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Women Push Boycott of BerlusconiPosted on Jun 23, 2009
Three Italian women academics have called upon the wives of world leaders attending the G-8 summit in Italy next month to boycott the gathering in a stance against Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi’s “sexist” and “offensive” attitude toward women. Could they be referring to his harem of call girls, his rumored affair with an 18-year-old, or his nominations of ex-showgirls to the European Parliament?
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By NYCartist, June 23, 2009 at 1:05 pm Link to this comment
A comment about the illustration. It’s a US postage stamp in the WWII series that came out several years ago (but not too long ago). I made it into a feminist peace symbol, multicultural (different women’s faces) and added a line of words “women are anti-war” where the stamp talks about making war. If you use US postage stamps in art, be sure to change the stamp (and remove
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