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Monday, October 22, 2007 12:00 AM

Burqas vs. lips like "a goose anus"

Artist Marjane Satrapi compares Muslim women's veiling to American women's plumping their lips with collagen.

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  • Monday, October 22, 2007 01:35 PM

    Huh?

    Don't they just have a cloaca like every other bird I can think of? What the hell does a goose anus look like, and how did you find out?

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