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Here’s a story that combines, art, women and controversy, some of our favorite subjects. It also caught our eye because one of the commentators was Allison Pearson, author of I Don’t Know How She Does It. According to Monday’s New York Times “Alison Lapper Pregnant” by Marc Quinn is causing quite a stir. The 11 ½ foot statue of a pregnant woman born without arms and with foreshortened legs is being displayed in London’s Trafalgar square. The square was built to commemorate Admiral Nelson, and the other statues in the square are also of military leaders. The outcry has largely focused on the fact that Ms. Lapper is not a war hero. In 2007 it will be replaced by Thomas Schütte’s “Hotel for the Birds” (pictured below) Since that statue also doesn’t honor any war dead, it will be interesting to see if it causes the same controversy as a statue of a naked, disabled pregnant woman.

--Kelly and Melanie