I will be at Praia da Poça every day 6:30pm-7:30pm following the day’s Global Gathering events. The beach is not large, and I will be on a white-and-blue striped towel.

• walking directions from FIARTIL

• link to official Cascais beach information

NOTE: Cascais has announced cliff-stabilization works from September 3–18. The section of Paredão between Poça and Azarujinha will be occupied by the works and fenced, although pedestrian circulation is planned to remain possible.

I will post updates about any changed locations here on this page, and you can learn more about the planned works here

Possible alternative: Praia do Tamariz, if access or conditions at Poça change.

Please:

• This beach may be TOPLESS FRIENDLY, but it is NOT a NATURIST beach- ie, keep bottoms on.

• Respect everyone's choice about how much clothing they wear.

• Don't comment on people's bodies.

• Don't photograph or film people without their explicit consent.

• Don't assume that someone being topless means they want attention or interaction.

• Keep normal beach boundaries and personal space.

• Follow instructions from lifeguards and beach authorities.

• Take your rubbish with you.

• Avoid excessive noise.

Cascais's published beach conduct guidance emphasizes keeping access clear, minimizing noise, protecting health, respecting cliff safety, and keeping beaches clean. (cascais.pt)

No, it’s not.
This isn't a protest, demonstration, performance, or organized nude event.

There is no expectation that participants will undress, gather in a particular formation, make speeches, or interact with other beach users.

It is an opportunity to honor the movement for body equality, enjoy yourself, and connect Free The Nipple to our conversations this weekend about censorship, surveillance, and digital rights.

Hi! I’m Emma Shapiro, and I’m collaborating with Lina Esco, founder of the original Free The Nipple campaign, to reinvigorate this critical movement and connect its history to the broader story of digital rights and where we are today.

In 2017, I created Exposure Therapy, an international body-equality project that used female-presenting nipples to question gender-based censorship of bodies and art. The project has since been featured by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Freemuse, The Art Newspaper, The British Journal of Photography, and numerous other outlets and university dissertations.

My work with Exposure Therapy led me into writing and advocacy around online art censorship, and ultimately to my roles as Editor-at-Large of Don’t Delete Art and Consultant for the National Coalition Against Censorship. In March–April 2026, Don’t Delete Art collaborated with Lina Esco on a large-scale campaign featuring censored artists and exploring the history of nipple censorship.

Collaborating with Free The Nipple has been a dream of mine for years, and following the success of our DDA initiative earlier this year, Lina and I have been working toward bringing Free The Nipple back as a meeting point and home base for conversations around body equality, artistic freedom, and digital rights. At the center of this work is the female-presenting nipple as the “NIP of the iceberg” of much larger systems of inequality, discrimination, and censorship that shape who gets to be visible online.