It is important to mention that Effy Beth\u2019s legacy is not limited to performance, as her influence expands towards a new form of critical understanding and action in art and everyday life. Her work raises a fundamental question: how can we not only communicate ideas more effectively, but also incite a semantic and authentic change that motivates people towards greater empathy and social action against the injustices and inequalities that persist in our society? How can we challenge prejudices around machismo and transphobia?<\/p>\n
Effy Beth\u2019s work was characterized by a deep exploration of these subjects, in which we can think of metaphor as a common, significant theme in her performances. The artist used Nietzsche\u2019s ideas about the creation of realities with metaphors, as well as the conceptual explorations of Lakoff and Johnson [1]<\/sup><\/a>Lakoff, G., and Johnson, M. (1980). Metaphors We Live By. University of Chicago Press.<\/span><\/span>