my dear friends i finally had the pleasure of riding my bike naked through the streets of Chicago, well almost naked…. i did wear my little hot yoga shorts. i was surprised how many people were all out nude… mainly men!
so the entire point of the world naked bike ride
is to promote independence from oil and positive body image. on our 3 ½ hour,
14 mile, ride through the city (yes including michigan ave) we hit up and
protested at two bp stations. i find this very fitting given the current
situation.
the mail
slogans chanted in this years ride were “ less gas more ass” , “ im nude but im
not crude” or right and then there was the all out right “fuck bp”. i found it interesting how people stuck
in cars of traffic were trying to high five rides. we drew huge crowds, people
running out of bars and clubs and gathering on the streets, people on mich ave
coming out of posh restaurants and shops. for the most part people were
cheering us on and chanting with us.
until about half way through the ride when we stopped at oz
park did i look around and say to my friends oh man there are a lot of naked
people here! it’s kida interesting being naked in such a large group of people,
it’s not sexual and you defiantly forget that your naked, or that that’s not
normal anyways. you start to feel very comfortable being naked with a large
group of naked people.
this is a video of me getting my back painted
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU_BKcFfMzc
try that link if the embedded video is not working
this video is taken near the end of the ride. we stopped and blocked the 6 way intersection of north, milwaukee, and damen in wicker park. needless to say a very traffic heavy area on a saturday night. people started picking their bikes up over their heads and dancing. i was surrounded by naked dancing people with bikes over their heads... naked dancing people far as the eye can see. it was quite amazing.
and the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBNjUOgk8zE
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