http://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/07/23/some-people-still-cant-get-over-the-beautiful-and-profane-and-sacred-photo-of-nude-portland-athena/
"Out of Portland tear gas, an apparition emerges ... ." So began the Los Angeles Times' piece on the "iconic" photo of a nude woman sitting in the street open-legged across the intersection from police in Portland. We will say the picture was well-shot, but we wouldn't exactly call it iconic, and we certainly wouldn't compare it to the video of the man in Tiananmen Square who was actually risking something. Nevertheless, fans dubbed the nude woman "Portland Athena," and some still can't get over her.
Writer and director Adam McKay says the image is "horrifying and beautiful."
Adam McKay ~ I still can't get over this image. I don't know if I ever will. It's horrifying and beautiful and profane and sacred ... I really hope we never find out who she is. America loves to wreck things with names and jobs and celebrity.
Wow, Adam ... you really, REALLY need to get a life, pal ... 'cuz you're one pathetic sap.
Kurt Schlichter ~ I don't think it's possible to cringe enough reading this.
Simply Irredeemable ~ Nothing says "sacred" like one's "hoo hoo" on spread eagle display.
Katie Scarlet ~ Mmmkay. Her mother must be so proud.
Lady A ~ You wouldn't think that if she was overweight.
True dat! Adam probably would have found this version of the "Portland Athena" much more horrifying and a lot less beautiful, so I think Lady A has a valid point, don'tcha know.
PonderinStuff ~ Sitting on the filthy street and spreading her legs was way over the top though. That just made it gross and showed that she was there for her own personal kicks. She was walking around seductively earlier, so it wasn't about showing vulnerability. It's just weird and icky.
El Cid ~ This tweet was so pretentious my dog literally vomited when I read it out loud.
Meredith ~ I don't understand modern feminism. Its like they WANT to be objectified. Or, its like they WANT to be a victim.
Not in my world. In my world, I have a job, a family, a home, I am not a victim, and I keep my clothes on for everyone except my husband.
Michael Galli ~ I see it & just see an attention seeking millennial.
Show Don't Tell ~ Something tells me COVID-19 is way down the list of diseases you should be worried about catching from her.
Count Trepe, MVPhD ~ The image is very "Portland," which is to say it's up its own ass.
Joe B ~ They identify as a traffic cone.
Ginger Kitty ~ THIS is why the Dems lose people. I see a mentally unstable person who lacks mature coping skills sitting naked on a nasty street.
American Purrl, RN ~ Naked white women protesting are a dime a dozen nowadays.
Usually they're a lot fatter, though, so maybe that's why he's "stunned"?
Queen of Kingsbury ~ A water cannon would have made this image more powerful.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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