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demmiblue

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Wed May 15, 2019, 02:31 PM May 2019

Harvard Lampoon apologizes after publishing sexualized image of Anne Frank

The Harvard Lampoon has apologized for publishing a sexualized image of Anne Frank in a bikini after it was denounced as anti-Semitic and misogynistic.

A recent edition of the student-run humor magazine depicted the face of the world-renowned writer over the image of a bikini-clad woman, The Boston Globe reported.

Above was the text, “Gone Before Her Time: Virtual Aging Technology Shows Us What Anne Frank Would Have Looked Like if She Hadn’t Died.”

“Add this to your list of reasons the Holocaust sucked,” text below the image reads.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/443804-harvard-lampoon-apologizes-after-publishing-sexualized-image-of?__twitter_impression=true


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