[WikiEN-l] Re: troubled

Wed May 12 18:12:11 UTC 2004

On the whole clitoris debate, the following might be of interest.

Recently a British broadsheet newspaper allowed guest editors to choose the 
articles for their pull out supplement.

The band Franz Ferdinand wanted to publish an artist's photograph described 
as "a woman sitting in a relaxed fashion, with her legs spread, as though 
she is at breakfast. She is nude and the image shows her body from her belly 
button to her knees. The facts of her body are just there - natural, 
striking in their presence, and fascinating for it."

They censored this image and instead a picture was used of two artists - one 
male, one female -, seated, wearing shirts but no clothing on their lower 
halves.  The genitals could be seen but, in the case of the woman, you could 
see her pubic hair and the - excuse my poor anatomical language - crease of 
her vagina, but no internal detail as would have been seen in the proposed 
image.

I'm not sure where that gets you, I'm not seeking to imply this represents 
any kind of desirable rule, but it gives you an idea of the state of play at 
one respected British publication.  A publication that is very left leaning 
I should add, I suppose.

They print all swear words in full, including 'cunt' - most other British 
papers use a******ks.

The tabloid "Sun" prints pictures of topless women each day.

An article about the Guardian's picture is here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/guesteditors/story/0,14481,1194719,00.html

Graeme

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