Women aren’t “asking for it” and it’s not our fault. Maybe we should question a society that blames its victims.
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Hercules fighting Achelous
Francoise-Joseph Bosio, 1824
Musée du Louvre, Paris
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Art’s great nudes have gone skinny
Italian artist Anna Utopia Giordano has created a visual re-imagination of historic nude paintings, had the subjects conformed their bodies to what the 21st century considers an ideal of beauty. The results are revealing—and quite shocking in what they say about the modern attitude toward women’s bodies.
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