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Brexit: The Naked Truth (Dr Victoria Bateman, Cambridge, 2019)NSFW VIDEO CONTAINS NUDITY
In March 2018, Victoria Bateman walked into the gala dinner at the annual conference of the Royal Economic Society in Brighton, the largest gathering of economists in the UK. Amid the formal business attire, Bateman stood out; she was completely naked, except for some jewelry fitting for a gala event. Across her chest she had written “RES,” the acronym used by the society, and across her stomach “PECT.”
Economist Uses Her Body to Fight Brexit
Jacob Rees-Mogg encouraged to get naked for Brexit debate
Economics has a serious sex problem, argues this spirited book by the writer known for protesting naked against Brexit, and gender equality is good for prosperity
In March 2018, Victoria Bateman walked into the gala dinner at the annual conference of the Royal Economic Society in Brighton, the largest gathering of economists in the UK. Amid the formal business attire, Bateman stood out; she was completely naked, except for some jewelry fitting for a gala event. Across her chest she had written “RES,” the acronym used by the society, and across her stomach “PECT.”
Economist Uses Her Body to Fight Brexit
Jacob Rees-Mogg encouraged to get naked for Brexit debate
Economics has a serious sex problem, argues this spirited book by the writer known for protesting naked against Brexit, and gender equality is good for prosperity
Offering to subject herself to the in-person sight of a naked Rees-Mogg suggests a level of bravery I can only imagine.
posted by biogeo at 4:38 PM on May 23, 2019 [8 favorites]
posted by biogeo at 4:38 PM on May 23, 2019 [8 favorites]
That was petty of me. It's really Jacob Rees-Mogg's soul that's ugly, and that's been nakedly visible for long time now.
posted by biogeo at 5:03 PM on May 23, 2019 [14 favorites]
posted by biogeo at 5:03 PM on May 23, 2019 [14 favorites]
Is this the new Brexit thread? Stay, Britain.
posted by rokusan at 6:48 PM on May 23, 2019 [26 favorites]
posted by rokusan at 6:48 PM on May 23, 2019 [26 favorites]
That is very brave. I don't even like to be naked in the shower.
posted by jwest at 8:56 PM on May 23, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by jwest at 8:56 PM on May 23, 2019 [2 favorites]
The Bush Administration needed a good economist, but this is the opposite situation.
posted by w0mbat at 9:08 PM on May 23, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by w0mbat at 9:08 PM on May 23, 2019 [2 favorites]
See also: Boris Johnson's sister 'bares breasts' on Sky TV in solidarity with naked Cambridge academic. What a time to be alive.
posted by the cat's pyjamas at 9:36 PM on May 23, 2019
posted by the cat's pyjamas at 9:36 PM on May 23, 2019
Meanwhile, voters are being actively disenfranchised for the crime of not being British.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 10:01 PM on May 23, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 10:01 PM on May 23, 2019 [2 favorites]
I was just thinking we needed something to take the level of this debate down another notch.
posted by Segundus at 1:24 AM on May 24, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by Segundus at 1:24 AM on May 24, 2019 [3 favorites]
May's resignation speech this morning was fully clothed.
So now, nothing happens on Brexit- or British politics - until the end of July, while the Tory party tears itself apart even more in the name of unity. The Zombie Parliament shambles on.
Although Sunday evening/Monday morning will be fun, when the EU election results come out. Against EU recommendations, the Netherlands have published exit polls from their elections yesterday, which put their Labour party unexpectedly ahead and the wingnuts unexpectedly behind, by comfortable margins. There was an unusually large turn-out, too.
posted by Devonian at 6:24 AM on May 24, 2019 [3 favorites]
So now, nothing happens on Brexit- or British politics - until the end of July, while the Tory party tears itself apart even more in the name of unity. The Zombie Parliament shambles on.
Although Sunday evening/Monday morning will be fun, when the EU election results come out. Against EU recommendations, the Netherlands have published exit polls from their elections yesterday, which put their Labour party unexpectedly ahead and the wingnuts unexpectedly behind, by comfortable margins. There was an unusually large turn-out, too.
posted by Devonian at 6:24 AM on May 24, 2019 [3 favorites]
I thought she used the nudity tastefully to cover a difficult (for many detractors) subject. That Britain is naked without the EU - naked in many cases is good! For many people is good! In many places it is fine! But it really increases the danger of risks way outside the sphere of control of the UK - which are variable and unknowable. In the 'naked analogy', that is specifically the weather in London, but in the scope of the EU, is trade policy, science investment, and educational attainment. If London was Florida (in terms of weather) or the Caribbean (in terms of weather and investment), then maybe it wouldn't matter as much.
posted by The_Vegetables at 8:00 AM on May 24, 2019
posted by The_Vegetables at 8:00 AM on May 24, 2019
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