SMNTY Classics: Free the Nipple!

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SMNTY Classics: Free the Nipple!

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Jan 11, 2020

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Why are women on social media intentionally letting their nips slip? In this classic episode, Cristen and Caroline discuss the history and celebrity-fueled rise of the Free the Nipple movement and what bare nipples have to do with gender equality.
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Jan 11, 2020

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