So, we got this email.
It was from a fan of our group who lives in Ireland. She’d read about us online some years ago and had been excited ever since about what we do. “Coming from a country that’s FINALLY started controlling women’s bodies just a little bit less,” she wrote, “I can’t imagine anything happening like this in Ireland.” She was only going to be in New York for a few days, but did we have a meet-up planned that she could join?
Well, we didn’t — but the weather was looking cooperative, and we can’t say no to a fan who’s been waiting years to meet us, so we made a snap decision to see if one or two of us might be free on short notice to meet in Bryant Park, behind the main branch of the New York Public Library. And then…
We got this other email.
This one wasn’t from overseas, but it was still from pretty far away, in the heart of the great American midwest, from a woman who wrote, “I am a nudist (and English major, so I love books!) who is in town for a few days with my boyfriend, also a nudist. When I Googled nudist activities in New York you guys came up.” Did we have a meet-up planned on Wednesday that she could join…?
Well, yes. As it just so happens, we did, thanks to our new friend from Ireland.
And so, what had started out as a tiny, last-minute thing turned into a proper event with more than half a dozen of us lying out on the lawn, relaxing blissfully top-free in the mid-afternoon sun, celebrating freedom and international comity. (Or is it amity? Harmony? We leave it to you and your thesaurus to decide.)
We shared sunscreen…
…and showed off our ink. (One of us even bore the Dark Mark! Go, Slytherin!)
We shared towels and reading material, and we broke bread.
And when the time came to call it an afternoon, it was like old friends saying goodbye.
If you’re from far away but plan to be in New York sometime this summer, let us know. We can’t promise to get something up on short notice every time (so the more notice you can give us, the better), but we love to meet women from other parts of the country and other parts of the world who share our outlook on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Just email us at toplesspulpfiction@gmail.com and let us know when you’re going to be in town.
And if you’re a New Yorker? Why, that just makes everything even easier.
Get in touch.
Wherever you’re from, far or near, we’ll be bosom buddies before long.
That looks so awesomely nice.
It’s always great to have surprise visitors…and there were several new faces. I hope all had a great time.
I noticed you had several admirers (all genders)!
Would someone interpret the extensive tat on someone’s back? It’s very unusual and I’d lke to be enlightened!!
Enjoy, enjoy!
We didn’t ask, alas! You can make up your own explanation…
On a related note – the police here in the UK have just issued guidelines which basically state that public nudity is no longer in of itself an offence: http://library.college.police.uk/docs/nudity.pdf
Maybe that can clear the way for women here who want to start their own group?
That’s terrific to hear. We would love to see a similarly reasoned approach take hold here, where toplessness is legal but full nudity in public is generally not.
The UK has long had a more open approach to simple nudity for all genders. I was there for a year in 1970 and public nudity was considered unusual, but not illegal. And then there was the case of the fellow who hiked from one end of the island to the other, naked. He was deemed legal. He even appeared in court nude. 😉
The visitor from Ireland is beautiful!