For Some Reason, Security Guards Hate It When You Take Your Tits
OutS  New York City! Depending on who you ask, it's either a
liberal utopia of weirdness and character or a bubbling cesspool
of sin and filth. But there are two things everyone can agree
on: first — technically, it's legal for women to run around
topless here and second — when you do that, security guards get
mad.  At least, that's according to Anna Merlan's charming take
on her gallivants with a topless book club in the Village Voice.
Yes. That's a real thing. A topless book club.  According to
Merlan, the club meets occasionally to promote toplessness as an
idea. They remain anonymous in the piece because duh — the last
thing a lady needs is creeps Facebook stalking her because she
dares walk around naked in public because she likes it. Members
of the club also insist that their nudity isn't meant to
titillate; they're just living their lives, man. Shirtlessly. In
public. With books.  When Merlan tagged along with them during
one of their top