Free Republic

Spain's equality ministry has launched a summer campaign to encourage women worried about how their body looks to go to the beach. "Summer is ours too," runs the slogan above an image of five diverse women of different shapes and sizes. "All bodies are beach bodies," said Social Services Minister Ione Belarra. Women's Institute head Antonia Morillas said physical expectations affected not only women's self-esteem, but denied them their rights. The campaign illustration of five women relaxing on the beach also features a topless woman after a mastectomy.