![]() ![]() “If this was a women’s only swimming hole, that’d be amazing!” Any discomfort she’s felt has come from one group of people: men. While she is a proponent of celebrating her body, she said she is aware not everyone has the same mindset. “I actually dance every morning in the mirror naked, because it’s your body and you want to get in touch with it.” One summer day in 2019, a woman showed up at the Greenbelt in a Buc-ee’s bikini, but almost immediately threw the beaver top to the side and got in the water. She wrote in to ATXplained asking KUT to investigate why it's legal to sunbathe topless in the first place, and how it became such a regular part of Austin's culture. The incident had Catrett thinking a lot about public nudity. I just felt so connected to her and validated.” “And then we all just kept walking, and it was an awesome little moment. “The woman next to me, without missing a beat, just looks at him and says, ‘I think most kids are pretty familiar with breasts because they have moms, right?’” Catrett said. Well, the breastfeeding moms did not agree with this guy. just kind of makes this comment about he enjoys getting to see stuff, but don’t we think that’s kind of inappropriate to have around kids?” she said. “As I’m leaving the pool, there’s a man in front of me. She said she considered topless women the backdrop of Barton Springs, but it stuck out to her at the smaller neighborhood pool. “That particular day there was someone going topless at Garrison," Catrett said. She had just had a baby, and she and other new moms were breastfeeding their children.īut the moms weren’t the only ones with visible breasts. Marie Catrett was sitting at Garrison Pool in South Austin a few years ago, trying to cool off on a hot summer day. This piece was originally produced for ATXplained Live in January 2020. ![]()
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