FREE THE TATAS, SAVE THE TURTLES!
There are few things in life that I detest more than a bra. Yes, I said it, and I know this makes my mother cringe. (Sorry, Mom!) As a pre-teen, when one girl in the class came to school sporting a training bra, we ALL decided we should have one. What no one tells you is that a training bra does not train the boobs, it trains the GIRL to wear a bra. I think that was the LAST time I ever truly WANTED a bra. I determined that a bra was developed as a torture device to keep women "tied to their place." At times I'd just as soon have a strand of barbed wire wrapped around my rib cage. I grew up in the late 60's and early 70's, when "bra-burning" was a sign of feminism, a sign of protest against establishment. I didn't actually DO it --- but now, the idea is really kind of intriguing! I will admit bras DO have some usefulness. They make our clothes fit better. They "lift and separate" (to borrow a phrase fro...