Androgynous Claude Cahun's 127th Birthday; (Google doodle)

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Claude Cahun was featured in a recent Google doodle:
https://www.google.com/doodles/claude-cahuns-127th-birthday

"French author and surrealist photographer Claude Cahun—best-known for their purposefully unsettling yet playful self-portrait photography that challenged the gender and sexuality norms of the early 20th century..."
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"Cahun’s work has influenced gender bending celebrities, the modern LGBTQ+ community, and conversations on identity and expression to this day."

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Daphne Xu's picture

Okay, you got me. I thought you were talking about a 127yo author and photographer, celebrating his latest birthday.

-- Daphne Xu

"127yo celebrating ..."

"127yo celebrating ..."

Oops ... stuff like this is why professional proof-readers and editors get paid "big-ish bucks"...

PS: Claude's pronouns are they/them ...

That's so cool!

I had no idea people were identifying as non-binary that long ago.

"... non-binary..."

... Which is why I posted their birthday here. :)
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