
The Bully Pulpit
- Publisher
- Fall Line Press
- Year
- 2019
- Specifications
- 23.5 x 30.5 cm
Haley Morris-Cafiero investigates the social phenomenon of cyberbullying using self-portraiture against those who attempted to bully her. After her series Wait Watchers went viral she received numerous hateful comments online; The Bully Pulpit is her response. She parodies the bullies by photographing herself costumed like them, recreating images found on their public profiles with wigs, clothing and simple prosthetics, overlaid with transcripts of their comments, and publishes them on the internet – the same vehicle used for the attacks. A project that pushes the boundaries of self-portraiture and questions the social sphere of the internet.