Boob Parade

Topless crusader Jen Moss plans on going topless for Ashland, Oregon's upcoming Fourth of July parade, and she'll be damned if you try and stop her. She moved to Ashland from California because of the town's comparatively lax public nudity laws. In Ashland, one only has to cover his or her genitals while on city property. This makes perfect sense, as there's no reason why men should be allowed to show their nipples in public and women shouldn't. Still, the city says Moss' breasts would violate their order that all those participating in the parade offer a family-friendly experience. They don't cotton to Moss' plan, which is to lead a pack of in-line skaters wearing only a hemp g-string and blowing into a conch shell. No, I didn't make that up. She has some local government support, however. Says city councilman Eric Navickas: "[it would be] an interesting commentary on our society that we're willing to tolerate dead bodies through our aggressive foreign policy from the war, but not healthy, naked bodies." Oh, Oregon. You're just precious. More details here.