Keeping Abreast Of The Elections
By Wyatt Earp | February 8, 2010
You know, most American protesters are dirty, filthy hippies who have so many platforms that they can never stay on point. Perhaps they could take a page from the Ukrainian group Femen, who unsheathed their cans to make a point about political freedoms.
Now this is a protest I can get behind . . . or in front of.
KIEV – Four young women naked from the waist up barged into a Ukrainian polling station on Sunday and held a rowdy protest just before a candidate in the country’s presidential election cast his ballot there.
The women, members of a small feminist group called Femen known for staging eye-catching protests, were hustled out of the Kiev polling station by security guards before Viktor Yanukovich showed up to vote, AFP journalists saw.
“Enough raping our democracy!” shouted the protesters, who held signs with slogans such as “Help! Rape!” and wore nothing except for jeans and strips of green electrical tape over their nipples.
The women told reporters they were protesting against “the end of democracy” in Ukraine and not specifically against Yanukovich or in favour of his rival, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Speaking of Yulia, I wouldn’t mind her joining the protesters. Just sayin’.
Topics: Politics | 8 Comments »
February 8th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
We have women that go topless to protest for political purposes here in the states too. Unfortunately they all are the type of women that should have a bra and shirt and probably a coat on, because nobody wants to look at what they are displaying.
February 9th, 2010 at 12:02 am
Oh Yulia! With your Princess Leia (from “The Empire Strikes Back”) hairdo… you’re hitting numerous fantasies with that one. Yowzah.
February 9th, 2010 at 12:13 am
I wish she would drop that sign
February 9th, 2010 at 3:32 am
Nice
On BOTH counts…
February 9th, 2010 at 10:19 am
Ingineer66 – Yeah, I don’t care for women with more chest hair than me.
TJS – Hottest world leader. Hands down.
Rick – Yeah, me too.
Old NFO – I wanted a really good pic of Yulia, and I think I hit gold.
February 9th, 2010 at 10:57 am
Personally, I’m glad protesters in this country are wearing clothes; who in their right mind would want to see Cindy Sheehan or Rosy O’Donnell topless?
February 9th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
Couldn’t be any worse than the two boobs we have in the White House now!
February 10th, 2010 at 2:20 am
SYLG sure has global reach!