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Take it down now | 3 | 60.00% | |
Not great, but OK by me | 2 | 40.00% | |
Looks nice to me | 0 | 0% | |
A worthy monument to MW | 0 | 0% | |
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11-11-2020, 06:14 AM | #1 (permalink) |
...here to hear...
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M Wollstonecraft: Statues of Women
Mary Wollstonecraft was an 18th century writer, usually credited as "the mother of feminism". This rather forgotten figure is in the news today because a monument to her has just been unveiled in a London park:-
It has sparked a controversy, mainly because of the figurine at the top: as one Brit newspaper describes it, " a naked silver Barbie doll", while another paper gets to the point by reporting, "Because nothing says "honouring the mother of feminism" like a naked sexy lady". So this statue has opened up a debate about how (and how often) women are memorialised in public places. That's why I thought it might be worth a thread, and a poll. Any comments? Full CNN story: https://edition.cnn.com/style/articl...cli/index.html
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