more on the "women will never be free" tip: robin givhan in the washington post:

When bikinis were first introduced, they were scandalous, but over time they have become less so. One-piece suits have been redesigned so that some of them, with their cut-outs and strategically placed adornments, are more risque than the average bikini. Still, the bikini is forever associated with a woman's willingness to flaunt her body, to strut her confidence, to revel in her sex appeal. There is liberation -- of far more than just the bellybutton -- in a bikini.

understand. for many women, "liberation" seems to mean absolutely only exhibitionism, for which you certainly didn't need - indeed yould do better to avoid - feminism. this identification is all over the women's magazines: freedom = weight loss + mini-skirt. "confidence," "self-esteem" etc: these are not exactly politically transformative ideas: they're more like ways of expressing your enthusiasm for your  status as sheer object.