Description Outdoor Co-ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society

1 description

1.1 membership
1.2 meeting locations , types
1.3 public reaction
1.4 reading material
1.5 purpose

description
membership

the group invites woman (and small number of men) join them , have received favorable reception in media , public. group has had more 100 individuals take part, depending on event, 3-15 women , 1 or 2 men attend. participants have come once while others regulars.

the group actively encourages new female members join, inviting open-minded, free-thinking, body-positive women favorite things include reading books , being naked .

meeting locations , types

since founding, have gathered in front of new york metropolitan museum of art, @ madison square, high line, bryant park , new york public library main branch, sheep meadow, cedar hill, , strawberry fields in central park, battery park , attached east river esplanade, , washington square park, among other locations.

they have been allowed use roof top deck of nude-friendly, gay-friendly, everything-friendly colonial house inn in manhattan s chelsea district.

the group engages in wide variety of topless activities, including reading in public, going restaurants , plays, cycling around new york, visiting beaches, , having snowball fights. well, totally nude activities including sunbathing on private rooftops , visiting spas.

public reaction

while attract few oglers, members choose ignore stares , picture taking. emphasize s important ability exercise right go topless. people see them don t pay attention. businessmen on lunch break take surreptitious photos or videos. 1 member of group reported that, ll have guy sitting few feet away, bored. 1 of them pulled out camera, , [the girl photographing] got right in face , took pictures of him. while in new york s central park, report european tourists take toplessness in stride make easier bare-chested.

they have not had unfavorable interactions new york city police department, although 1 female officer told them during first summer in central park put shirts on. informed public toplessness legal, , dubious officer received confirmation on radio right. told them have nice day , walked off.

reading material

group members read pulp fiction , have received advance copies of books number of publishers, including hard case crime , feminist press, authors such elmore leonard. group loves books , sunny days , enjoying both in altogether law allows .

purpose

members prefer remain anonymous. founder, uses alias alethea andrews protect privacy, has spoken media openly group: group equal rights. when s 90 degrees out, s more comfortable not have sweaty shirt on—never mind shirt , bra. people treat women s breasts somehow more scandalous men s being foolish.

the group s primary goal legitimize female toplessness, although legal in new york, not socially acceptable. andrews told reporter in 2014 talking male friend law in new york allows women topless anywhere man can, how no woman ever did. man partnered andrews found group. told reporter andrews, professional photographer, told him during travels found people in other cultures far more comfortable human body americans. man, works in publishing business, obtained books , 2 of them organized nude book club. andrews believes every woman should try toplessness @ least once in life. it’s amazing sensation.

it wasn t because no woman ever want to—when s 90 degrees outside, wouldn t rather bare-chested suffering under shirt , bra? women didn t know had right, , did afraid take advantage of it. decided create group combat ignorance , fear. made book club because loved books , loved hanging out other people loved books. , s been going strong ever since.

the organizers felt while 1 or 2 woman going topless might target harassment, 6 ten women feel safer.

according group member interviewed village voice, [m]ost of time women nervous or anxious take advantage of new york state law permits public toplessness. chose reading books in public because felt more innocuous lying around topless , attract less attention. group hope remove negative public perception of naked breasts in public dirty . members come variety of occupations, including bartenders, students, production assistant, personal assistant, computer scientist, adult film actress, baristas, , burlesque dancers. attendees have ranged in age 17 44.

while primary activity of group events promoting legally-permitted toplessness in new york, group promotes full nudity , sexual expression legal , appropriate. group careful understand , follow law. nude activities typically take place on private rooftops. while involves nude women, occasional nude male involved.

on twitter group has participated in advocacy body-positivity , body-freedom, including free nipple campaign, sharing , promoting full female nudity.

the first explicit mention of sexual activity in blog in august 2017.

how many of had ever masturbated in group before? not many. we’re open-minded , pro-orgasm , sex-positive, decided we’d give try.