Censorship laws leave me in two minds, whilst I’m in favour of free speech, I find my belief put under pressure, and the album cover of The Scorpions 1976 album Virgin Killer is a case in point.

A decision by a number of UK internet providers to block a Wikipedia page showing an image of a naked girl has angered users of the popular site.

The blocked page of the online encyclopaedia shows an album cover of German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1976.

Internet providers acted after online watchdog the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) warned them its picture may be illegal.

The IWF said it was a “potentially illegal child sexual abuse image”. Source: BBC.

The album cover shows a naked pre-pubescent girl with a cracked glass effect hiding her genitalia which along with the albums title can surely only be interpreted one way.

You know if more of us were feminists then this particular controversy would never have happened – and no you don’t need to be a woman to be a feminist – in the words of Ani DiFranco why can’t all decent men and women call themselves feminists? Because there’s no way a feminist would have considered using such an image for an album cover.