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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HumblePieMonster · 31/08/2014 21:08

I can't find anything to say. I'm just weary.

Whatever the size of her breasts, she's just another attractive woman displayed naked - for whose pleasure?

SevenZarkSeven · 31/08/2014 21:04

"a feminist victory for small breasted women"

What a ludicrous comment.

That's about all I've got to say on it.

scottishmummy · 31/08/2014 01:04

Shes actress,she'll seek publicity,and justify it any way.its not deep.
She has potentially raised her own self esteem,debatable if that victory.personal or otherwise

beccajoh · 30/08/2014 07:28

I can see the point she's trying to make, that smaller-breasted women just aren't represented in the media, and that she's putting herself out there to show the real her in the face of the photoshopping to make her breasts a more 'desirable' size.

But the fact that she feels the need to do it in the first place Why do ANY boobs need to be represented?

TheSameBoat · 30/08/2014 06:09

Come on ladies, don't be sour grapes about it! This is a supremely empowering and feminist act. Because feminism is about ALL women being equally objectified, regardless of ethnicity, age or boob size! I mean, seriously, what did you think feminism was about?!

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FamiliesShareGerms · 30/08/2014 04:44

AnyFucker, there is a (censured!) photo in the link in my OP, and I saw the full shot in the Sun yesterday too, as Shadows said. It's the sort of black and white photo that's supposed to look high fashion but is actually basically full on nudity (including black lace gloves ).

It just struck me as if not anti-feminist, still hardly a stand for equal rights or female solidarity or anything remotely feminist I can think of.

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AFewFallenLeaves · 30/08/2014 00:04

Maxine Peake is set to play Hamlet. That is a bit more significant , in acting terms anyway.

CKDexterHaven · 29/08/2014 23:55

A few weeks ago I was talking to an actress (not a household name or Hollywood star but someone you might recognise from television) about the lack of good scripts for women. We got onto feminism and a lot of her views were quite close to radical feminism, although I don't know if she would define herself that way. I asked her if she ever expressed these views professionally and she said if she stuck to her feminist principles as an actress she would be unemployable. I wonder if it's as hard for an actress to come out as a feminist (and not a fun-fem) as it is for a leading-man type to come out as gay? I know Roseanne Barr has some radical views but she gets vilified for them and her career was never tied into looks and male-approval anyway.

ShadowsShadowsEverywhere · 29/08/2014 23:42

The Sun apparently used the shot for their page 3 today. enough said.

AnyFucker · 29/08/2014 23:34

Haven't seen any pics or links but if it's true, I am very disappointed in Keira

I like her, what a shame if she did this

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