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| January 18, 2003 Why I love San Francisco  Photo courtesy of Donna Sheehan A Cheeky Protest: Bay Area Anti-War Activists Go Nude in Surge of Creative Vigils By Joe Garofoli January 12, 2003 San Francisco Chronicle Even as U.S. troops inch toward the Persian Gulf for a possible war with Iraq, anti-war activists say it can be difficult to rally outrage or media interest back home. So a group of Marin County women has resorted to the ultimate attention grabber: getting nude. Since November, more than 200 women -- calling themselves Unreasonable Women Baring Witness -- have used their naked bodies to spell out anti-war slogans on three sites: a Marin beach, ball field and dung-laden pasture. While some may say the gesture trivializes and distracts from the gravity of the anti-war message, Unreasonable Women organizer Donna Sheehan said desperate times . . . "It got your attention, didn't it?" joked Sheehan of Marshall, who said she doesn't even go into the kitchen without a robe on. Longtime activists say the Unreasonables are only one of a growing number of peace vigils springing up across the Bay Area. In most cases, the vigilists are performing small gestures of public devotion to a cause they see as being overlooked >>> Full text Sent by Babak Khiavchi Send this page to a friend Funny stuff, interesting stuff, important stuff, stupid stuff, all sorts of stuff... Have you got something for this page? Email it
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