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Discrimination against nudists was shameful
How can they speak of the human body, a divine creation, as a sin? Will they teach their children to hate the very flesh which houses the immortal soul? Will they tell them that the naked form in their mirrors is so vile it must be hidden? More...Nudist Resorts Coming to a Neighborhood Near You?
Look out, America. The nudists are coming … and they could be coming to a major highway near you. More...Red, White and Blue Beach owner throws in the towel
SANTA CRUZ — It's a tough job overseeing a nude beach, and after 41 years, the owner of Red, White and Blue Beach says it's time to throw in the towel and sell his property. More...Famous Artwork Covered Up
Under the guide of "Making art safe for the children", they state if you've ever walked into a musuem with your child, you were certainly shocked at the flagrant nudity being touted around for pure shock value. Maybe they were. More...
Topless sunbathers' privacy 'not protected'
TOPLESS sunbathers should be protected by stronger privacy laws, an academic says. More...The naked truth for Brazilians
A group of naturists are hoping to attract new recruits in Brazil. Members of the Brazilian Naturist Congress have been explaining why they have gone back to basics. More...
Friends remember the melancholy life of the `Naked Guy'
SAN JOSE, Calif. - He was known around the world in the early 1990s as "The Naked Guy," the 6-foot-5-inch-tall student who went to class and strolled around the University of California at Berkeley campus wearing only shoes and a backpack. More...
British actress does what comes naturally
Is Helen Mirren, the great actress and English dame, a nudist or not? On "Late Night With Conan O'Brien," the host teased her about being a "nudist," but she uses the word "naturist." More...Naked Rambler, Steve Gough arrested again
Gough, 47, was met by police as he left Edinburgh's Saughton Prison after serving two months of a seven-month term for breach of the peace. More...Nudity in Quaker Oats Ad
TV viewers nearly choked on their breakfasts when Windy Miller's uncle Guber flashed his willy in an advert for Oatso Simple porridge. More... Also see ClothesFree TV show #155 to see the Quaker Oats commercial.Group Fights to Move Nude Sculpture
"I believe there is a minority of people that are bound and determined that whatever method, whatever is necessary, they're going to have this thing, not moved, but removed," Jim Baldwin, the former chair of the arts commission said. More...
Judges on nude cruise
I'm not among those consumed by curiosity over which, if any, of our Supreme Court judges went on a nude cruise. More...Nude students on a losing streak
A noble attempt to further the cause of human nakedness sadly fell short in Colorado, when three students' attempt to gather together a record-breaking number of streakers missed the target by only 1,057 naked people. More...
Luxury Nude Resort Opens In California
The first celebrity oriented Nude resort and spa opened in California. What makes this multi-million dollar property unique is that besides regular day and night visitors this sea mountain inn has a healthy dose of celebrity clientele who come to shed their clothes for that all over tan. More...Naked 'Must Do' List for World's Largest Naturist Village Introduced
Nudist Travel Guide blog introduces the Naked 'Must Do' List series about Cap D’Agde Naturist Quarter in France, the world's largest naturist village. More...Girls' Underwear Costumes Too Nude For School
A high school principal has decreed that Captain Underpants has no place in an institution of learning. Three 17-year-old girls were told to leave Long Beach High School on Wednesday after they showed up on Superhero Day costumed as the subject of the best-selling children's books. "I didn't know which superhero it was, not that it mattered," said Principal Nicholas Restivo. More...
Nude Sunbathing and Skinny-dipping Acceptance
25% of Americans have skinny-dipped in mixed company and Living Waters Spa in Desert Hot Springs is helping people learn that it is ok to try. More...Topless photo didn't violate privacy
A magazine that published a photograph of a woman baring her breasts at a pig roast for motorcycle enthusiasts did not intrude on her privacy, a federal judge has ruled. More...Controversial book gets Canadian publisher
A book deemed too risqué by American publishers will be published in Canada. Bodies and Souls: The Century Project, is a controversial collection of 98 nude portraits of females presented in chronological order from birth to nearly 100 years old. More...Pull Up Your Pants
Ron Price, a Dallas school board member, has asked the City Council to look at strenghtening a law to go after people who wear baggy pants and expose their underwear. More...Buyer withdraws from deal to purchase land for nudist community
ANDERSON, S.C. - The buyer of nearly 104 acres of land in Belton that could be used for a nudist community has withdrawn from the deal. More...Desert Shadows plan gets a look from Palm Springs architectural advisers
The Palm Springs Architectural Advisory Committee Plans reviewed plans for a new nudist hotel and condo complex today. More...All you need is your sleeping gear
Southland's one and only naturist's club – the Southern Sun & Health Club – held an open day at its peaceful and charming country setting near Otautau yesterday. The nudist club owns the old Aparima School site and is keen to bolster its membership, which is lingering at about 15 people. More...
Nudist resorts baring themselves to outside world
Clothing-free resorts have traditionally been rustic, mom-and-pop campgrounds hidden deep in the woods, away from prying eyes and bluenosed politicians. But now, fancy nude recreation spots are springing up along major highways, and resort owners are joining chambers of commerce, sponsoring charity drives and hosting civic events. More...
Sturges and his nude photos
Jock Sturges has been at this for more than 30 years now, and still we don't quite know. Are his photographs of nude women, men, children and adolescents poised on puberty's divide art or, well, something else? More...
A less private Pirates Cove?
County parks officials and land conservationists are working out a deal to purchase Pirates Cove and 120 undeveloped acres between Avila Beach and Shell Beach. Owners of the property, which includes a beach known for its clothing-optional sunbathers, recently announced that they are willing to sell the land. More...
Yes, he's still naked
You could call him a nudist, but "Naked Ed" Watts grew up a mostly normal little boy, aside from frequent visits to the hospital. You could call him a hermit, but he loves attention and, if given the chance, will talk the day away with anyone who happens by. More...
Thieves Swipe Statue of Nude Woman
Somehow, a thief or thieves was able to swipe a 50-pound bronze statue of a nude woman from an art gallery downtown in broad daylight. More...USI "Shield": Drama Over Nude Photo
University of Southern Indiana officials say someone stole nearly 2500 copies of the school's student newspaper. More...Environmentalists stage 'naked' bike ride protest
A group of brave environmentalists staged a "naked" bike ride through a busy city centre. Bemused shoppers - many wrapped in coats and scarves - watched on as the group of around thirty men and women cycled through the streets of Bristol handing out leaflets on climate change. More...
Aguilera's naked Sunday
Christina Aguilera and her husband Jordan Bratman like to spend Sundays completely naked. The 'Ain't No Other Man' singer, who has been married for almost a year, insists she and her spouse always devote a day to enjoying each other's bodies. More...
Court Upholds Woman's Right To Protest Topless
A woman, who was arrested when she exposed her breasts to protest laws that bar women from publicly going bare breasted, can demonstrate topless as part of a legitimate political protest, an appeals court has ruled. More...
Out of frame
A mother and her young son, perhaps 4 or 5, are standing in front of Edward Hopper's A Woman in the Sun at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Whitney Museum of American Art A Woman in the Sun, 1961 "Is that a picture of you?" the boy asks, pointing to a nude woman standing on a mat of yellow light. "No," the mother replies. "That painting was done a long time ago. We don't know who the lady is." More...
Democrats will surely mess this up too
They are calling it the Political Perfect Storm, the theory being that the combined Mark Foley/Bob Woodward book/Abramoff scandal/War in Iraq and other scandals du jour will combine to sweep what had looked like a well-entrenched Republican power structure out of power over the next two years. More...'Naked dance' needs corrections at the door
Call me a na've first-year, but when did the administration get the right to dictate our social lives? More...Counterculture Coming Back?
When the counterculture movement of the 1960s needed to find itself, it turned to Venture. More...Atkinson's latest twist: Vermont GOP
David Atkinson, hemp-loving nudist, tree surgeon, extoller of the virtues of civil disobedience and former Provincetown selectman, has somehow ended up running for the Vermont House of Representatives as a Republican. More...Nudist resort bearing it all
Tucked away along a windy north Georgia lane, Dawsonville's nudist resort was once little more than a few RV sites circled around a foot-deep pond so secretive it was called "Hidden Valley." More...Teacher 'exceeds expectations,' says lawyer
Fisher Elementary School art teacher Sydney McGee achieved the highest possible rating on three of five annual performance evaluations given to her by Frisco ISD over the past five years, according to a document submitted to the school district by her attorney. More...Jack Nicholson's 'Let's get free' mantra
While for actor Jack Nicholson it was a period of 'getting comfortable with his own body. More...Proposed nudist community causing stir in Anderson
Opponents of a proposed nudist community near Belton are trying to figure out a way to keep the 150 homes planned for the site from being built. More...Growing up in the 50s
Of course, at first were so shocked to see nude models in his studio -- we were just kids and wow! More...London gallery pulled art
A curator at a British art gallery alleges several works by surrealist Hans Bellmer, known for his life-size nude dolls of girls, were removed out of concern that they might upset Muslims. More...13 artists interpret the nude
Before opening a gallery in Charlotte nine years ago, Joie Lassiter handled work by Pablo Picasso in a gallery on the West Coast. More...Subtle difference between nude and naked
When I was a little girl, my mother used to let me run topless through the backyard sprinklers of our Southern California home during the summertime. More...Candidate uses nudity to promote issues
Albert Rivera's nude body is everywhere to be seen -- just what he wants as he runs for president of Catalonia. Rivera has filled the streets of Barcelona and other Catalan cities with thousands of posters of him in the buff, modestly shielding himself with his hands. More...
Naked runner's offer is no bull
Helena, 30, pictured above, from Beinheim Gardens, Havant, has set up her own holiday company-with all profits going directly to animal charities. Helena's love for animals saw her running through the streets of Pamplona in Spain absolutely starkers to protest against the The Running of the Bulls festival in July. More...
Naked campaign to save library
Campaigners in a Devon village hope that a naked protest will keep their library open. Devon County Council is considering shutting 12 branches which are under-used and reinvesting the money in other library services. More...
Top designer's hat trick with naked model
In a cheeky parody, avantgarde Turkish-born, British based designer Hussein Chalayan shocked the Paris Fashion Week crowd yesterday by sending a model down the runway wearing little more than a hat and a fetching pair of heels. More...
Naughty or not?
Venus de Milo. David. The Thinker. All masterpieces in the world of art -- and all nude. Why is there nudity in art? That's the question Alexandra Karl asked almost a decade ago. Her research became a lecture, "From the Fig Leaf to the Bed Sheet. Or, Why Is There So Much Nudity in the Visual Arts?," which she presented last weekend at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. More...
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