Some Naked Truth!

So I read an article about how the way to get your protest noticed by the media is to protest naked. As a matter of fact a group of women in the Ukraine (Femen, feminist political activists) have had only to go half naked to garner media interest (yes the top half). They said they tried to protest wearing brightly colored clothing carrying brightly colored signs and banners but the media wasn’t that interested. They have found much more success (in garnering media attention) by going topless, even writing their messages across their breasts and have appeared all over Europe and Russia baring their messages. The group was infiltrated by a reporter. She reported that willingness to flash (go topless) for photos was a requirement for membership and that the protesters get a salary of $1,000 per month. I think the reporter’s point was that the protesters weren’t all about being altruistic and dedicated to the side of the fight against which they were protesting, perhaps some were in it for the money.

But money issue aside, this is about naked. Other than PETA this sort of protesting seems more prevalent (or gets more media attention) across the pond. In New York we have the Naked Cowboy, a busker (street performer-Robert John Burck) if you will, who uses his strategically hung guitar to give you the illusion of naked. When if you go around to the backside you can see the Naked Cowboy is actually wearing tighty whities (along with his cowboy hat and boots).

The Naked Brothers Band never actually got naked, not on TV anyway. Their show was a fictional musical comedy out to prove that rock and roll wasn’t just for adults. (I have been reassured that there is nothing naked going on during the shows, this by my 10 year old grandson who was a fan and didn’t want me to go into a panic about it when I first heard about them.) I guess the show isn’t on TV anymore but you can still see episodes on You Tube. So using naked in the title didn’t assure TV viewer attention (at least not enough to keep the program in production).

Then there’s the book, Naked Economics, which demystifies the key concepts you slept (fully dressed) through in Economics 101 by undressing the dismal science. Naked in the title isn’t be enough to make me want to read that book and neither is the guy on the cover wearing one dollar bill print boxers, although the author claims that this book has all the answers to em-bare assing questions you are afraid to ask. Finally, I come to Naked Juice, a California juice company that sells juice without additives etc. added. The juice may be naked but the bottles aren’t, they all have labels.

So there you have it, as I sit here at my computer (dressed-not naked), I give you my take on some naked truth!