I’m baffled by news stories shaming female celebrities or other women who go braless. The headlines are written to shock and meant to embarrass and chide them, as if they forgot their bras or suffered a wardrobe malfunction. It’s assumed that the women in question are committing some kind of fashion sin. The strangest part is […]
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I’m not often exposed to bare boobs, at least not like those found in the new Kickstarter book project, Bare Reality: 100 Women and Their Breasts. I’ve seen my fair share of breast images; hiked up in racy bras or teeny string bikini tops (giving the wearer that “tits on a platter” look). If they […]
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I was a bit surprised by the moral outrage expressed over the recent publication of stolen celebrity nude photos. There’s been a general consensus (after the initial slut shaming) that the right thing to do is to boycott consumption of the pictures. Conservative and liberal commentators cautioned readers to refrain from re-posting the photos; not […]
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Sometimes it’s hard for me to block out the noise of everyday life and listen to my own authentic voice. There are articles to write, updates to social media, and too many emails to answer. But that’s what I’m working on this week. I’m in Taos, New Mexico, attending a writer’s retreat at the historic […]
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Would you wear The TaTa Top? It’s inspired, in part, by the #FreetheNipple movement, an effort to achieve greater gender equality. The hashtag comes from the movie, Free The Nipple. The film questions the necessity of laws governing exposed nipples. While it is legal in the US for men to bare their chests, only breastfeeding […]
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