Video AAC, H.264, 1920 × 1080, 00:42, 2009
When appearance is more important than freedom and knowledge.
A telephone error message is the thread between what is censored: knowledge and freedom, and what is promoted: unattainable beauty ideals and literal and metaphorical weight loss.
The blue stockings reference the intellectual women of the 18th-century Blue Stockings Society, while the shadow of the book symbolises the clandestine pursuit of wisdom.