Two hundred women and men gathered around Brighton Beach to highlight
controversial social media policies about banning female nipples.
Despite the event being a success the boisterous group are already
planning for another march in the upcoming campaign on August 28.
The afternoon march started from Brighton Pier, and then headed along
the East Sussex city seafront before stopping on the beach – where
everybody sunbathed topless.
One member who attended the event said: ‘It was lovely, I felt proud and fantastic.
‘There wasn’t any negativity or aggression, all we got was a lot of smiles and a lot of support and cheering.’
The
event was organised by comedian Samantha Pressdee, who came to Brighton
with her one-woman comedy show about nudity and sexuality.
Samantha said: ‘I’ve been a member of the Free The Nipple campaign over the past year.
‘I joined the campaign to challenge the way women’s breasts were perceived.
‘Breasts have been sexualised and the point of this campaign is that they don’t have to sexual.’
Samantha, 33, from Walsall, is known for usually performing her acts
topless and did so again in advance of a run at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Samantha spoke highly of the event and that members of the public
joined the march by taking off their tops with ‘Free the nipples’
painted on their body.
She said: ‘ We had a lovely time, loads of pictures were taken.
‘We ended up relaxing on the beach, some people decided to go for a swim whilst others brought out their guitars’.
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