[Ammi]

When campaigners unveiled a sculpture in honour of Mary Wollstonecraft, they expressed hope that it would “start a conversation”.

Unfortunately, the conversation revolved around why the sculptor, Maggi Hambling, had chosen to represent the “mother of feminism” as what one critic described as looking “like someone stuck a Barbie doll on top of a kebab”.

To the horror of academics, Hambling produced a naked “Everywoman” with a model’s physique, standing atop a silvery mass. It prompted many to ask why famous men are never commemorated without their clothes.

“Who on earth saw the design for this and thought, ‘Yes, the woman who wrote The Vindication of the Rights of Woman would love this’?” asked Dr Amanda Dillon of the University of East Anglia.

“Have we ever, EVER had a statue of a major male thinker that looked a) nothing like them and b) like a Pornhub Christmas decoration?” said Dr Louise Raw, the historian.

Prof Amanda Vickery, the historian and television presenter, tweeted: “Wollstonecraft insisted women were equal souls. WHY a nude?” And Emily Cock, lecturer at Cardiff University’s School of History, remarked: “Finally, public acknowledgement that women in the eighteenth century were stark naked and extremely small.”

Caroline Criado Perez, the feminist campaigner, called the piece “a colossal waste”, saying: This feels disrespectful to Wollstonecraft herself and isn’t that the most important part?”

Dr Una McIlvenna, a senior lecturer in history at the University of Melbourne, joking shared a picture on social media of a naked male model and captioned it: “Here’s a statue I just made to honour the memory of John Lennon.”

...full article....

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/mary-wolls...001949559.html

[Niamh.]

Ugh I saw this, how ****ing disrespectful to who she was and what she stood for........and to women in general actually

[Niamh.]

This comment from Author Caitlin Moran

“It’s not making me angry in any way because I just KNOW the streets will soon be full of statues depicting John Locke’s shiny testicles, Nelson Mandela’s proud penis, and Descarte’s adorable arse,” wrote author Caitlin Moran on Twitter.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ma...uproar-1922522

[Toy Soldier]

[Ammi]

...I could get quite behind this ‘let’s pull the statues down’, thing....

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

...is this you unzipped and ungimped...?...

[Ammi]

...I can’t even believe that I just asked that question of someone...

[Ammi]

...Maggi Hambling, the sculpture is a local lady to me...





...an article from one of the local media’s....

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/mary-wol...onse-1-6925341

[bitontheslide]

it's obviously been done to create controversy

[arista]

They appear to be Happy about this,
as it's now a Worldwide talking point.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

it's obviously been done to create controversy

...not according to the artist...it’s for Mary Wollstonecraft, not of her...dedicated to her....and because clothing is part of what defines someone...(...is what the artist feels...)...then the naked form makes her ‘Everywoman’...which she feels is apt...

[LeatherTrumpet]

take up with the "artist" lady who "made" it

btw its sh1t (like most art)

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Ammi

“Have we ever, EVER had a statue of a major male thinker that looked a) nothing like them and b) like a Pornhub Christmas decoration?” said Dr Louise Raw, the historian.

Well, "doctor", there was a statue of a giant nude man, called ... The Thinker.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Well, "doctor", there was a statue of a giant nude man, called ... The Thinker.

Yes but he wasn't representing an actual real life male thinker was he?

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Yes but he wasn't representing an actual real life male thinker was he?

He was called Thinkie McThinkface

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

He was called Thinkie McThinkface

Winkie McThinkface more like

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Well, "doctor", there was a statue of a giant nude man, called ... The Thinker.

Me on the toilet every morning pondering the latest SD threads.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Winkie McThinkface more like

Thinkie McWinkieface.

[UserSince2005]

definitely a feminist and not a gardener.

[LeatherTrumpet]

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

[Oliver_W]

Covered up by a feminist t-shirt

[Kizzy]

Do you know what? I think I get it.
Feminism should be about the power to see beyond the female form. That's what I take from it, covering it up is just playing to the view that women are ornamental and the form an example of the evolution in women's liberation she represents.
This embody feminism and this feminist in particular as unashamedly and unapologetically a woman .

[Scarlett.]

The other one seemed much more respectful tbh

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

take up with the "artist" lady who "made" it

btw its sh1t (like most art)

Two bricks and your genitals, now that would be a work of art.