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In Europe, a Ukrainian feminist movement protests against prostitution and for women’s rights by getting their tits out, donning long blonde wigs, putting flowers in their hair and getting in lots of trouble.
Femen’s latest protest ended with the KGB arresting an Australian filmmaker, and three other women were reportedly forced to strip, doused in petrol, and abandoned in a forest.
While it has ended badly for the individuals, the movement itself has worldwide coverage of its uncovered members and its causes.
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Public nudity is a funny old thing.
On one hand, letting it all hang out is the most natural thing in the world. Yet – like a small child who leaps suddenly from behind a door shouting “boo radley” – the sight of fully fledged human nudity can be arresting if unexpected.
New South Wales upper house candidate and gay activist Stuart Baanstra certainly disturbed the political equilibrium when he disrobed publically during his campaign for today’s state election.
Described variously as “a political nudist”, “a passionate nudist” and “a softly spoken former employee of Australia Post”, Baanstra used to be a member of the Greens and once went to court for refusing to fill out the Census.
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Stuart Baanstra says:
Yeah, yeah Mike. The “extra-ordinary freedom” is the New World Order. Cheers. Read more »
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Stuart Baanstra says:
Hi Stephy, nudity is sexual if we’re sexual. Hell, clothes are sexual. They just make a bigger deal of it by drawing attention to certain parts of the body. As for “twitching” at the opposite gender and men with hard-ons, in a nude world it might not be the opposite… Read more »
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