{"id":3221,"date":"2018-01-08T08:29:39","date_gmt":"2018-01-07T23:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=3221"},"modified":"2018-10-25T02:43:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T17:43:22","slug":"i-am-shocked-why-risque-paintings-do-not-need-warning-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=3221","title":{"rendered":"I am shocked! Why risqu\u00e9 paintings do not need warning labels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3223\" src=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-07-at-3.14.16-PM-400x297.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-07-at-3.14.16-PM-400x297.png 400w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-07-at-3.14.16-PM-768x569.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>#MeToo is in the news again (still), now going after paintings with unpalatable content. My article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newcriterion.com\/blogs\/dispatch\/warning-balthus-warning\">&#8220;A Warning about the Balthus Warning,&#8221;<\/a> just posted in the Dispatch section of The New Criterion. 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