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My first reaction when I saw the side-by-side photos of 106-year-oldIgorot tattoo artist Apo Whang-od and that of US business moguland household name Martha Stewart: is this a joke? And how about this for its unknowing nodtoward orientalism: "I don't like feminists, but this is a great post."The magic of social media succeeded in projecting Whang-od andMartha Stewart as equals to be put on stage and compared, an actthat contravened their actual worlds, exceedingly distinct andseparate in every possible way. [Extracted from the article] |