Ghada Amer's paintings reclaim agency for the female nude and its representation, incorporating first wave feminist theorists such as Simone de Beauvoir and embroidery as a symbol of domestic labor. In I CAN DO BETTER IN HEELS, Amer truncates a quote from Ginger Rogers: "There is nothing a man can do that I cannot do better and in heels." Rogers, an American actor, dancer, and singer famous during the Golden Age of Hollywood, was well known as Fred Astaire's dance partner, yet received limited recognition for her equally competent abilities. By evoking Rogers's quote and legacy, Amer highlights the double standard still in effect almost a hundred years after Rogers's career peaked, in which women are still expected to work harder and accomplish more than men, while receiving less recognition and less pay.