Rep. Katie Hill
Return to DiscussionsI also posted this to the Nude Celebrity group:
Im conflicted about the Katie Hill controversy. I think her private life is her own, and she seems to have been going through some bad stuff, but having worked political campaigns, messing around with a campaign staffer is as bad as any other sort of workplace harassment. Still, for legit media outlets to publish the photos amounts to them helping with revenge porn. That is unacceptable.
When you get past the problematic nature of her relationship with the staffer, the photos were of a woman who, while not necessarily calling herself a nudist, was comfortable being naked. One was a nude sunbathing photo of the kind youd see on here (yes I looked). As much grief as she got for the relationship with the staffer, shes getting a lot more grief for doing what many of us do in our free time.
Anyway, Ive run across one former congressperson that is a nudist, a one time candidate for congress who Ive chatted with at our local resort and one current congressperson who has enjoyed a skinny dip or two. Just so you know.
And no, Im not posting a picture.
A bit of a follow up: an operative that works for Julian Castro named Ashley Fairbanks wrote a piece for the Guardian on how shes dealing with photos from her past:This really isnt about Katie Hill. Its about the long fight women have had to have agency over our own bodies.Its about how we are asked to be both the virgin and the whore. Its about how women still arent allowed to own our sexuality.