Naked AIDS campaigners arrested outside office of Republican Speaker of the House

[redstar826]

Three AIDS activists have been arrested following a naked protest outside the office of the Republican House of Representatives speaker John Boehner

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[miriamele]

Although the three women were arrested by Capitol Police, the four naked men left without any action.

Mmmhmmmm....

[toxic_glory]

female bodies are obscene, dontcha know

/sarcasm

[the_gabih]

Yeah, I was side-eyeing that part too.

[redstar826]

I'm really hoping that was poorly worded and the writer actually meant something like "the men left when they were told to do so but the women stayed so they got arrested" or something like that

[robintheshrew]

It certainly gets attention for the issue (a la Pussy Riot) but is it the right kind of attention?

[makeme_moo]

You mean the arrest, not the nakedness, right? Because iirc, Pussy Riot were clothed.

Just asking, because I've seen so many people bring up such a question (i.e., "right kind of attention") specifically wrt female nudity being used in protests.

[makeme_moo]

But again, Pussy Riot weren't nude when they protested at the church. I know its members and related groups have utilized nudity in different protests, tho, and I've seen a lot of it written as "for attention" and "they just wanna show off their boobs" etc.

[wrestlingdog]

I don't know, I'm just enjoying the wording of "a group of equally naked men."

[wrestlingdog]

It really is a great writeup.

[poetic_pixie_13]

Idk what the weather's like in DC but just the thought of being naked in public given what it's been like in Toronto is making me sadface right now.

[koshkabegemot]

It's making me sadface, too (I'm in Cleveland), but it's also making me go, "Holy shit, that's fucking fierce."

(Then again, I think it's a nice day when it's 3 C outside and walk around in a t-shirt and jeans without incident, so . . . I don't exactly have a concept of what's cold. lol)

[serendipity_15]

Well,they got arrested inside the Capitol building and it's been oddly warm here in DC but then again I'm from Connecticut so my idea of cold and DC people's idea of cold are different.