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Fashion Ilustrator aleXsandro Palombo Goes Too Far With Anne Frank And Hitler Art

Annika HarrisDecember 2, 2010 //

I’ll admit to enjoying fashion illustrator aleXsandro Palombo’s cheeky commentary on fashion designers, icons, and the industry, in general, on his blog Humor Chic … at first. And I might even wear one of his “I Love Anorexia” T-shirts if it wouldn’t elicit a lecture from Jessica, but lately Palombo’s “art” has become so vulgar and controversial just for the sake of controversy. I, like Jessica, don’t see the meaning or point behind a drawing of a skeletal Rachel Zoe sitting on a toilet. It’s just crass. And I sure as hell don’t think a sexed-up Anne Frank with her 14-year-old head pointing a machine gun at Adolf Hitler’s head says anything of worth either.

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“Annexed,” A Tale Of Anne Frank’s Hot — And Fictional — Sex Life

Jessica WakemanJune 21, 2010 //

Anne Frank‘s hormones are not the first thing that comes to mind when one remembers the world’s most famous teenage girl. But Sharon Dogar, a young adult author, has made it so in a fictionalized version of Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl. Annexed is an allegedly a “racy diary” about Anne’s relationship with Peter Van Pels, who hid from the Nazis alongside the Frank family in an Amsterdam office building — including a story about the youngsters having sex. Keep reading »

Anne Frank’s Diary Pulled Off School Shelves Over A Vagina

Jessica WakemanJanuary 28, 2010 //

There’s only so much stupid that a girl can handle and I shot way over my monthly allotment reading this one news story: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition, by Anne Frank, was pulled off the shelves in Culpepper County Public Schools in Virginia after a parent complained about “the sexual nature of the vagina passage,” according to the Culpepper Star-Exponent. Since 1995, the Anne Frank Foundation has printed an unedited, definitive version of Anne’s diary, in which she apparently wrote some sexually suggestive references, including one about her sinful lady flower.

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Today’s Lady News: Anne Frank’s Protector, Miep Gies, Dead At 100

Jessica WakemanJanuary 12, 2010 //
  • Miep Gies, who helped shelter Anne Frank‘s family, died yesterday at 100. After their Amsterdam hiding spot was busted by police, Gies, a secretary in the office where Frank’s family hid, rounded up Anne’s papers and locked them in a drawer. She claimed she never read Anne’s diary both because she did not want to abuse the teenager’s privacy, but also because she would have been tempted to burn any evidence about who hid the Jewish family from the Nazis. The Diary of a Young Girl was published in 1947 by Otto Frank, Anne’s father, the only family member to survive the concentration camps. [NPR]

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Quickies: The Only Known Film Footage Of Anne Frank & Which Group Of Women Has The Most Sex?

Annika HarrisOctober 5, 2009 //

  • The Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam recently released the only known video footage of Anne Frank. It was taken when a neighbor was getting married. [ TrèsSugar] — I remember watching the film about her life in school and everyone cheered, boys included, when she finally kissed her boyfriend.
  • Chris Rock is teaming up with Oprah Winfrey and Lionsgate for a movie adaptation of the article “Will You Be My Black Friend?” written by a GQ senior correspondent. [Essence] — Well, we know Chris has a special kind of humor when discussing race, so this film sounds like everyone will be entertained.
  • Wouldn’t it be so nice if [you] had a style genie that could just pop in and show [you] ways to rock [your] plain black dress with, like, three different looks and eight different trends for the season? Your wishes have been granted by College Candy’s Budget Stylista. [College Candy]

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The Mouse House Is Too Cheesy For The Diary of Anne Frank Or Any Literature Classic

Nikki DowlingAugust 13, 2009 //

Disney is teaming up with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet to make a movie out of The Diary of Anne Frank. Seeing the words “Disney” and “Anne Frank” in the same sentence seems a little strange to me. They know this one doesn’t end with the prince and princess living happily ever after, right? Hopefully, Disney is going live-action and not looking to cast Miley Cyrus in the lead. [Variety] It may be too late for Anne Frank, but here are a few other classics we’d advise Disney to stay away from. Keep reading »