The recent outbreak of thongs (G-strings, not flip-flops) at beaches and swimming pools has prompted a revival of prudish responses from casual swimsuit observers. Not since the days of bikini beach inspectors at Bondi have so many zinc-covered noses wrinkled in disgust at the bold attempts of sun worshippers to achieve maximum vitamin D exposure.
Teenagers who years earlier could have been building sandcastles au naturel are deemed too young for the revealing silhouette of “barely there” swimsuit bottoms, and those who have been fighting gravity for decades too old. Despite the critics, the thong continues to spread faster than glandular fever at a school formal.
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A lot of the negative comments in that article come from what could be described as “beauty police”: thongs are ok, as long as it’s an attractive young woman wearing one. In some sense, men wearing thongs is a political act, it punches back at objectifying women and body-shaming men. And, for the beach, it is genuinely the best tool for the job.
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