That Miley Cyrus photograph: artsy or outrageous?
When a photograph of the child star - with a naked back and damp hair, draped in a satin
"In western art most of the women portrayed semi-clad or totally nude are children ... When Lucian Freud paints girl children nobody cares ... Botticelli paints the yet-to-be-enjoyed goddess of love emerging from the sea, people come from all over the world to gape at her
Kate Moss has been able to earn millions only as long as she could continue to project the body image of a 13-year-old."
So why the moral uproar over a photograph which is essentially the same thing?
dirty postcard aesthetic depicts Cyrus as post-coital
"It's the insincerity of everyone concerned that really chokes me,"
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isn't this just a depressingly conventional piece of iconography?
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clipped from: blogs.guardian.co.uk