Magazine’s Ice Cream Photos of Italian Politician Spark Online Backlash
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iStock/Thinkstock(ROME) — Italians are speaking up for women after Chi magazine ran a series of seemingly innocent photos featuring cabinet minister Marianna Madia eating ice cream in the passenger seat of her car along with the text, “She really knows how to work an ice cream.”
BBC News reports some Italians are taking the magazine to task for the suggestive combination of the photos and caption, posting pictures of themselves indulging in the sweet treat with the hashtag #cisofareanchio, or “I really know how to work it too.”
Chi is owned by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who was once in the spotlight for his own sexual indiscretions.
Madia, Italy’s Minister of Public Administration and Simplification, has yet to address the photos directly, but told La Repubblica newspaper that she thanked “everyone for their support.”
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