Ever since the first time I saw this illustration, my initial impression was of an attempt at self harm from it. I understand it is supposed to imply someone reaching for a book from a stack/shelf in a library, but it's never been my first impression of it. Just seems like a weird illustration.
This is NOT intended to be a comment on the site itself or anything sectarian.
To paraphrase: I'm philosophically an anarchist, so I'm pragmatically a communist, so I'm currently a socialist.
Maybe I'm just perpetually defaulting to 
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Huh
My first thought when I saw it was 'old computer and very close up headphones', now that I read your post I see what the image is.