No. It's Not Tastefully Done or Empowering!!! Draft

 In the days of late 1920's entertainer, Josephine Baker, her mission was to show the world that her black body and her black skin was just as beautiful as anyone else's.  This explains her racy half-nude and sometimes full-nude performances.  I define this as empowerment.  But do we as women still need to be bombarded by naked female celebs to be or feel empowered?

 From actress, Jada Pinkett-Smith, to reality-star, Kim Kardashian, the women in the entertainment industry today are still posing half-nude and nude, using the old, I'm-trying-to-empower-women-and-show-them-that-no-matter-what-size-you-are-you-should-embrace-it bit.  Below is Pinkett on the cover of Essence, her statement and the magazine's response:

"When I walked out there and disrobed, I felt like a queen. I felt like the world was mine. Like there was this power just emanating from my person. Like there was nothing I couldn't do." --Jada Pinkett Smith Multi-talented actress and superstar mom Jada Pinkett Smith is starting a revolution. She bares it all for the July cover of ESSENCE magazine, and makes a bold statement to empower Black women and girls. Jada shares the motivation behind her shoot, and explains why she approached ESSENCE with the idea. For her, posing nude is not about Hollywood vanity, but about the desire to teach her young daughter about positive body image. By celebrating our bodies and our skin tone, Jada preaches the power of femininity and the freedom of self-acceptance.
--Essence Magazine June/July 2010 Issue

 Why does it seem that nudity is the only resource women have to empower other women?  How is it working for our gender so far?  A large number of women still cannot sit in a restaurant and have dinner alone or go to a movie by themselves in fear of others concluding they are not capable of finding a man.  Women are still staying with their abusers, cheating husbands and boyfriends and petrified to negotiate their salaries.  Maybe we should try something else.