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9. Also mother to Mary Shelly...

Tue Nov 10, 2020, 10:57 AM

Nov 2020

Of Frankenstein fame.

Vindication of the Rights of Women was such an amazing work!

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Nude Statue Honoring Mary Wollsonecraft Sparks Controversy [View all] janterry Nov 2020 OP

She was an important thinker, a philosopher janterry Nov 2020 #3

Also mother to Mary Shelly... Ztolkins Nov 2020 #9

Now that you mention the wave, janterry Nov 2020 #5

looks even worse from further away eShirl Nov 2020 #4

oh, geez janterry Nov 2020 #6

someone said she's emerging from a fatberg and I can't unsee it eShirl Nov 2020 #7

had to look that up janterry Nov 2020 #17

ok this is where it is fucked up. mopinko Nov 2020 #8

It's a piece of art. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #10

sure, but it's a statue commissioned to honor her and her work janterry Nov 2020 #11

And the artist thought this was the best way to do it. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #12

She, and yes. eShirl Nov 2020 #13

I would have janterry Nov 2020 #15

"Statues in historic costume... 3catwoman3 Nov 2020 #14

One would either assume Wollsonecraft was a nudists, or . . . OneBro Nov 2020 #16

Thread: demmiblue Nov 2020 #18

I saw a closeup of the statue janterry Nov 2020 #19