Free the Nipple

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[upbeat percussive music]

II:

(woman)

I All before I

I We fall apart I

I We crawl into I

I A jealous heart I

I Come to me I

I With open arms I

I And don't you fear I

I What waits for us I

II:

I All the noise I

I That talks you down I

I We trace the view I

I We taste the ground I

I Come on in I

I You chosen one I

I 'Cause in your name I

I The horses run I

I Gone and gone it is I

I Gonna get you fight I

I Get you, get you fight I

I Right along I

I Gone and gone it is I

I Gonna get you fight I

I Gonna, gonna get you fight I

I Talk it like it is I

I Don't you pick a fight I

I W you get to fly I

I Right out beyond I

I Thought she was the West I

I And she never rest I

I Walked on out into the light I

I All before I

I We fall apart I

I We crawl into I

I A jealous heart I

I Come to me I

I With open arms I

I And don't you fear I

I What waits for us I

II:

Top/essness-

female top/essness

was declared legal in New York

back in 1992,

where the highest court

in the state of New York said

that Where men can be topless,

as a matter of equal protection

under the laws,

Women can be topless too.

(man) This is a Channel 2 News specie!

report.

(woman) To update you

on the situation,

there has been a mass shooting

at a movie theater

just outside Denver, Colorado,

in Aurora.

According to the Aurora

Police Department,

a gunman acted alone,

opening fire on audiences

in two movie theaters,

at the premier

of Batman:
Dark Knight Returns.

So far, Channel 2 News

has confirmed

that there are at /east

10 fatalities and 20 injured.

We'll have more information-

[bluesy rock music]

II:

(woman)

Do you have a political agenda?

(Liv) Today, we were

wrongfully arrested,

as the chief of police

just admitted,

and we were forced

by law to be let go.

So keep your laws

off our bodies.

[laughs]

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Let's wrap this up.

Liv?

Hello.

Who the f*** are you?

Sorry.

My name is With.

I write for News Corp,

and I was on Wall Street

when you were arrested.

Yeah, you want

to interview me?

Well, yes; I think I'd like

to do a piece on you.

Well, how 'bout this?

Next time, you join us,

and I will grant you

whatever interview you'd like.

Me topless?

I don't think so.

Why not?

Looks like you got

a nice pair under there.

Because I'm a journalist,

not an activist.

Do you have to be an activist

to agree that it's bullshit

that a man can

walk around shirtless

on a hot summer's day,

and a woman will get

arrested for it?

I never really thought

about it like that.

Well, how 'bout you

join us next time,

and I will think about

giving you an interview?

How 'bout you

give me an interview

and I'll think

about joining you?

I will win this game.

No, you won't.

Yes, I will.

[rock music]

II:

Oh, good.

You're home. Uh...

I need two

rent checks,

because right now,

they're on the verge

of shutting off our cable,

which means no internet,

no email, no HBO, no connection

to the outside

world whatsoever.

I don't-l don't

get paid till Friday,

and I have, like,

$88 to my name.

Can you please pirate

the Wi-Fi from next door?

I have to finish this,

and I will-yeah.

You want me to

pirate the Wi-Fi.

- Yeah.

- From next door.

- Yeah.

- Mm-hmm.

Maybe you could

get a second job.

- A job'?

- Yeah.

Really?

Like what?

Waitressing.

Hosting, bartending,

stripping.

Stripping is a respectable-

it's an old profession.

First of all, there's

thousands of people

in line for every

job in the city,

and secondly,

concerning the pole,

I can't even get naked in front

of people I'm attracted to,

let alone random humans

throwing bills at me.

I'm not the

enemy here.

We're both in

the same prism.

Okay, I'm not mad

at you, I'm just-

- I'm done.

- I feel like you are mad at me.

'Cause you're not using

your indoor voice,

and now you're saying,

"I'm done, I'm done,"

and walking away

to the couch.

You can storm off

and dramatically sit

on the other side

of the room.

That's fine.

I'll match you on this.

I'll just stare you down

until you give me

your money.

[laughs]

If I don't sell

this story,

I promise, I'm gonna

sell my eggs, my plasma,

my-my blood-

whatever it takes.

Yeah.

I'm gonna get you

the money, okay?

(With)

All right. Um, so...

ljust-ljust

want to get

some face basic facts

out of the way.

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Bring it on, reporter girl.

Please say your name and age.

Liv. 23 years young.

Where are you from'?

Chicago, but I've been here

since I was 17.

Where do you live'?

Right now I'm squatting

in a basement in Red Hook.

And what do your parents do'?

They are professional hippies.

And do you have a job?

Um, I volunteer at this website

called "Magic Transistor."

It's really cool.

[laughs]

Are you married?

Are you hitting on me?

No! No.

I-I'm just trying to get,

you know, the fuH picture.

What is your goal in going

topless in public places?

To expose the double standard.

Can you explain to me

the double standard?

Absolutely.

Um, what I can't

get my head around

is that the nipple is the first

thing we see when we're born.

It nourishes us,

and then somehow,

the symbol of life

becomes illegal.

I mean, my own mother

was kicked out of church

for breastfeeding me.

And what's even more annoying

is that, while we're allowed

to see murder, violence,

and war on every channel,

Janet Jackson's nipple slips

and it becomes the f***ing

crime of the century.

Furthermore,

I'm trying to bring about

more responsible representations

of female nudity,

because the only representations

that I see in mainstream culture

are ones that are totally

hypersexualized

and ones that make me question

what it means to be a woman

in modern society.

Wow.

[laughing] How many times

have you been arrested?

No comment.

Why do you think

you keep getting arrested

for something

that's legal in New York?

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So why do you keep doing H'?

It makes me feel good.

Why don't you get a lawyer

next time?

Um, I've thought about it.

Maybe you can

be in charge of that,

since you've promised

to join us next time.

I did?

Mm-hmm. You did.

[laughs]

What if! don'???

I will deny

everything in this interview.

I should not have to use

an NFL halftime show

as a negative example

to teach my children.

Allowing tasteless

Super Bow! programming

is a nationwide entertainment

industry standard.

(Tunick) I even had a photograph

of 5O men and women's heads,

and then one woman's breast

was showing.

They had a problem with H,

and I said, "Why don't you

just blur it out?"

And they said, Oh, we don't

censor at The New York Times.

(woman) Right; there were-you

know, there were young chHdren.

There was a six-year-old.

(Stern) What is the

problem with people?

And I know that's

not the main issue here.

The six-year-old girl who died,

okay?

She died because she was,

unfortunately,

in the same spot as a lunatic.

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