when i put up the post below, containing bare-breasted protestors, i had no idea.
but i certainly SHOULD have. i have gotten at least double the number of hits on the blog since that post went up. mostly search-engine originated. guess what the search words were? lots of curious folks out there. and horny? or hung-up or perhaps both at once? who knows?
i posted it because it originated with local women last summer, and i felt, and still feel that the idea is brilliant. these are not exhibitionists. aging hippie mamas, yes. no airbrushed-perfect boobies here. all shapes and sizes. real-life breasts, many that nursed babies, i bet.
since we use the breast -or cleavage at the very least- to sell everything from cars to food to music to everything imaginable, why not use them to draw undivided attention to REAL crime, and REAL criminals? (that would be the current administration, and the war in iraq, among other things.)
and really, come on. what is the big deal? every woman (and some men) have them. it is the perfect reminder that we are all human. even with our clothes on. and trust me, i won't be among the protesters anytime soon. as a recovering catholic girl, i still fight the whole overly-modest thing within myself. i absolutely support their right to make a stand. i believe in the first amendment. if it offends you so goddamn much, then go play a violent video game, or watch some porn, or download porn, better yet. it's the american way, right? just don't get caught.
my guess is that perhaps you were not breastfed long enough, if at all.
update:
two of the protesters in sacramento yesterday removed their shirts, defying the judge's ruling. they were arrested. many of the protesters, male and female-wore pasties, and were not arrested.
i will keep you abreast of the situation.
5 comments:
OK..having had the privilege of living in other countries where breasts are treated welllike breasts and not OBJECTS....I find all of this so so so ridiculous.
Indeed it is alright to sell cars and beer and dog food with tits, but god forbid..like she's looking anyway..she's having her boobs lifted as I type...that we use boobs to end war. SHOCKING.
Welcome to the United States of Hypocrisy.
STB
"i will keep you abreast of the situation"
you are brilliant...and i adore you...
ciao...
Now this topless movement makes a lot of sense.
The pirate's daughter participated in a bare-breast day in Arcata a few years back. I do recall the baring of breasts in the interest of peace over the years. I love these tough women who take their shirts off not for titillation, but for a loftier idea.
those women's bare chests are much more attractive than many of the guys with wrinkly, sagging moobs (man-boobs) who insist on jogging at lunch time sans shirts! EWWWW! And some of them have hairy backs. more EWWWWWWWWWW! And if a woman decided to jog shirtless, of course, as in the protest, she'd be arrested as were the women in the protest. WTF? If men went to a protest shirtless...no arrests there. of course, they wouldn't get half the attention - especially from me - lol.
you're right...it's (un)covered by the 1st Amendment...freedom of expression, and big-time marketers make tons o' money selling with sex - mainly boobs, so go figure their problem.
Thanks for your promise to keep us 'abreast' (LMFAO!)
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