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CHISELED: on Madonna and the Marbles (**nudity and sexual imagery**)
This year is the 30th anniversary of Madonna's photo-book Sex . I was an adolescent when it was published but I clearly remember a conversation between some critics on the radio at the time. One of them said Madonna's boobs were 'lower' than they'd expected: the intimation being that her body was somehow not as 'good' as they had anticipated. Another said "It's like she can't get naked enough," suggesting, as I understood it, that the images came across as effortful in a way
Aug 22, 20227 min read
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