Modern Model October 2015 | Page 33

Aequalitas per revolutionem
November 5, 2015
And
 the
 truth
 is,
 there
 is

something
 terribly
 wrong
 with

this
 country,
 isn't
 there?

-­‐-­‐V
 for
 Vende:a

Photo
 ©
 Brian
 Thornton

Aequallitas
 per
 revolu1onem

(equality
 through
 revolu1on)
 is

a
 combina1on
 art
 gallery/book

project
 calling
 for
 public

equality
 which
 will
 be
 unveiled

and
 published
 on
 November
 5,

2015.

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 Some1mes,
 we
 chose
 our
 baCles,
 and

some1mes
 our
 baCles
 are
 chosen
 for
 us.
 Even
 as
 some

proudly
 state
 that
 American
 is
 the
 land
 of
 opportunity,

freedom,
 and,
 wait
 for
 it,
 equality,
 examples
 of
 obvious

disparity
 are
 ignored
 on
 a
 daily
 basis.

 The
 oppression
 surrounding
 the
 inequality
 of

women
 being
 able
 to
 bare
 their
 breast
 in
 public
 (yes,
 it

is
 an
 issue
 of
 social
 and
 legal
 permission,
 I
 am
 afraid),
 is

so
 convoluted
 at
 this
 point
 that
 I
 hardly
 know
 where
 to

begin.
 There
 are
 movements
 of
 a
 sort
 (marches,
 rallies,

free
 the
 nipple
 day,
 breas9eed
 in
 public
 day),
 but

nothing
 that
 seems
 to
 be
 concentrated
 enough
 to

really
 gain
 momentum.
 Women
 march,
 and
 for
 a
 day,

photos
 are
 taken,
 and
 a
 few
 ar1cles
 are
 wriCen
 here

and
 there,
 and
 the
 next
 day,
 it
 is
 business
 as
 usual.

 This
 struck
 me
 fully
 in
 summer
 as
 I
 watched

men,
 some
 with
 larger
 breasts
 than
 most
 women,

wander
 freely
 down
 public
 streets
 with
 their
 shirts
 over

their
 shoulders,
 or
 around
 their
 waists,
 or
 with
 no
 shirt

at
 all.
 At
 the
 same
 1me,
 I
 watched
 a
 as
 a
 young
 lady

with
 a
 displaced
 swimsuit
 at
 a
 beach
 was
 warned
 to

pay
 aCen1on
 and
 stay
 covered
 or
 she
 would
 be
 asked

to
 leave,
 or
 would
 have
 to
 go
 and
 get
 a
 beCer
 fipng

swimsuit
 top.

 Something
 more
 than
 a
 movement
 is
 needed.

What
 is
 needed
 is
 a
 revolu1on.
 It
 doesn’t
 have
 to
 be
 a

loud,
 messy
 war,
 but
 lines
 need
 to
 be
 drawn,
 and

crossed.
 Ironically,
 even
 during
 breast
 cancer

awareness
 month,
 I
 imagine
 a
 few
 pages
 in
 this
 edi1on

will
 raise
 eyebrows,
 and
 complaints
 because
 they
 are

missing
 the
 bars,
 black
 tape
 and
 other
 ridiculously

appropriate
 censor
 strips.

 I
 will
 be
 restricted
 and
 or

fined.
 So
 be
 it.

 The
 inequality
 needs
 to
 be
 addressed,
 talked

about,
 and
 resolved,
 in
 ci1es,
 towns,
 states
 –

throughout
 the
 en1re
 country.
 For
 those
 that
 present

the
 valid
 argument
 that
 they
 don’t
 want
 to
 see
 women

wandering
 around
 topless,
 they
 should
 enjoy
 the
 same

solu1on
 that
 is
 offered
 for
 topless
 men
 –
 look
 away!