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The campaign consists of a documentary and equality movement that seeks to empower women by standing against oppression and censorship of their bodies. #side-eyeing Instagram.
The film documents a group of young women who walk the streets topless. This protests the double standards of objectifying women in film yet shaming them for being naked (or dressed) in their own terms.
Not too long ago, a celebrity had to stand up for the way she chooses to dress, and this is the reality for women every day.
This campaign also confronts women being held responsible for rape, whether it’s in the way they dress or being street wise.
Celebrities who have supported this campaign include Rihanna, Cara Develigne and Rumer Willis amongst many.
To be honest, I was about to do a massive eyeroll followed by: "typical old Miley", until I learned more about the cause. Because of what it stands for, it’s bigger than judgment and its shock value.
Heck, it's bigger than the celebrity, and that's what makes it a winner. Being a part of it makes Miley Cyrus and the other (topless) celebrities winners too.
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I wouldn’t walk the streets topless or take similar photographs because I see my body as private – for my eyes only. Another reason is, well, the stigma that comes with it.
This goes to show that most of us still have a long way to go in changing the way we see our own naked bodies and each other’s.
Thankfully, there are naked and topless warriors (celebrities and ordinary people alike) to walk the streets in aid of freeing the nipple. I will cheer them on (fully dressed) from the pavement.
As Janelle Monae says:
