Topless in New York

Go Topless Day happens every summer in New York, this protest about the absurd double standard for women’s bodies. But I saw a thread about why participation wasn’t bigger, and the honest answer kept coming up: not enough women felt safe actually doing it. Which is kind of the whole point, right? The protest is about freedom from constantly policing your own body, but the policing never actually stops. It’s hard to reclaim something when you’re still defending it.