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From: Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Politicaly correct?
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 18:30:26 -0700
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On 3/29/2024 5:04 PM, jim whitby wrote:
> This is from an rss feed today.
> 
> On Wednesday, the IEEE Computer Society announced to members that, after
> April 1, it would no longer accept papers that include a frequently used
> image of a 1972 Playboy model named Lena Forsén. The so-called "Lenna
> image," (Forsén added an extra "n" to her name in her Playboy appearance
> to aid pronunciation) has been used in image processing research since
> 1973 and has attracted criticism for making some women feel unwelcome in
> the field.
> 
> Why? What could possibly be demeaning about a (above the shoulders) female
> photo!

Perhaps the date is singificant?