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	Dem sum nice shoooes

Antara

9-27-2009 10:37 PM

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art, islam, violence, silly riots, freedom denied

Antara says:

I LOVE this picture. Immediately struck me as a really powerful statement about the status of women in Islam, but apparently its intended message is about him (the artist) being a transvestite.

Oh well, it's still cool

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