Oops: National Topless Day Was Yesterday

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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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on August 24, 2009 5:55 PM

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sun dae

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???

Matt Joyce

I for one support women's right to go topless.

ides_of_march

Just more narcissistic attention seekers.

Personally, I prefer women with more dignity and class, a lot more.

yytttt

Unfortunately for you ides, women with more dignity and class prefer men with a little class too.

marzipan

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!!

yytttt

how do you de-sexualize breasts without killing the entire straight male population (except a few of those guys who ONLY like butts)?

marzipan

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(?)

yytttt

i'm sure some ladies are turned on by old dirty hobos masturbating on the subway... giuliani's been married how many times?

ennuipoet

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ennuipoet/sets/72157621996085717/^ Hey, I tagged them for Gothamist :)

Steven

Not much to see unless you're some teenage horny boy.

just saying

No wonder Qaddafi wants to pitch his tent in Central Park.

schizofriendly

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

felixthecat2

i just marked this on my calendar for next year. :(

felixthecat2

Gothamist??????? Why didn't you sent out alert yesterday. Damn, I love boobs.

NannyState

Oh well, looks like it's time for another stroll up the High Line...

Wza

lol @ the men sympathizers.

lookin' to score..lol

foureyesmonster

so THATS why fire island was packed that day.

OTC

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.

nicemarmot

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.

Spirit of 76

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.

Mr. Shankly

Wassamatter? Don't like the 'fried egg nailed to a wall' look?

nicemarmot

You're right. I just looked at those pictures. Some of those boobies should definitely stay covered up!

mrguy

come on gothamist, don't leave me hanging like that.

mocanlagunas

thanks for nothing gothamist...

Mr. Shankly

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38194956@N03/

EastRiver

Apparently National Topless Day coincided with National Beer Gut Day and National Man Boobs Day.

Clarice City

Is the woman on the left wearing a strap-on?

EastRiver

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.