The Bra as Border Control: What Going Braless Reveals About Anxiety, Attraction, and the Surveillance of Women (opens in new tab)

Somewhere this morning, a woman stood in front of a mirror holding two versions of herself. One shirt meant comfort. The other meant fewer interpretations. She chose accordingly. Not because she is weak. Not because she is vain. Not because she is confused about feminism. But because women understand something many men still insist on treating as theoretical: Visibility has consequences.