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  • Yorkshire Church To Replace Damaged Centuries-Old Carvings with Feminist Icons [UK]

    05/21/2021 6:59:35 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 21 replies
    Russian Faith ^ | 5/20/21
    A historic church in East Yorkshire will receive a ‘woke’ facelift, by replacing badly-damaged carvings dating back hundreds of years with feminist icons.Dating back to 1120, St Mary's Church in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, features decorations that have become so heavily eroded that it is impossible to distinguish what they depict. But instead of undergoing traditional restoration work, the church will have some of its artwork replaced with new carvings of female role models, such as Queen Elizabeth, scientist Marie Curie and nursing pioneer Mary Seacole. Some of the original carvings were installed in 1520, when parts of the...