I added a little privacy bar to keep it G-rated over here, but this is a photo from a trip my grandpa took to Paris in the early 60s. The book she is holding says "Property of Man."
But what I love - what I love - about this image is the woman in the background.
"I know I'm not topless, but look at me!"
(I started to feel a little funny about posting a photo of a topless woman taken by my grandpa, worried someone might think he was up to no good, but would you look at this photo? Does this look seedy and degrading or does it just look like a friendly couple of gals parading onstage, one of whom happens to be bra-less? I mean really, I want to invite these women over for tea and cupcakes.)
Ha! The woman in the background is the physical manifestation of what I sometimes feel: "Notice ME, people! Over here!" (If that makes me an overgrown 4-year-old, then, well, I guess I am. There are worse things...)
Posted by: Suzy | June 17, 2010 at 02:24 PM
My French is very rusty, but I understood "droit de l'homme" to mean "rights of man", which is less seedy, but not so much in context...
Posted by: Catherine | June 16, 2010 at 11:38 PM
i have to say i giggled when i saw this photo because i just love the woman in the back. she is just so proud of herself...as she should be!!
xo and smiles~ jill
Posted by: Jill | June 16, 2010 at 05:44 PM