#NoMorePage3

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"The world and its moral perspective have moved on and we think its time the Sun did the same and bought it’s readers with it." NMP3 HQ

So it was announced on Monday that The Sun had finally listened to thousands of campaigners and had stopped printing pictures of topless women on page 3 of the newspaper. 

The campaign was set up by Lucy Anne-Holmes in 2012 when she wrote a letter to editor Dominic Mohan regarding page three of The Sun newspaper (you can watch a video where she explains her reasoning behind it here) 

Page 3 sexualises women to the point where they are seen as objects and not people. An unrealistic perception of beauty was created as the majority of the models featured all looked the same. The result of this was, and still is, that many young women had begun degraded themselves and believed that because they didn't look like these glamour models that they weren't beautiful or perfect therefore began to hate their appearance. 

Don't even get me started on the use of photoshop...I will save that for another day.

Thousands of people support #NoMorePage3 such as teachers, feminists, parents and young women like me as well as many celebrity supporters such as Russell Brand, Jennifer Saunders and many ex-topless models such as Samantha Womack. The shocking stories from other ex-models can be found on their website as well as letters to The Sun 

If you are interested there is also the petition which you can sign to share your support of the cause.

But unfortunately it isn't gone for good as it was back on Friday and still features online and in digital copies.
When will The Sun realise that times have changed!

Esmee x