Eliza, I've absorbed some more of what you said, in particular I'm thinking now of where you said "[Mary] should not be depicted holding a pregnancy test and looking peeved."

From this statement I can understand better at least one part of how we differ about whether/how offensive the image: To my eye she isn't peeved, not at all. To me the image depicts that very real moment many women experience, the moment when, despite already being pretty sure they're pregnant, despite wanting to have children, they experience a real bump up against reality when the pregnancy is confirmed. That flip-floppy feeling of, "What have I gotten myself into, am I ready for this?" I know very few women who were totally unequivocal about becoming pregnant despite clearly wanting a family.

I'm wondering: Within your beliefs, is it wrong to depict VM experiencing such emotions? A related questions: Would the same picture, but with her face NOT looking peeved in your view, be offensive?

For VM to be shown at such a vulnerable moment of ambivalence connects her profoundly with womanhood everywhere but to me in no way does it debase her or lessen her worthiness to be Mother of God. Not at all.