20-year-old Egyptian activist Aliaa Mahdy has caused uproar by posting nude self-portraiture on her blog, to protest “a society of violence, racism, sexism, sexual harassment and hypocrisy,” which isn’t the usual motivation for uploading naked pics, but whatever. Worried about losing the moderate vote, liberal politicians are making a point of criticizing Mahdy’s apparent impropriety.
There is easily nothing I like doing less than going to the hairdresser or doing housework. However, two enteprising companies on either side of the globe are looking into that problem for me. And by “looking into that problem”, I really mean “providing topless stylists”.