Ukrainian Group Renting Out Topless Protests to Further Women’s Rights?

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Like it or not, topless women gathering en masse are going to garner some attention.  Whether meeting to fight for the right to gather topless en masse or trying to make a different point, it’s pretty much guaranteed to make the news.

Anna Gutsol of the feminist Ukrainian group Femen is speaking out on the necessity of such, uh, big measures in demonstrations on issues ranging from gender discrimination to prostitution legislation … as opposed to those who just “go out and demonstrate and set up tents”.

From Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty:

“Topless protests are probably the strongest and most effective form of peaceful and nonviolent protests to attract attention. You can throw a grenade, go on hunger strike, blow something up or shoot someone. Or you can go out topless,” Gutsol says.

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Pippa Middleton: Collateral Damage?

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I have two siblings … and, of course, the accompanying angst of growing up between an older brother that would do anything my mother asked him to do and a younger sister my parents considered to be perfect.  Both have had their moments in the sun, and sometimes the shadows they cast were quite long.

However, beyond pretty intense envy from my position as the family’s black sheep, the accolades loaded on my sibs didn’t really impact me.  If anything, it was my sister who suffered a bit of reverse discrimination when teachers who’d had me in class saw her name and rolled their eyes, assuming they had another Katie on their hands (my brother went to private school, so I set the tone for the family name).

Which leads me to Pippa Middleton, a young lady who wowed the world with her grace and class at her sister Kate’s recent wedding …

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Political Hopeful Ken Buck Criticized for Declining to Prosecute a Rape Charge

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When bad stuff happens, most people will talk to their friends about it, rant and rave via Facebook and Twitter, or take it to the next therapy session. When the truly unspeakable happens, however, there’s more of a tendency to keep it inside, to bottle up your feelings out of guilt, shame, or simple utter devastation.

Rape falls under the “truly unspeakable” category.

It takes a damn strong person to bring forward a rape charge—I did not have the guts to do it myself, and it almost drove me crazy. I am in awe of those strong enough to name their accuser, to publicly hold the bastard accountable.

Which is why I want to punch Colorado Republican Senatorial …

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Topless Sunbather Investigated For “Sensually Applying Sunscreen”

Oh, breasts.

Whether it’s that infants are growing them or that they’re being photographed without someone’s consent , they’re a constant topic of discussion. They cause problems, garner unwanted attention, and drive me crazy when I’m trying to work out.

And that’s when they’re covered up.

Right now, the Italian police are investigating a topless female sunbather accused of “sensuously rubbing sun cream on herself on a public beach” in Rome.

According to news outlets, a woman sitting near by with her sons, aged 12 and 14, became aggravated when the woman began rubbing sunscreen on her body, as it ”troubled” her sons.

A police spokesman is quoted in the article as saying:

A patrol was stopped by a mother of two sons who was angry at a topless sunbather and the way she was applying suntan cream…. The patrol went and took her details and she argued, still topless, that she could so no harm in what she was doing as it was a public beach.

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