Pornographic schoolgirls to illustrate solar energy in The Independent

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www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/solar-on-schools-project-offers-green-investors-tangible-ethical-assets-9270224.html

Why?

How about pointing out your opinions on the Independent website rather than here? That would be more relevant too.

Fairy I didn't know that either it doesn't say that in the article and I haven't seen the film, maybe the OP hasn't either!

That's horrible! OK you could nitpick and say it's not actual porn, no beaver shots etc. But it's highly sexualised stockings and suspenders on a schoolgirl which is a well-known porn trope, also totally inappropriate and irrelevant.

I would have expected a lot better of the Independent too which is usually great for interesting photos. Something like the sun shining on a school playground could have made an arty pic in the right hands.

I do notice however it's from the money/business section. They often have deeply irrelevant and sometimes titillating pics, presumably because they have a large male readership and also a lot of financial stories that aren't easy to illustrate. Not en excuse but I've noticed it before.

Why on earth would anyone think it reasonable to put a St Trinians pic with that article?

The editor should be ashamed! V lazy.

It is a truly bizarre choice of photo.

Photo editor; "hmm I need to illustrate solar energy for schools. I know a pic of sexy st trinians will do that perfectly. "

Lazy but not pornographic. I have never seen the recent St T film (which is why I did not recognise the picture, I suppose) but it cannot be as good as the originals.

The op has retracted the pornographic title.

But Andrew you suggested it is a perfectly fine shot of a 'normal' girls school to accompany a piece about solar energy in schools. Would you retract that?

It's a very odd choice of photo.

Andrew, the 'girls' in that photo were in their late teens/early20s, so to answer your question - yes, I would imagine people do find women of that age attractive.

I think showing 'schoolgirls' as suspender flashing vamps is awful.

Its from St Trinians, why the heck was it used for this story? Very strange.

Especially when it's a science story! I know that article was boring but what a pathetic attempt to spice it up.

JohnFarleysRuskin and monicalewinski While I have seen worse examples of "sexploitation" I agree that this was not the image to use. A shot of a group of schoolchildren of both genders smiling at the camera and in their normal clothing would have been more appropriate. From the Indie I am surprised.

I wonder if they've uploaded the wrong photo and it was labelled somehting like "all girls school group" or something equally nondescript and they just didn't check the image before publishing?

I haven't seen St Trinians but my first thought was that the school clearly had some Trinian-like pupils, glad to know it's a shot from the film!

Then we all agree!

Or they've hotlinked the photo and so the original poster of it has decided to fuck around with them, IIRC there were some issues with that and the press a few years ago.

One of my DDs favourite films, very funny, but nothing to do with solar energy?

"Well pinkyredrose I looked at their faces - believe me or not as you see fit."

Andrewofgg did you only look at thier faces? Really? Because it's not hard to see what they're wearing when you look at the pic, you can't say you didn't notice.

I was going to say I barely noticed but perhaps hardly would be a better choice of word!

In any event, I noticed nothing untoward.

Very odd choice of photo to go with this article. I don't see how a photo of a St Trinians film showing schoolgirls in suspenders is directly related to solar energy in schools projects. Is quite a strange correlation to make and a rather minority one. In other words, its creepy.

Seriously, has anyone seen what schoolgirls try to get away with? Skirts hoisted up as far as possible. Heels. Cosmetics. I am dreading the day DD becomes a teen.

Not pornographic at all, but a really, really bizarre picture choice.

What relevance has that to an article about solar power in schools, wind chime?

I think it's trying to depict the ingenious nature of the st trinians school and link it to this initiative.

Yeah, right.

An article about solar power and science in schools is best accompanied by pix cropped so the centre of the image are the tops of the thighs of a suspender-wearing actors.

Everyday sexism?

The tag line under the photo says 'the sun could shine on st trinians blablabla' ... dont get why theres so much confusion about where the pic has come from. But still the picture is irrelevant to the article and I presume is a desperate attempt to make a boring article slightly more interesting