Stereogum — Brigitte Bardot, the iconic French movie star and sex symbol, passed away on Sunday at the age of 91. In the wake of her death, some of us only just learned about the fucked-up political stances that Bardot took in the last decades of her life. To those of us who tend to view politics along an American left-right spectrum, Bardot's positions were frankly incomprehensible, but they sure weren't good. She was a vocal advocate for animal rights who made lots and lots of racist statements, especially against Muslims and immigrants. She also said homophobic and anti-feminist things. On five separate occasions, the French government convicted Bardot of inciting racial hatred. When a figure like that passes away, it's not always a good idea just to tweet some variation of "RIP, queen."
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