It liberated woman around the world, it is quite fascinating to look at the cultural victory march of so little a piece of cloth during the last 63 years
while i appreciate the point you're trying to make, i'm not so sure bikinis can accurately be characterized as having seriously worked to liberate women anywhere much less "around the world". there are far too many global shores bereft of anything close to what westerners now consider appropriate swimwear for women and no bikini is likely to be seen for decades to come.
it was a provocative isse
much, much more than that even for those who were merely relocated from their ancestral home. literally an issue of life or death for less fortunate others who were immediately contaminated by deadly fallout at close range as well as those whom, decades later, were repatriated prematuirely only to be removed once again--but not before they too were exposed to such toxic levels of radiation that decimated rathr than liberated the island's women.
12 years ago, the international atomic energy agency issued this pronouncement:
"It is safe to walk on all of the islands ... although the residual radioactivity on islands in Bikini Atoll is still higher than on other atolls in the Marshall islands, it is not hazardous to health at the levels measured ... The main radiation risk would be from the food: eating locally grown produce, such as fruit, could add significant radioactivity to the body...Eating coconuts or breadfruit from Bikini Island occasionally would be no cause for concern. But eating many over a long period of time without having taken remedial measures might result in radiation doses higher than internationally agreed safety levels."
pretty amusing when ya consider islanders have traditionally eaten a whole lotta coconuts and breadfruit over the course of their lives.
