# (Mis)identify someone else's SDMB avatar

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 21, 2023, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-identify-someone-elses-sdmb-avatar/980129 "2023-02-21T10:23:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-identify-someone-elses-sdmb-avatar/980129/22 "2023-02-24T00:32:41Z")

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@Charlie_Tan : I don’t know the original source, but the image was used in En Vogue’s music video for “[Free Your Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7iQbBbMAFE).” I even started a [thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/en-vogues-free-your-mind-video-who-is-on-the-black-and-white-portrait/825702) in 2018 asking where the image in the music video came from. (Keep in mind, this was before Discourse, when the SDMB did not have easily-accessible avatars.) Unfortunately my query was never answered, but maybe **Charlie\_Tan** has an answer!

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