Some colleges are just more fun/interesting/risqué then others, but my hats off to the industrious students at Bard College as Huffington Post and Jezebel report:
Jezebel: Why did you start Boobs@Bard? Is it just for fun? is there a political message behind what you are doing?
Boobs@Bard: [It] was initially conceived as an alternative to Bard's "nudity and body politics" magazine The Moderator. The nude student models in The Moderator always seem uncomfortable, weirdly bent over tree stumps, posing in recognizable campus locations. Additionally, the political nature of The Moderator was a bit of a turn off; I wanted to see my naked peers unabashed, not participating in hurried photo shoots to fit articles and deadlines. I wanted people to feel comfortable viewing these images in a variety of ways, from an appreciation of the female form to masturbatory purposes. Anonymity is the most important factor in my creation of the site, and I attribute much of the success of the site to this feature. The anonymity requirement has allowed numerous ladies the chance to exert their sexuality/femininity/womanhood/silliness in a creative way where other outlets have failed them.
Personally, the more public nudity we have the sooner it will lose its stigma. In this country we have so many social taboos on nudity and sexuality; the more desensitized that we become to nudity, the healthier our discourse on the subjects of sexuality and sexual health will be.
It's not like it will cause a major earthquake or anything!
So check it out here. And not to leave the ladies out in the cold so to speak.
-Cheers
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