What is the Female Gaze? (w/ Halie Torris) | WHGS Ep. 320

About this episode

Halie Torris joins the hosts to discuss the female gaze and its representation in art.

This episode is depicting women correctly, listener! Halie Torris is an oil painter and visual artist whose incredibly detailed work you’ve seen go viral on TikTok/IG, but today she’s in the apartment to paint YOU like one of her French girls! We discuss the female gaze, how to define it, capturing it in your work, the artistic process in the modern attention economy, and having your gay little heart get broken over the vast and infinite sea — It doesn’t get more gay than that. Ashley is combating the manosphere. Lizzy’s sex gets a little bit too wet. FOLLOW HALIE TORRIS: Buy her prints, art, and merch: https://bio.site/halietorris Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/halietorris/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@halietorris Twitter: https://x.com/halietorris FOLLOW ASHLEY GAVIN @ashgavs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ashgavscomedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashgavs/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ashgavs Twitter: https://twitter.com/ashgavs Tour Dates & Newsletter: https://www.ashleygavin.com/#dates FOLLOW LIZZY CASSIDY @lizzycassidy TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lizzycassidycomedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizzycassidy/ Twitter: https://x.com/lizzaster…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ashley Gavin, Lizzy Cassidy

Guest: Halie Torris

Topics covered

• female gaze
• artistic process
• modern attention economy
• gay culture
• relationships
• visual art

Keywords

• female gaze
• Halie Torris
• art
• gay culture
• relationships
• Ashley Gavin
• Lizzy Cassidy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Patreon, Merch Central, Studio71

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