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Members of the the outdoor coed topless pulp fiction. The members of the outdoor coed topless pulp fiction appreciation society. Props to these new york ladies and their amazing topless book club. Topless ladies enjoy pulp fiction on the high line by jen chung sept. A topless book club named the topless pulp fiction appreciation society has been started in new york, and it involves a group of mostly women. 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. Best fiction books 2019 top new fiction books released. Topless pulp fiction appreciation society takes off. 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. The outdoor coed topless pulp fiction appreciation society is a local book club which probably operates a little differently than your grandmas though grandma would definitely be invited to join. New york city, and that means the citys most topless literary club is back in action. 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. A partly nude evening of shakespeare with the outdoor co. 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.
Right up there with new york fiction faves like eloise at the plaza and from the mixedup files of mrs. New yorks outdoor coed topless pulp fiction appreciation. Meet new york citys outdoor coed topless pulp fiction. The outdoor coed topless pulp fiction appreciation society. 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. You can find them stretched out in central park or washington square, taking the air and. Weve rounded up the best fiction books of 2019 from thrillers to romance novels to books that are legit pulitzerworthy.
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