Flash mob in Santa Cruz shows some skin for a cause
Posted: 08/19/2011 04:33:05 PM PDT
SANTA CRUZ Sentinel - Women are baring all in the name of a good cause.
In support of breast cancer survivors and continued cancer research, women will shed their shirts at the city hall courtyard in downtown Santa Cruz. Led by Mariana Sophia Santiago, community members will participate in a flash mob from 5-7 p.m. on Sunday.
The event coincides with National Go Topless Day, a show of support for gender equality and an attempt to redefine cultural perceptions of female nudity.
Santa Cruz is one of the few cities that allows women to be publicly topless and Santiago, who organized the flash mob, is embracing such liberation. Participants will wear pasties and flaunt body art, exhibiting their nude torsos as a show of solidarity to the men and women affected by breast cancer every year. Community members of all walks of life are encouraged to come and show their support.
"I want to tap into ... the goddess in every woman," Santiago said. "Breasts are the origins of food, our first food, so there is no shame in showing oneself. There should be no shame, because there is this whole connection between womanhood, motherhood, food, [and] nourishment."
(My thoughts): Breast Cancer, Topless Day (showing your boobs will help equality with men & redefine the image of women? Men will show up, but I don't assume for the ideal of equality), Santa Cruz allows women to be topless in public (yep), goddess.
What does a church, devoted to sharing the love of Christ in Santa Cruz, look like?
This Ain't Ohio...
2 comments:
How about sponsoring a "back to the garden of eden day." Of course this event will begin with all body parts equally revealed by each sex. However, the event ends with parts covered and particiapnts in need of the only One whose life can cover it all thus uncovering it all...how's that for some Santa Cruzian logic.
Love ya guys.
Why are showing one’s breasts in public “goddess”? Choosing which body part to expose or to cover is a very loose concept that changes based upon the cultural, weather and time in which someone lives. It has nothing to do with following Jesus.
If these ladies want to take off their shirt like a lot of gentleman do, so be it. It does not have to be sexual or immoral – nor is it goddess. It is just a different mindset as to what parts of the body are to be clothed or exposed.
I would suggest that you take your church down to the city hall and join them. Show them that Jesus cares about beast cancer and that going topless doesn’t have to be a sexual thing.
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