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Keira's topless shoot

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FamiliesShareGerms · 29/08/2014 23:32

Keira Knightley has posed topless and the Telegraph say it's a feminist victory for small breasted women. But surely it's a woman playing by men's rules that says that exposing ones breasts is necessary and indeed expected? Is this really a feminist victory??

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AFewFallenLeaves · 01/09/2014 17:12

It's more the reporting of it as a feminist victory, which it clearly isn't.

PenisesAreNotPink · 01/09/2014 16:42

Because women who make those 'choices' are usually making them to the detriment of other woman.

In this case adding to general nudity in the public eye is not helpful and just adds to the pornification of society.

7Days · 01/09/2014 16:39

questioning =/= criticism

nasajedaco · 01/09/2014 16:05

"Why do actresses insist on posing topless?"

Why do feminists insist on continually criticizing choices other adult women make?

nailslikeknives · 01/09/2014 14:35

I thought I'd already seen kk's boobs in The Duchess ...

PenisesAreNotPink · 01/09/2014 02:08

Sorry Latte, I didn't want to see more as unfortunately I'd seen enough googling (not much of it true I don't think )

Just confused about us discussing topless photos when she's not topless and her breasts are greyed out Grin

LatteLoverLovesLattes · 01/09/2014 01:10

She later staged a topless protest on the streets of New York to demonstrate against Instagram’s no nudity clauses under the belief that no woman should be made to feel ashamed of her body. I am not trying to argue for mandatory toplessness, or even bralessness, she said. What I am arguing for is a woman’s right to choose how she represents her body — and to make that choice based on personal desire and not a fear of how people will react to her or how society will judge her. No woman should be made to feel ashamed of her body.

I can't really argue with that.

LatteLoverLovesLattes · 01/09/2014 01:08

totally topless here an easy google find.

LatteLoverLovesLattes · 01/09/2014 01:06

Yes - did you need to see more?

PenisesAreNotPink · 01/09/2014 00:47

Latte - when I click the link there are pictures of her with her breasts greyed out

Unless her boobs look like grey masking tape Grin

LatteLoverLovesLattes · 01/09/2014 00:44

penisesarenotpink - can't you click on the link in the OP?

I think what Claire Cohen wrote was interesting.

KN does not look like a malnourished child, she has a perfectly lovely figure.

Darkesteyes · 01/09/2014 00:35

Bunbaker im overweight I used to be 21 stone and originally lost 10 stone Over the years i gained 4 back and have recently lost 2 and a half stone. But my weight has stuck and doesnt appear to be moving despite sticking to the slimming world plan. for over a year. I folllow it STRICTLY.

I did have a few days off at xmas My last sausage roll was 28th December My last bag of crisps was on New Years Eve. People in RL around me are beginning to get worried because apparently i shouldnt be able to remember dates like that.
For every obese person there is another overweight person FUCKING KILLING themselves to fit an ideal. Im not the only one There is another woman in my class sticking to plan and struggling. The mental stress this is causing me is making me more unhappy than my weight ever did.

slimming world have closed fb groups They tell us they are closed to protect our privacy. BULLSHIT.

Our sw consultant recently posted a picture saying that it was 19 weeks till Christmas and if you lose 3 pounds a week you could lose 5 stone + in that time Fast weight loss is fucking dangeous and can cause all sorts of health problems I ended up with gallstones the first time. My surgeon and two doctors told me it was caused by losing weight too fast.
Some of us just cant get down to a very low weight no matter what we do. But its not really about being healthy is it Its about being slim.

MarthasVineyard · 01/09/2014 00:34

Why do actresses - including so-called A listers - insist on posing topless?

Darkesteyes · 01/09/2014 00:20

And its no wonder we have an eating disorder problem when there is a US size 6 model who is the face of a plus size fashion brand. Tatjana Patitz for Marina Rinaldi.

Bunbaker · 01/09/2014 00:20

"Whatever you think about body shape she is IMO quite far from the norm."

That is very true. Unfortunately the norm these days, in many cases, is overweight.

PenisesAreNotPink · 31/08/2014 23:27

I actually saw her in a film this evening and don't think she's 'slim' - I think she's very, very slight.

She's Audrey Hepburn 'slim' - which is really unusual. Whatever you think about body shape she is IMO quite far from the norm.

Audrey Hepburn was very undernourished as a child hence the 'slightness'.
That's not a desirable look even if natural. That's also what Audrey Hepburn said too, that she found it difficult to eat and had food issues. She hated the 'gamine' label and that others thought it beautiful.

PenisesAreNotPink · 31/08/2014 23:22

I couldn't find a picture to see what you're all talking about so put Keira Knightly topless into google image

I recommend no one else does Hmm as there is a lot of photo shopping and a lot of nude shots - and I don't believe she's posed entirely nude

PinkSquash · 31/08/2014 23:18

She's not a 32AA, someone give her an intervention to find her a decent bra in a correct size.

Bunbaker · 31/08/2014 23:13

She doesn't look malnourished. It's no wonder we have an obesity epidemic in this country when slim people are considered malnourished.

CoteDAzur · 31/08/2014 23:09

I'm sorry you took that personally. I wasn't judging her body but reacting at the contemporary ideals of "beauty" that include such an image. I very much doubt that your upper arms are thinner than the length of your nose, as appears to be the case in this photo. She does look malnourished - to me, at least.

Pepperwitheverything · 31/08/2014 22:58

Does Keira think we are all thick? That she can pose naked to JUST appeal to men and the stupid male gaze and objectify herself, while trying to con women into thinking this is an ambitious thing to do and oh-so feminist??

Aargh.......

Pippioddstocking · 31/08/2014 22:55

I also look like that and consider myself very much a woman not a child !!

MissMilbanke · 31/08/2014 22:54

What's a boob crumb ?

Bunbaker · 31/08/2014 22:50

No she doesn't. I look like that. and I am not malnourished.

What a bitchy thing to say.

CoteDAzur · 31/08/2014 22:45

She looks like a malnourished child. Some "feminist victory" Hmm

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