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| Alfred Eisenstaedt's iconic "V-J Day in Times Square" photo. |
A London-based blogger had a viral article in 2012 titled "The Kissing Sailor, or “TheSelective Blindness of Rape Culture"
In 2016, The New York Daily News' Andy Martino published an article entitled "How a celebrated image marking V-J Day in Times Square has taken on a sinister shade", in which they accused one of the most iconic World War II era photographs, known to most as simply "The Kiss" of being an example of "sexual assault."
Sadly, upon the news of Mendonsa's death, such articles describing the scene as “problematic” are once again coming up from sources like ABCnews4 and even Condé Nast India…
