Now read this is a book club offered jointly from the pbs newshour and the new york times. The outdoor coed topless pulp fiction appreciation society nyc. Topless pulp fiction appreciation society takes off. Members of new york citys topless book club have been baring their breasts in central park for the past six years. The members of the outdoor coed topless pulp fiction appreciation society. This nsfw book club is taking a stand for gender equality by reading topless in public spaces in this salon original video, a remarkable group of literary women bare it all in new york city. Outdoor coed topless pulp fiction appreciation society. Pulp fiction appreciation society in new york to learn more. Members of the the outdoor coed topless pulp fiction. We saw a kickstarter campaign called topless new york that aims to.
Life at home in new york city 18351865 by mary knapp, nowy jork. Most book clubs in a park in brooklyn wouldnt cause much of a stir, but as the mostly female group read, men gawked and children stared. New york book club inspired by good books and sunny days and enjoying both as nearly in the altogether as the law allows. That is the premise behind the topless pulp fiction club, a small group of. But we figured if we were just lying there people would come up and bother us, so we thought, what if we brought books and were reading. Which is exactly what the outdoor coed topless pulp fiction appreciation society is all about.
Produced by the outdoor coed topless pulp fiction appreciation society they go by topless book club for short. Well, when you live in new york city, the citys parks are your yard or. The outdoor coed topless pulp fiction appreciation. Right up there with new york fiction faves like eloise at the plaza and from the mixedup files of mrs. On top of a hill in new york s central park about a dozen women flit about naked, as two more play a pagan folk tune on the violin and acoustic guitar. New york city, and that means the citys most topless literary club is back in action.
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The outdoor coed topless pulp fiction appreciation society is a group of several dozen women and a few men that has, since august 17, 2011, organized regular gatherings around new york city, meeting to read and discuss books in public while topless. Meet new york citys outdoor coed topless pulp fiction appreciation society. The primary objective of the group, besides enjoying the sun and book reading, is to create awareness that new york law allows toplessness in public, and to change social attitudes to the exposure of womens breasts. Coed topless pulp fiction appreciation society celebrates spring in nyc. To prove that its perfectly possible for women to show nudity in a nonsexual waywhile reminding new yorkers that toplessness is very legal in their city. We read outdoors, in the sun and fresh air, in as little clothing as the law permits, which. The sunlight is slowly disappearing, and murmurs of the oncoming cold are quieted as on the makeshift stage. The topless pulp fiction club is a small group of young women who have taken to gathering in city parks to read their favorite works of fiction sans brassierre. An outdoor book club in brooklyn garners stares and glares in its literal support of the free the nipple movement. Every month, well pick a book that helps us make sense of the world were living in fiction. Is the society like a book club, where everyone who shows up reads.
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