each culture has its different codes of behavior

svaka kultura ima različita pravila ponašanja

and dress and traditions,

i odijevanja i tradicije,

and each woman has to deal with these same things

i svaka žena se mora nositi s istim stvarima

that we do here in the U.S.

s kojima se i mi nosimo ovdje u SAD-u.

Consequently, we have.

Slijedom toga, imamo --

Women, because we're on the ground, we know the tradition.

žene, jer smo mi u prizemlju, poznajemo tradiciju --

We have amazing antennae.

imamo nevjerojatne antene.

Now my work lately

U posljednje vrijeme moj rad

has been to collaborate with international cartoonists,

obuhvaća kolaboraciju s međunarodnim karikaturistima,

which I so enjoy,

u čemu uživam.

and it's given me a greater appreciation

I to mi je pružilo veću zahvalnost

for the power of cartoons

prema moći crteža

to get at the truth,

kako bi se došlo do istine,

to get at the issues quickly and succinctly.

kako bi se došlo do problema brzo i jezgrovito.

And not only that, it can get to the viewer

I ne samo to, već to može doći do gledatelja

through not only the intellect, but through the heart.

kroz, ne samo intelekt, već i kroz srce.

My work also has allowed me to collaborate

Moj rad mi je dozvolio da surađujem

with women cartoonists from across the world --

s karikaturisticama iz cijelog svijeta --

countries such as Saudi Arabia,

zemalja poput Saudijske Arabije,

Iran, Turkey,

Irana, Turske,

Argentina, France --

Argentine, Francuske --

and we have sat together and laughed

i sjedile smo zajedno i smijale se

and talked and shared our difficulties.

i razgovarale i podijelile naše poteškoće.

And these women are working so hard to get their voices heard

A te žene rade jako naporno kako bi se njihovi glasovi čuli

in some very difficult circumstances.

u nekim vrlo teškim okolnostima.

But I feel blessed to be able to work with them.

Ali osjećam se blagoslovljenom što mogu raditi s njima.

And we talk about

I pričale smo o tome

how women have such strong perceptions,

kako žene imaju snažne percepcije,

because of our tenuous position

zbog naše slabe pozicije

and our role as tradition-keepers,

i naše uloge kao zaštitnica tradicije,

that we can have the great potential

da bismo mogle imati veliki potencijal

to be change-agents.

da postanemo agenti promjena.

And I think, I truly believe,

I mislim, doista vjerujem,

that we can change this thing

da možemo promijeniti tu stvar

one laugh at a time.

smijeh po smijeh.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)