• Turun@feddit.de
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      Forsén stated in the 2019 documentary film Losing Lena, "I retired from modeling a long time ago. It’s time I retired from tech, too… Let’s commit to losing me.

      From Wikipedia

      She was a paid model, so I don’t consider the usage unethical based on that. But I like this comment from a journal:

      In today’s age of high-resolution digital image technology, it seems difficult to argue that a 512 × 512 image produced with a 1970s-era analog scanner is the best we have to offer as an image quality test standard".

      Lmao, they do have a point though!

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        In today’s age of high-resolution digital image technology, it seems difficult to argue that a 512 × 512 image produced with a 1970s-era analog scanner is the best we have to offer as an image quality test standard".

        I mean, this puts into context that the standard probably should have been some kind of test card like this :

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips_circle_pattern

        alt text?

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          See below. We don’t disagree. It’s a good move, the hype is the problem. It feels wrong. It should have been removed as it was the right thing to do. I’ve seen a lot of stuff about this recently from people who feel the need to chirp about a woman that wanted privacy.

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        Naw, they’re excellent for determining which kind of people are controlling manipulative monsters!

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    Forsén redid the shoot some 50 years later, producing a (worksafe) image of a grandmotherly woman wearing a hat and smiling. Perhaps using this updated image would be a reasonable compromise?

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      They tested positive for sex, unlike you, probably.

      Real answer: Sex positivity is an attitude towards human sexuality that regards all consensual sexual activities as fundamentally healthy and pleasurable, encouraging sexual pleasure and experimentation.

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      It’s corporate speak for “It’s no longer hip and cool to objectify women”… or wait… I guess it is supposed to be “It’s not mysogny if the women like it”… but who knows…