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The Autonomy of Art Is Ordinary: Notes in Defense of an Idea of Emancipation
64 pages, Paperback
Published February 4, 2025
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Kim West
58 books18 followersKIM WEST, LCSW-C, is a mother of two daughters and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker or child and family therapist for 30 years.
Known as The Sleep Lady® by her clients, over the past twenty eight years she has personally helped over 20,000 tired parents all over the world get a good night’s sleep without letting their children cry it out alone.
Kim has appeared on the Dr. Phil, Today Show, NBC Nightly News, Good Morning America, TLC’s Bringing Home Baby and CNN, and has been written about in a number of publications including The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Baby Talk, Parenting, The Baltimore Sun, USA Today, The Telegraph, The Irish Independent and the Washington Post.
Kim is the author of three books: “The Sleep Lady’s Good Night, Sleep Tight: Gentle Proven Solutions to Help Your Child Sleep Well and Wake Up Happy”, “ The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook” and “The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook for Children with Special Needs”. Her first book “The Sleep Lady’s Good Night, Sleep Tight” is in its 3 edition and has sold over 140,000 paperback copies and is available in 4 languages. Her upcoming 4th book: "The Sleep Lady's Gentle Newborn Sleep Guide" will be published on March 21, 2023
Dedicated to providing tired parents with excellent sleep advice and coaching while knowing Kim could not help everyone herself, she started the Gentle Sleep Coach® Training and Certification program in 2010--the first and most comprehensive training program in the world. This program was the start to what is now a now a global industry- Baby and Child Sleep Consultants. To date, the Gentle Sleep Coach Training and Certification program is available in 3 languages.
Known as The Sleep Lady® by her clients, over the past twenty eight years she has personally helped over 20,000 tired parents all over the world get a good night’s sleep without letting their children cry it out alone.
Kim has appeared on the Dr. Phil, Today Show, NBC Nightly News, Good Morning America, TLC’s Bringing Home Baby and CNN, and has been written about in a number of publications including The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Baby Talk, Parenting, The Baltimore Sun, USA Today, The Telegraph, The Irish Independent and the Washington Post.
Kim is the author of three books: “The Sleep Lady’s Good Night, Sleep Tight: Gentle Proven Solutions to Help Your Child Sleep Well and Wake Up Happy”, “ The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook” and “The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook for Children with Special Needs”. Her first book “The Sleep Lady’s Good Night, Sleep Tight” is in its 3 edition and has sold over 140,000 paperback copies and is available in 4 languages. Her upcoming 4th book: "The Sleep Lady's Gentle Newborn Sleep Guide" will be published on March 21, 2023
Dedicated to providing tired parents with excellent sleep advice and coaching while knowing Kim could not help everyone herself, she started the Gentle Sleep Coach® Training and Certification program in 2010--the first and most comprehensive training program in the world. This program was the start to what is now a now a global industry- Baby and Child Sleep Consultants. To date, the Gentle Sleep Coach Training and Certification program is available in 3 languages.
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September 11, 2025
I really wished that I liked this book because I think it probably has a good point, but the way in which it is written I find so painfully hypocritical
I think it’s trying to argue that the definition of “the autonomy of art” is not what it has been said to have been, and propose counter arguments. Maybe I am just not of the reading level to comprehend these grand ideas, but I read every page twice and have a degree in contemporary art, and still feel stumped. What I did manage to gather is that this book is anti elitism in the art world, yet this book itself seems to be an example of what it critiques…
I think it’s trying to argue that the definition of “the autonomy of art” is not what it has been said to have been, and propose counter arguments. Maybe I am just not of the reading level to comprehend these grand ideas, but I read every page twice and have a degree in contemporary art, and still feel stumped. What I did manage to gather is that this book is anti elitism in the art world, yet this book itself seems to be an example of what it critiques…
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