Yesterday, ten of us met at noon on the sun-dappled lawn of Madison Square Park, sandwiched between the Empire State Building to the north and the Flatiron Building to the south…and, for a time, between two school groups, one of young’uns who couldn’t care less about boobs being bared nearby (what’s more appropriate at lunchtime than boobs, in the eyes of nursing-age tots?) and one of slightly older ‘uns who were more intrigued but perfectly polite about it.
Afterwards, a friend of ours who couldn’t make it this time spotted the following on Facebook: “Today we had a great field trip to the Museum of Mathematics and Madison Square Park. However, if you ask my students, the best part was when several Nudists decided to sunbathe right next to us during lunch.”
Nudists? Not really; just a group of friends, women and men, who all enjoyed being shirtless and comfortable under the sun in 87-degree weather. Unless you’re prepared to call all the other shirtless men wandering about the park “Nudists” for doing so, the term’s a bit much for us.
Not to say none of us were tempted to lose our bottoms as well. But we’re saving that for the weekend, and a slightly more private outdoor spot.
You know what, I know that there’s a deeper meaning to what you are doing (i.e. topless reading) but I can’t help it, I’m a guy and all I can think of is: damn, that’s a nice view, when You see boobies like that You just can’t help it, You smile immediately. And ‘m especially fond of women with tattoos so the one with the sleeve and chest piece (and read hair – I can’t say from the photo, maybe I’m color blind or something) is my favorite. Also, that must be an amazing city. If women not only can but want to do what You girls do? That’s not a city, that’s a promise land. At least for guys like me 🙂 Thank You, Sincerely
Bro, the thing is that they are doing this so that people like you don’t sexualize boobs to extreme. Boobs should be considered sexy just like how guys muscles and abs are, but not as much sexualized as now.
Heee, I don’t see were he talked sexually in his comment ?! And I don’t see what’s wrong with finding someone nice looking. It’s not more wrong coming from him then from a girl that would say what a nice view when seeing a shirtless man.
Well done ladies. It is a good thing that you are bringing normalcy back to the breast.
Good luck to you,,
Sitting pretty, and reading in the outdoors .. with friends.
Thank you for your effort.
I’m sorry, but had i been there I don’t think I could have resisted them. So round, so delectable, so sweet. Yep, I could not have kept my hands off of those donuts!!
Cute. Except for one thing. These particular donuts were square.
I thought I share this link with you girls. Saw it on my friend facebook news feed yesterday. http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/local-women-go-topless-to-raise-awareness-for-equal-rights/article_61562acc-eb85-11e3-88e4-001a4bcf6878.html?mode=jqm
Eighty-seven degrees, warm sun shining on your bare torso. I was there with you in spirit.
Proud of you. Keep up the good work. And, being a “nudist” is not a bad thing! 🙂
No, of course — being a nudist is fine. But calling a woman a nudist merely for taking her shirt off when it’s hot outside and she’s in the park is bizarre given that no one calls a man that when he does the exact same thing.
Really important point to make for your cause because people equate being topless to being.clothes free and that’s not the case. Thank you for what you do in promoting non sexual top freedom and equality. Someone who lives as much as possible clothes free aka nudist
How come the only guy in the photos is wearing a shirt?
Ha! Didn’t notice that. Well, we had three guys there and at least two were topless at various points. But we don’t force anyone to go topless — we’re in favor of everyone having the equal right to take her or his shirt off, but that doesn’t mean anyone has to do it.
Lovely way to spent an afternoon lunch break
Last time I complimented one of you on her cool old-school Leica it turned out to be a retro looking digital Leica.
That Rolleiflex isn’t, though. Could it be? Same girl, too. I have an anonymous camera crush on you.
Nope, that one’s the real thing.
Have you girls ever thought about doing day trips to different parts of the state and visiting their public parks and pools?
We’ve talked about that sort of thing, but frankly it’s hard enough to get a critical mass of us together even when the destination is just a subway ride away. Out-of-the-city trips are probably a pipe dream, though maybe we’ll do one sometime this summer…
Nice tattoos in particular. And H.P. Lovecraft, disturbing!
A bright warm sunny day isn’t quite Lovecraft territory, is it?
I suppose it isn’t. But the chills he gives you are a reasonable alternative to air conditioning…
What’s your opinion of Max Allen Collins (“Quarry’s Choice,” sixth image down)? The Mickey Spillane novel he finished after Spillane’s death was terrible, but maybe his other books are better?
He’s written a LOT of books, and no one that prolific can be at the top of his game all the time. But more of his books are good than bad, and some are really terrific. The Nathan Heller novels are pretty great, for instance. If you haven’t tried those, you should.
Nathan Heller. Got it. Thanks.
Ooh! K7 Rollei? And is that some kind of adapter over the lenses, or just a glare shade?
I see quite a few pics of a woman using a Rollie throughout this blog, where can we see the results from that wonderful camera?
Scroll down. You’ll see a few examples on the blog. Look for shots in black and white.
Topless isn’t nude. The complainers should try it.