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Lily Cole: Model apologises for posing in a burka on Instagram (celebrity survival)

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C C Offline
Another career opportunist so desperate to appear holy and virtuous to the Leftangelical Church that she commits cultural appropriation (not just bad timing).
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https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58245304

INTRO: Model, actress and activist Lily Cole has apologised for posting a picture of herself in a burka as a way to "embrace diversity" and promote her new book.

Critics said posing in the garment, worn by some Muslim women, did not help diversity and was ill-advised given the current unrest in Afghanistan.

Cole said she understood why the image upset people and wanted to "sincerely apologise for any offence caused". She agreed it was "ill-timed" and said she "hadn't read the news at the time".

Cole, 33, posted the pictures as Afghanistan was being taken over by the Taliban, who forced women to wear the burka when they were last in control there in the 1990s. One photo showed her with a blue burka covering her face and body, and in another the garment was pulled up to reveal her face.

The caption read: "Let's embrace diversity on every level - biodiversity; cultural diversity; diversity of thinking; diversity of voices; diversity of ideas."

She used the same post to promote her new book Who Cares Wins, about how to tackle the climate and ecological crisis... (MORE)
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Leigha Offline
The strange thing about social media ''activism'' is that even if it backfires, as this did, it still garners a lot of attention for the ''activists.'' Now, many more people know who she is, and she may not care that it took negative publicity for that to happen.
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