breasts

while reading yesterday, i came across 2 items that made me think about women's bodies, specifically breasts. the first is from one of the books i'm reading titled "the only bush i trust is my own" by periel aschenbrand (despite promising title it's not a great read). she writes "I think we should put our tits to better use - it's prime advertising space being wasted on vapid slogans like "Princess"." she then gives examples of political slogans we could wear. ok yes, she is still using her breasts to get a message across, still encouraging her body to be objectified, however on terms that she fells is justifiable. of course that in itself makes for an interesting discussion. however i'm interested on what you'd put on YOUR shirt? your chest. in university i had a shirt made up that read 'peace'. i think if i made another one today, i'd have the same thing printed on it.

2.the second came from an article i read called 'hanging torsos'. its about an artist who made 119 molds of different women's torsos to show the diversity in women's bodies. what struck me was why she did it. in the article the artist states "she learned that the biggest graduation gift in the United States in 2204 for high school students was breast implants." WHAT? HUH? i actually find this very hard to believe. perhaps i don't want to believe it (the source of this statistic is not provided). i'm actually quite speechless about it.