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In reply to the discussion: Russian oligarch's girlfriend sparks MLK day firestorm after posing on naked 'black woman' chair for [View all]LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)73. Stay classy, Chelsea
Then again, Abramovitch is Putin's buddy so he probably doesn't care if his girlfriend sits on black women.
Not great PR after the Terry racism thing.
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Beacool
Jan 2014
OP
Not just offensive, but honestly one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen...
nomorenomore08
Jan 2014
#5
It's racist and sexist, but it's porny. See the strap around her? It's BDSM, so it's ok.
redqueen
Jan 2014
#10
Torture and racism. Rememeber what Bashir got fired for? What slaveholders did is okay now? n/t
freshwest
Jan 2014
#28
LOL, I knew when I saw a reply to this that it was most likely gonna be an ignorant overreaction to
redqueen
Jan 2014
#110
You're on a roll. Nice dig. I may be ignorant, but I can read and comprehend.
bluesbassman
Jan 2014
#113
There you go again. You are parsing a descriptively contrived ending to a word
R B Garr
Jan 2014
#115
The artist who created this chair recreated this chair and other pieces originally created by Allen
seaglass
Jan 2014
#79
What is interesting is that if this same 'art' was presented as erotica, and not
redqueen
Jan 2014
#92
Learned a new word today - forniphilia - a form of bondage and sexual objectification in which a
seaglass
Jan 2014
#70
Given that, I'm surprised these threads aren't overrun with the usual defenders. nt
redqueen
Jan 2014
#72
I think that woman is just a willing cohort who deserves a pat on the head
The Straight Story
Jan 2014
#74
" They are powerless because the men of du are all misogynists (ie, hate women)"
redqueen
Jan 2014
#89
Russian oligarch's Russian girlfriend posts really questionable photo, full stop.
Spider Jerusalem
Jan 2014
#19
^^^ yes. This is the absolute kindest interpretation of the photo possible. ^^^
Tuesday Afternoon
Jan 2014
#78
I'm sorry, this is really quite offensive, but is there something ambiguous about 'Oligarch'?
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2014
#36
Not from what that post said. That person's post did not suggest he found it sexy/porny at all.
stevenleser
Jan 2014
#50
Dasha Zhukova spent many years in CA, private schools and UC Santa Barbara
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2014
#61
I still can't see what the context is that makes it bad to use it to illustrate her
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2014
#94
Also offensive, defining a woman by who her partner is instead of by her own name.
Coyotl
Jan 2014
#66
Do you mean 'name of the chair', or 'name of the woman who posed for it'?
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2014
#119
You can't blame Chelsea football club for what the owner's partner does (nt)
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2014
#86