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Photograph Of Muslim Woman Holding Up Bra Sparks Controversy!

Filed Under: Canadialand Etc. Politik

Freedom of expression vs. cultural respect…

Ah, a timeless debate!

The above image of a woman in full Muslim dress (niquab & abaya) holding up a bra while doing laundry was SO offensive to some students at Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia, they asked a staff member to take it down!

The photo was

[Image via Sooraya Graham.]

Tags: art, art student, assignment, bra, british columbia, controversy, laundry, muslim, photograph, religion, university, woman

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Vogue Italia's Franca Sozzani Slams High Fashion For Thinspiration!!

Filed Under: Fashion Smashion Models Vogue Twiggy Doutzen Kroes

Vogue Italia's editor-in-chief Franca Sozzani joined supermodel Doutzen Kroes, media mogul Arianna Huffington and Amber Valletta at Harvard University on Monday to talk about body image in the media.

During the discussion, Sozzani, a long-time proponent of healthy body image, flat out blamed fashion as "one of the causes of anorexia".

Here are

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: amber valleta, ariana huffington, controversy, doutzen kroes, fashion industry, franca sozzani, harvard, karlie kloss, models anorexia, plus size, thin, thinspiration, twiggy, vogue, vogue italia

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Biomen's Hitler Shampoo Commercial Sparks Outrage!

Filed Under: Icky Icky Poo Ad Campaigns

Seriously!?

Out of all the people in the world, Turkish company Biomen decided to use Hitler to hawk their line of shampoo for men.

In the commercial (above) Hitler can be heard saying:

"If you’re not wearing women’s clothes, you shouldn’t be using women’s shampoo either. Here it is. A real man’s shampoo. Biomen. Real men use Biomen."

Not surprisingly, this isn't sitting well with a lot of people and has prompted a lot of responses condemning the commercial.

The Chief Rabbinate of Turkey issued statement on behalf of the Jewish community

Tags: beauty products, biomen, commercials, controversy, disgusting, hitler, hitler shampoo ad, shampoo ads

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UN Expert Slams Rodarte's Aboriginal-Inspired Fall Collection

Filed Under: Fashion Smashion Australiastic Rodarte

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Is Rodarte a lightning rod for controversy or what!?

Less than two years after causing a stink with their Juarez makeup collection, a UN expert is calling out the Mulleavy sisters on their latest collection.

According to

[Image via AP Images.]

Tags: aboriginal art, australia, controversy, juarez, kate mulleavy, laura mulleavy, makeup collection, megan davis, offensive, rodarte, rodarte fall 2012, united nations, united nations permanent forum on indigenous issues, university of new south wales indigenous law centre

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FHM Philippines Pulls Racist Edgy Cover

Filed Under: Oops! Twitter

Bela Padilla FHM Cover March 2012

Well this was just poor judgement! Unless they just wanted to get people talking, in which case, congratulations! You did it!

FHM Philippines has pulled its original March cover featuring Philippine actress Bela Padilla emerging out of the “shadows,” aka dark-skinned models. Since releasing the photo on their Facebook page this past week, the magazine has experienced a slew of negative feedback.

Even if the “racism” was unintentional, it’s hard not to view this cover as: “black” = bad, “white” = good. Come on! You are calling the darker models “shadows” right on the cover!!

Representatives from the men’s mag have handled the situation surprisingly well releasing this statement:

[Image via FHM Philippines.]

Tags: bela padilla, controversy, fhm philippines cover march 2012, magazine

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