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I agree, it's not professional. Those don't belong in the workplace, and I admire the way the guest poster went about convincing her coworkers. Sorry I wasn't

by MollyR 12y ago

I agree, it's not professional. Those don't belong in the workplace, and I admire the way the guest poster went about convincing her coworkers. Sorry I wasn't clear, when I was referring to she, I meant the creator of the website, not the guest poster. >Focusing on sexy pictures in the name of "artistic appreciation of idealizations" is narrow-mindedness, no matter how you spin it. I think it would also be narrow-minded to not think that "sexy pictures" could be a component of art or art in themselves. My main thoughts are that humans didn't evolve or create things in vacuum, why do we even value art ? and where in our biological wiring do they values come from ?

Retra 12y ago
It is just very easy to appreciate a sexually-charged picture in a superficial way. It is so easy, in fact, that I would be hard-pressed to claim there were any actual value in doing it. It's like talking to someone who wants to eat chocolate cake every day. Sure, chocolate cake is good, and we could talk for days about the nuances of cake making. But if you eat it every day saying "I just like it," you're not being nuanced. You're being crude and childish. Now, if you 'went meta' and artfully maintained an appreciation for hedonism in a way that communicates it well, then that's different. But sticking a poster in your office is not that, either, because it doesn't really communicate that intent. Putting a complementary poster next to it as an act of social awareness or even irony might.