In today's Guardian Germaine Greer deconstructs the image in question, taken by photographer Annie Leibovitz.
As Greer describes, sexing up little girls is nothing new: "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
As Greer describes, sexing up little girls is nothing new: "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
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