Phi Mu resigned membership over 'nipple' swimsuit top

[Hartofsec]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Yup, nobody should ever stand up for anything that doesn't personally affect them. That has always worked out well for society.

So you are equating the Free the Nipple movement with what? Civil rights? Gender equality? Are women being discriminated against because their nipples are imprisoned?

Don't worry. Miley Cyrus has it covered. Or uncovered, as it turns out.

Some causes are worth a sacrifice, but this girl wasn't even committed enough to present her case to the chapter. She just ditched in favor of 5 minutes of fame.

[robinseggblue]

Originally Posted by Hartofsec

Some causes are worth a sacrifice, but this girl wasn't even committed enough to present her case to the chapter. She just ditched in favor of 5 minutes of fame.

I think you're wrong.

Guessing she could tell where the wind was blowing and approx how the meeting was gonna go. And that it was prolly going to end in them telling her to take the picture down...which she didn't wanna to do because she believes in it.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Hartofsec

So you are equating the Free the Nipple movement with what? Civil rights? Gender equality?

Well, that wasn't my point at all, but yes, it is indeed an argument for gender equality, unless we stop allowing men to show nipples in public.

[Hartofsec]

This reminded me of a situation at Bama around 35 years ago. Anyone else remember this?

Playboy published a pictorial, featuring coeds from around the SEC, and three (there may have been others) were (or had been) affiliated with Bama sororities. The Alpha Chi was photographed in regular street clothes, so nothing happened to her as far as her chapter membership was concerned (her daughter is currently at Bama but pledged a different chapter). The KD and the Alpha Gam were photographed showing breasts (plus a little more for one, actually). The KD used a different last name in the magazine, but had disaffiliated from her chapter a while before the pictorial anyway – so no chapter consequences there either. The Alpha Gam was either not very active or graduated, but supposedly her pin was lifted following the Playboy pics.

Interestingly, at the time, women who identified as feminists spoke out against Playboy and these women who posed for the SEC feature. I don’t know what perspective feminists would have on this today, but it made me wonder.

[Munchkin03]

I wonder if she was considering leaving her organization anyway, and thought this was a good way to go out.