- Skinny dipping on Danish beaches has been declared a legal right.
- Professor Linda Kay is recognized by a former student while she is completely nude in a locker room.
My daughter, who just entered university and is the same age as many of my students, calls it "highly disturbing" that I disrobe at all in a public locker room. When she occasionally accompanies me to the Y for a swim, she'll head to the bathroom to undress in private. She won't even remove her bathing suit in the shower and strongly feels I should follow her lead.
But years of swimming in a master's club at a public pool, where communal showers were the rule, have accustomed me to the open concept. It never fazed me to stand naked before fellow swimmers in my club, maybe because most of us were middle-aged and sagging in similar places.
- The reborn Fontainebleau hotel in Miami will feature a "European bath" where topfree sunbathing will be allowed.
- Nudism could be the answer to help boost the economy in a section of Australia.
“We’re keen to encourage other people to enjoy the freedom of social nudism. It’s not sleazy, offensive or sexually orientated. Getting your gear off is a great leveller - people aren’t judged by the clothes they wear and everyone interacts happily without preconceived ideas.’’
- A proposed Penthouse casino could feature completely nude women serving as dealers.
- Stephen Gough, Great Britain's "Naked Rambler", has been cleared of a breach of the peace charge for leaving a Glasgow prison without wearing any clothes, due to lack of evidence.
- Actress Kate Hudson is willing to appear nude on screen as long as it's important to the story.
“My mother and father never made a big deal about nudity in our house. “I often walk around naked or just wearing panties. Actors are all supposed to be emotionally naked anyway,” she said.
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- A Polish court fined two women for sunbathing topfree.
"Showing nudity goes beyond social customs and norms in Poland," read part of the verdict issued by a court in Szczecin, northwest Poland. "Personal freedom ends where the freedom of another person begins."
- A visit to Croatia's southern islands was shocking for one travel journalist.
Five minutes into my book I realized others had discovered my rocky shore and planted themselves on the rocks. I almost had a heart attack when I realized they were all naked! I had stumbled upon the “nudists” islet. Not that there is anything wrong with hanging on the beach in your birthday suit, but this certainly was not for me. I quickly gathered up my belongings and headed straight back to the dock to catch the next taxi-boat. Why didn’t the taxi-boat driver say anything as I left the boat? They just let me wander onto the naked island! I waited three hours for the next boat without lifting my eyes.
- This video of Wellington's Boobs on Bikes parade shows what a big yawn the whole event really was.
- Does the mention of Oxford University evoke visions of students in tweed studying Milton? Then you might be surprised to learn about the school's Gender Equality Week which featured topless girls wrestling covered in KY jelly.
- Closet nudism is alive and well. 76% of South Australia residents admit to stripping off and walking around in the nude.
- The annual naked bike ride at the University of Vermont could be banned because of "the behavior of those attending the event as spectators".
- A woman was found not guilty of indecent exposure for jumping naked into Moosehead Lake in Maine because it could not be proven that she exposed her genitals. Two of her male friends who joined her in the plunge were not as fortunate because apparently their genitals were slightly more visible to the people who filed the original complaint.
- Some star performers of the Royal Opera House have posed nude for a charity calendar.
- An Australian woman was fined for mooning, apparently because of her age.
Magistrate George Wilkie told (Lucinda) Dimond: "I'd have thought you are a bit past this behaviour at your age," before fining her $400.
- A dozen Canadian high school cheerleaders stripped down to bootie shorts and strategically placed tape and paint and ran out onto the field during a football game. The girls were not punished, but they have apologized and promised that next year's routine would portray a more wholesome image.
- A politician in the UK has quit her position as councillor because her colleagues could not take her seriously. Myrna Bushell runs a phone sex business and acts as a "kissogram, strippergram and stripper entertainer".
- Tasmanians think that a proposed nude statue is the devil.
- Naturists have noted the passing of Rev. Bernice Gerard, whose 1977 march against nudity actually had the opposite effect and put Wreck Beach on the map.
- Travelmeister Rick Steves writes about American prudes and European nudes.
It's long been a frustration for me as a guide — the difficulty of getting Americans into spas with naked Europeans. My first time was with my wife and some German friends — a classy, good-looking young couple. We were swept into the changing area with no explanation. Suddenly they were naked and I felt like the Road Runner just beyond the cliff's edge. Then — we eased up, and got naked. It's not sexy ... simply open and free.
- Kapiti Coast officials have received written submissions and petitions from nearly 1400 people opposing nudity on the district's beaches.
- The 12 runners who were ticketed at Boulder's recent Naked Pumpkin Run could face registering as sex offenders.
- Halle Berry admires the confidence of another actress.
"Kate Winslet is always naked, sitting on a toilet, running buck-naked. She's free. I want to be the kind of actress who can really be comfortable with my body like that," she tells Elle Magazine.
- Amy Green is planning to row 3500 miles across the Indian Ocean - naked. She and her team leave in 162 days, and you will be able to follow their progress here.
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- An 8 foot nude statue of Diana the Huntress was covered up in Pueblo, Colorado, for a Joe Biden political rally.
- When it comes to topless women at Australia's Gold Coast Indy auto race, Premier Anna Bligh is being urged to "live and let live'.
- The period of time for submitting concerns over the lifting of nudity restrictions on New Zealand beaches has been extended. "Most of them are saying `no, no, no, no, we don't want our beaches naked' and we're saying `well, no, neither do we, but we can't enforce that'," (Kapiti District Council communications manager) Mr Cronin said.
- A New Zealand artist has put together a gallery show focusing on the male nude.
- A stunning collection of Andre de Dienes vintage nudes are available on eBay Included are many Marilyn Monroe glamor shots.
- A 13 year-old boy is under house arrest for receiving a nude photo of a 15 year-old girl. Authorities say that charges against other students are possible.
- The Plastic Surgeon General warns of a small breasts epidemic.
- Australian councillor Elaine South argues against a naturist beach. “I’ve got grandchildren, and I don’t think I would like them to come across people who were ‘optionally clothed’.”
- Could the nudist communities of Tampa Bay determine the outcome of the Presidential election?
- The word "evil" was spray-painted twice on the billboard in Australia promoting "The Naked and the Nude" art exhibit.
- A sex educator in Vancouver is offering an art gallery tour entitled "That Lady is Naked!" designed to answer questions from children and help parents to speak in plain language about nakedness in art.
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