National Go Topless Day: Your Chance To Thank A UFO Cult For Public Nudity

Every year, right around this time, women across the country go topless in a protest against the double standard that chains women (and their breasts) beneath the weight of clothing. And every year, right around this time, we find ourselves marveling over the fact that it's a nudity-laden protest that's managed to (sort of) legitimize an intelligent design advocating UFO cult that claims to have cloned a human baby. Because really: if boobs have the power to create this much good will (and, ahem, free press) for the Raelians, can you imagine what they'd be able to do for people who aren't advocating bat shit insane philosophies (by which we mean this stuff, not the public nudity thing)?

But enough with the slagging on the Raelians. Because let's face it: like PETA, FEMEN, and any number of other questionable advocacy groups, the Raelians have managed to provide us with loads of pictures of public nudity. And though we have issues with their philosophies, policies, and claims that they cloned a baby...well, we are pretty grateful for the boobs.

· See more photos from NYC's Go Topless Day on Flickr (flickr.com, must be signed in to see)
· Go Topless Day (gotopless.org)