Activists bare bodies for peace.Byline: The Register-Guard Thirty Eugene area women stripped in mid-May to promote world peace. Now they're selling a postcard documenting the event, with the proceeds financing future anti-war activism. If the plan spurs you to think "only in Eugene" you'd be wrong. The Baring Witness project started last November in Marin County, Calif., and has since spread around the globe - Milan, Paris, Cape Town Cape Town or Capetown, city (1991 pop. 854,616), legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. It was the capital of Cape Province before that province's subdivision in 1994. , Sydney, Hiroshima, even Antarctica. Portland, Yachats and Ashland residents took their clothes off in February. Tiny rural Williams, about 15 miles south of Grants Pass, followed in March - residents there beating the urban progressives in Eugene by three months. (See www.baringwitness.org). Some of the events are done modestly on private beaches or in meadows under the lens of female photographers. Others have taken place in high-traffic areas, such as New York's Central Park. Eugene participants car-pooled to the Chela che·la n. pl. che·lae A pincerlike claw of a crustacean or arachnid, such as a lobster, crab, or scorpion. [New Latin ch Mela Meadow meadow grassland, used for grazing and/or haying. meadow buttercup ranunculusacris. meadow crowfoot ranunculusacris. meadow rue see thalictrum. at the Oregon Country Fair The Oregon Country Fair (OCF) is a three-day fair that takes place yearly beginning on the Friday of the second weekend in July in Veneta, Oregon, approximately 15 miles west of Eugene, with an attendance of approximately 45,000 over the three day period, with attendance peaking grounds for their nude protest on a sunny afternoon in May. A female photographer scaled a tall oak tree and hung from a harness while snapping shots of the women, who were forming letters with their nude bodies. They spelled out "Love," "Hope" and "No Bush." Participants ranged from 7 weeks to 68 years old. Their professions included massage therapist, naturopathic doctor, seamstress, photographer, newspaper columnist Noun 1. newspaper columnist - a columnist who writes for newspapers agony aunt - a newspaper columnist who answers questions and offers advice on personal problems to people who write in columnist, editorialist - a journalist who writes editorials , accountant and restaurant manager. The event was powerful because women were using their own bodies to send their own message, said 27-year-old organizer Meggan Uecker. "We disagree with Verb 1. disagree with - not be very easily digestible; "Spicy food disagrees with some people" hurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" the way we're stripped down and used to sell things. It's `Hey we want to use it for art and for peace.' ' - Diane Dietz |
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