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Um, sorry guys, we forgot to give you a heads about the whole "National Go-Topless Day" event in Central Park yesterday. The Daily News called it the "breast day ever" (har har), reporting back that "dozens of semi-nude women gave the city a Double-D eyeful when they bared their boobs in Central Park and then marched through the streets" as Chaka Khan's "I'm Every Woman" blasted from speakers. One onlooker told the paper, "This is unbelievable—and super. I'm going to tell my wife to join in." The prudes guarded their eyes, and spewed terms like "extreme liberalism," while others hooted and hollered in solidarity. Currently New York is the only state where women can go topless legally (since a 1992 ruling), so really, Go-Topless Day can be every day. Here are plenty of photos from last year's march.
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About a month ago there was a string of articles in European and American newspapers about how topless sunbathing has fallen out of favor in France with women under 30. They made it sound like the only women you would see topless in France were around 60 years old i.e. the same women that fought for the right to go topless back in the 1960s.
What's wrong with women over 30?
Or even better, women over 40....they don't tell, they don't swell, and they're grateful as hell.
The reason for this is because tan lines are in, apparently
Is the woman on the left wearing a strap-on?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38194956@N03/
Apparently National Topless Day coincided with National Beer Gut Day and National Man Boobs Day.
thanks for nothing gothamist...
come on gothamist, don't leave me hanging like that.
Damn straight women should be allowed to go topless! If men are allowed to show off their disgusting hairy man boobs we ladies should get to show off our nice ones.
That's a matter of opinion. Take a look at the pictures from last year's story. I wish some of those boobs had stayed covered up. Ewwww.
You're right. I just looked at those pictures. Some of those boobies should definitely stay covered up!
Wassamatter? Don't like the 'fried egg nailed to a wall' look?
Godbless America!!
Why didn't this fall on a weekday? There are dozens of women in my office I would have encouraged to go topless.
so THATS why fire island was packed that day.
lol @ the men sympathizers.
lookin' to score..lol
Oh well, looks like it's time for another stroll up the High Line...
Gothamist??????? Why didn't you sent out alert yesterday. Damn, I love boobs.
i just marked this on my calendar for next year. :(
Audrey Ference of The L Magazine summed it up nicely and quickly last year:
http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/cleanliness-is-next-to-horniness/Content?oid=1139730
No wonder Qaddafi wants to pitch his tent in Central Park.
Not much to see unless you're some teenage horny boy.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ennuipoet/sets/72157621996085717/^ Hey, I tagged them for Gothamist :)
these women claim that the point of the demonstration is to 'normalize' breasts (i.e. show the world that not every woman looks like a playboy centerfold). of course, we all know that tactic failed because some people here are making "fried eggs on their chests" analogies. as for the europeans who "fought" for their rights to go topless, well, all i can say is that it doesn't necessarily mean breasts have been de-sexualized and women are seen as equal. it just means that men everywhere get to see more boobs. culturally, we have light years to go until we get to a place of body acceptance/not objectifying women's bodies. alas. oh, but... i'd love to see MORE PEEN!!
how do you de-sexualize breasts without killing the entire straight male population (except a few of those guys who ONLY like butts)?
to be honest, i don't know, but one way to at least balance it all would be if everyone got to see naked hot guys, as opposed to just hobos masturbating on the subway(?)
i'm sure some ladies are turned on by old dirty hobos masturbating on the subway... giuliani's been married how many times?
Just more narcissistic attention seekers.
Personally, I prefer women with more dignity and class, a lot more.
Unfortunately for you ides, women with more dignity and class prefer men with a little class too.
I for one support women's right to go topless.
I know its not the whole state, but at least it is legal to be topless in my fair city, Austin Texas. Who DOESN'T like boobs???