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In reply to the discussion: Russian oligarch's girlfriend sparks MLK day firestorm after posing on naked 'black woman' chair for [View all]hueymahl
(2,629 posts)101. Be disgusted if you want, but it is art
Tacky, inappropriate, disgusting, mysogonistic and racist, but still art. And political/social speech. It is art for those reasons only.
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Beacool
Jan 2014
OP
Not just offensive, but honestly one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen...
nomorenomore08
Jan 2014
#5
It's racist and sexist, but it's porny. See the strap around her? It's BDSM, so it's ok.
redqueen
Jan 2014
#10
Torture and racism. Rememeber what Bashir got fired for? What slaveholders did is okay now? n/t
freshwest
Jan 2014
#28
LOL, I knew when I saw a reply to this that it was most likely gonna be an ignorant overreaction to
redqueen
Jan 2014
#110
You're on a roll. Nice dig. I may be ignorant, but I can read and comprehend.
bluesbassman
Jan 2014
#113
There you go again. You are parsing a descriptively contrived ending to a word
R B Garr
Jan 2014
#115
The artist who created this chair recreated this chair and other pieces originally created by Allen
seaglass
Jan 2014
#79
What is interesting is that if this same 'art' was presented as erotica, and not
redqueen
Jan 2014
#92
Learned a new word today - forniphilia - a form of bondage and sexual objectification in which a
seaglass
Jan 2014
#70
Given that, I'm surprised these threads aren't overrun with the usual defenders. nt
redqueen
Jan 2014
#72
I think that woman is just a willing cohort who deserves a pat on the head
The Straight Story
Jan 2014
#74
" They are powerless because the men of du are all misogynists (ie, hate women)"
redqueen
Jan 2014
#89
Russian oligarch's Russian girlfriend posts really questionable photo, full stop.
Spider Jerusalem
Jan 2014
#19
^^^ yes. This is the absolute kindest interpretation of the photo possible. ^^^
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2014
#78
I'm sorry, this is really quite offensive, but is there something ambiguous about 'Oligarch'?
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2014
#36
Not from what that post said. That person's post did not suggest he found it sexy/porny at all.
stevenleser
Jan 2014
#50
Dasha Zhukova spent many years in CA, private schools and UC Santa Barbara
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2014
#61
I still can't see what the context is that makes it bad to use it to illustrate her
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2014
#94
Also offensive, defining a woman by who her partner is instead of by her own name.
Coyotl
Jan 2014
#66
Do you mean 'name of the chair', or 'name of the woman who posed for it'?
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2014
#119
You can't blame Chelsea football club for what the owner's partner does (nt)
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2014
#86