More proof it takes one idiot minutes to destroy what took workers days to make.

Wax sculptures can cost tens of thousands of dollars to make.

an effin wax dummy

Of course the women must conform to patriarchal beauty standards, cause nobody wants to see women who don't, amirite FEMEN?

Literally not a thing.

But I just can nipple (I mean remember) it.

But shame on her for displaying dangerous nipples.


For that matter, I note that the small pic has a black bar protecting us from her nipples, but the larger picture does not. Won't someone think of the children?!?

The "NSFW" purists will ignore the whole "topless" part in the subject line and be annoyed they weren't warned of a possibility of bare skin being displayed.

I don't think this was a terribly useful demonstration, though. Advocating violence to end violence? And wrecking the wax figure, why not tear up a picture like Sinead in front of the thing.

Why were the cameras there? Picture looks professionally done...?

Were they warned that a piece of performance art would ensue?

TOPLESS in the headline. The problem with the OP that started this brouhaha was there was no clue in the headline and no NSFW - intentionally.

FEMEN started losing their touch ever since the urinating on the Ukrainian president stunt. Shiny things only hold people's attention for so long.

It hasn't even been 12 hours yet!

concept - totally bewildered by this ridiculousness.

We're making progress, and some people really don't like it.

We must not just fight for equality, but extreme time is taken combating "backlash" from some. People who don't like the progress being made are putting up "roadblocks" that have to be confronted.

But although the people who are clowning / trolling (4chan / MRAs) are a waste of time, there are others reading who get something from combatting the idiocy.

You hinted at that above. More than hinted from the way I read it. For many, in my opinion, the backlash isn't out of fear or anger, but is out of the knowledge that backlash slows down progress. Well placed backlash unfortunately needs to be dealt with. I know you are very aware of this but don't think many are. That is why I think it is so important to emphasize. If people come to understand that one fact, they would better understand the unbelievable impediments we face when fighting for equality. My thoughts and writing on this topic are very simple minded to you I am sure, as reading your thoughts over the years has shown me complexities I didn't acknowledge/understand before. Sometimes I think it helps me to take one aspect at a time and to "fully" understand it before moving on. I liked how simple that post of yours was yet it was on something I consider to have amazing significance.

Some of this progress (e.g. an increasing awareness of the harm of sexual objectification) is something that many would like very much to impede, by muddying the waters, going to ludicrous extremes, etc.

And your thoughts and writing aren't simple or facile at all.

That's my take on it anyway.

as a means of distorting and ridiculing feminist ideas is a common tactic on DU.

Thanks for posting that pic, it's a prime example of self-promoting rather than changing anything. They can't be counted on to do anything for women that doesn't get media time, which is where the real work is done. I can't help but feel they are supporting the status quo of what they claim to be against. Because that does happen, to discredit those without power.

Like I say, I'm no prude, I understand that sometimes people need to get "edgy" to be noticed...

But dawggone! That's some "edgy" right there....

<Ukrainian activist troupe FEMEN erred in judgment before, but this is just strange. Here’s their latest topless antic on the streets of Kiev honoring the strength of the Japanese people in crisis. It involves a “Shake Boobs Not Earth” sign and said boobs resting on samurai swords. NSFW.

For an extra element of uncomfortable, here’s FEMEN’s action description, reluctantly translated:

FEMEN conducts an action in support of the Japanese people. “Praise those who defeat the dragon!” FEMEN are earnestly inspired by the Japanese people who were able to overcome this disaster. Their strength, their samurai self-control, their heroic actions in time of crisis should serve as examples for all of us. Japan has proved their ability to rise from the ashes before and we believe they will defeat the Dragon before the cherry blossoms bloom.

Right. This does not explain why they’re sitting in seppuku positions… among other whys, in light of the latest confirmed statistics: 4,255 dead and 8,194 missing.>

http://animalnewyork.com/2011/femens-painfully-inappropriate-tribute-to-japan/

The original nipple threads that got locked were alerted on because the poster baited with a thread title about open carry and then refused to add NSFW when posters request he do so.

In this case, the word TOPLESS provides sufficient warning as to the content of the thread.

It's not always about you.

If this doesn't get him finally impeached, nothing will.

going to get some promotion here at DU.

That actually would have been a funny/wry/snarky comment coming from the "right" poster--someone with a demonstrated support of women's issues, for example, and if accompanied by, say, an eye roll, a tag, something on those lines ... but that profile shows a lot of hides, not sure why but they don't inspire confidence.

I just don't have a sense of sincerity. I could be wrong, of course.

More nipples! Prepare for the prudish onslaught.

Feel bad for the wax museum, though. This attack is a bit random considering that the museum doesn't have anything to do with Putin

I don't know how I feel about this.

I need some time to process.

"Putin topless feminist stab" ?

Oh wait, she is topless and still nobody cares. Take away "topless" and you are left with... *yawn*

... but when wax Putin was confronted by a topless woman holding a knife, look where he put his hands.

I don't think anyone is seriously "advocating" violence with snarky comments of that nature. It's not an actual person, it's a wax model of a person.

I hope we're not so damn humorless on this board that we can't get a chuckle out of things that make ya go "Ewwww" every once and a while.

And that does seem like Putin's style!

Imagine the storm of controversy if that had been the exhibit...

And didn't we just have a fight about nipples? So nursing mothers are verboten, but crazed topless wax statue stabbers are OK?

IBTL

Don't click on this link or you might see them...!!!

Yet some folks expect...I dunno...fiddle faddle?



I never had a job where I could spend the day surfing the internet. I think that would probably be a decent sort of gig for someone who is retired and just has to be "present!"

This is almost like teh punchline to some "remember that time?" joke.

Too waxy for her shirt, so waxy it hurts...