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Michelle Hartney kicks off Art a Morality by speaking with a founding member of the feminist art collective, the Guerrilla Girls (GG) on sexism and racism in the arts--from the study of its history to representation in museum, institutions and galleries. Michelle asks GG founder, speaking under the pseudonym Frida Kahlo, about the emergence of the Guerrilla Girls in the 80s, the Westernization of the art world, and the arguments made against "over-contextualizing" art and the fear of censorship in the art world. *Helpful Links* Hannah Gadsby, Nanette, Netflix Special The Guerrilla Girls' Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art Guerrilla Girls, Three Ways to Write a Museum Wall Label When the Artist is a Sexual Predator, 2018 -About the Guerrilla Girls- The Guerrilla Girls are feminist activist artists. Over 55 people have been members over the years, some for weeks, some for decades. Our anonymity keeps the focus on the issues, and away from who we might be. We wear gorilla masks in public and use facts, humor and outrageous visuals to expose gender and ethnic bias as well as corruption in politics, art, film, and pop culture. We undermine the idea of a mainstream narrative by revealing the understory, the subtext, the overlooked, and the downright unfair. We believe in an intersectional feminism that fights discrimination and supports human rights for all people and all genders. We have done over 100 street projects, posters and stickers all over the world, including New York, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Mexico City, Istanbul, London, Bilbao, Rotterdam, and Shanghai, to name just a few. We also do projects and exhibitions at museums, attacking them for their bad behavior and discriminatory practices right on their own walls, including our 2015 stealth projection about income inequality and the super rich hijacking art on the façade of the Whitney Museum in New York. Our retrospectives in Bilbao and Madrid, Guerrilla Girls 1985-2015, and our US traveling exhibition, Guerrilla Girls: Not Ready To Make Nice, have attracted thousands. We could be anyone. We are everywhere. What’s next? More creative complaining!! Learn more at https://www.guerrillagirls.com/