The
Naked Chippy - Phillip Koch
GREAT Outdoors presenter Tom Williams claims he had a live audience
when he headed to the southern highlands in autumn to investigate a nudist
retreat. "They all look - the girls were definitely looking," insists Williams,
32, who makes his nude debut on the Seven Network tomorrow night. More...
Nude
department store opens
An enthusiastic crowd of around 600 previously unacquainted adults stripped
off in the name of art at the Oxford Street department store in central
London yesterday. They came in all shapes, sizes and ages. Some were youthful
and toned. Others were plump and greying. There were tall ones, skinny
ones, white, brown and black ones. More...
With
the bare necessities, travelers take off, take it off
You are now free to move about the cabin. Naked. The friendly skies just
got, well, friendlier. What organizers bill as the first nude flight took
off from Miami International Airport Saturday, when a group of vacationers
headed for Cancún made their privates public. For real. Once the
fasten-seatbelt light went off, so did the skivvies. A Texas travel agency
specializing in clothing-optional getaways organized the trip on a chartered
Boeing 727. The bare fare: $499. More...
NAC Action
Alert
The Naturist Action Committee is asking for your immediate help with
a local issue that may ultimately expand to affect naturists on a far greater
scale. More...
Mother
nature at her finest -- and then some
As the slender woman with the cinnamon complexion strolled among guests
at the early-afternoon garden party, she paused to chat with a visiting
artist. Though still naked from a morning art session, the model raised
not an eye of those around her, who were sipping tea, eating cake and sharing
casual conversation. More...
In
these chilling economic times, nudist clubs grow
Nudist clubs throughout North America will fling off their clothes
and open the doors for Nude Recreation Week July 7-13. Now in its 28th
year, the week allows first-timers the chance to shed their stresses through
a glimpse into clothes-free recreation at one of the 267 clothing-optional
clubs affiliated with the American Association for Nude Recreation. More...
Join
the Florida Keys Naturists May 29 - June 2, 2003
The Florida Keys Naturists will host a nude beach party and seafood
cookout at a private nude beach where only true naturist can go. More...
Getting
'Huffy' Over Nude Biking
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Seattle man has sued police for the right for
local revelers to celebrate the arrival of spring naked and on bicycles. More...
College
may prohibit nude student modeling
Following sexual harassment allegations against an Ohio University
professor who took nude or partially nude photographs of student models,
OU may forbid such activities in the future, according to the dean of the
College of Communication. More...
Dixie
Chicks appear nude for magazine cover
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The three women of country music band the Dixie Chicks
(news - web sites) posed nude for the cover of a weekly showbiz magazine
in a defiant response to the backlash over their opposition to the war
in Iraq (news - web sites). Entertainment Weekly on Thursday released next
week's cover, on which the Grammy-winning performers wear only contradictory
slogans painted on their bodies, including "Traitors," "Saddam's Angels,"
"Dixie Sluts," and "Proud Americans." "We don't want people to think that
we are trying to be provocative. It's not about the nakedness," band member
Martie Maguire said in an accompanying interview with the magazine. "It's
about clothes getting in the way of labels." More...
Flight
attendant turns in Southwest pilots for nudity
The pilots, who were terminated earlier this month, have appealed,
saying they had spilled coffee on their uniforms. The airline did not buy
the excuse and sees this as a prank gone awry that cannot be tolerated,
the source said. . More...
Man
sues police chief, claiming right to go nude in public
A Seattle man who "desires to go nude at the Fremont Solstice Parade
without fear of unjust arrest" sued Seattle police Chief Gil Kerlikowske
yesterday to secure what he characterized as his constitutional rights. More...
$10,000
for Topless Mermaid Bust
NEW YORK - New York City has to fork out $10,000 for arresting a woman
who appeared topless at the 2001 Coney Island Mermaid Parade, her lawyer
says. More...
City
hall sparks censorship debate
WHITEHORSE - Whitehorse city union officials clashed with members of
the town's council Tuesday night over what's appropriate to pin up in work
areas. More...
Topless
Berliners make politicians unhappy
Politicians in Berlin are calling for a ban on nudity after soaring
temperatures led the city's citizens to strip off. More...
Volunteers
strip off for art
Scores
of volunteers have stripped off in London to pose nude for a photoshoot.
Artist r Tunick staged the event with the aid of 160 naked volunteers
yards from Parliament. Tunick, 35, has created nude landscapes in cities
around the world, posing his figures to fit in with their surroundings. More...
Au Naturel-It's
Not Just for Members Anymore
BREAKING NEWS: the Seattle Post Intellegencer recently released a report
stating that the citizens of Issaquah are under the impending threat of
WMD's-the Witnessing of Mass Derrieres. This activity, writes Kathy George,
is the work of a Washington activist cell called Body Freedom Cooperative.
Armed with only their bare skins and a spate of wacky "guerrilla pranksterism"
tactics, they are considered by King County officials to be unorthodox
and highly radical-REPEAT-HIGHLY RADICAL! More...
Law doesn't
cover flashers
Public nudity must be lewd to be illegal. No one was arrested for flashing
at Mardi Gras this year because it's not illegal to bare one's breasts
for beads in San Luis Obispo. More...
Offence
of indecent exposure will not criminalise naturists
The offence of indecent exposure will not criminalise skinny dippers
(Letters, April 12); nor restrict the activities of naturists who exercise
their preference without running a risk of causing distress to others.
That's why it won't change the way nudity in public is regulated by the
police. More...
Will Naked
Mile Tradition Continue?
Authorities promised to arrest nude runners for indecent exposure.
Last year, only a handful of people were taken into custody. More...
How to
Hug a Tree
To
'cleanse the body,' Marina Abramovic's performance-art students fast, hike
in the nude, and hug trees. Most art teachers would probably agree that
there are certain skills that can be imparted by or improved with instruction-draftsmanship,
painting techniques, bronze casting. But when it comes to performance art,
which in recent decades has encompassed everything from masturbating under
a gallery floor (Vito Acconci) to combining monologues and synthesized
music (Laurie Anderson), what knowledge can you convey to a fledgling provocateur? More...
Play shows
off more than emotion
The 14 performers of Paradise Now accomplished their goal of baring
their souls on stage by performing in the nude. More...
Irish
naturists rally against raw deal
IRELAND, the only country in Europe which still bans nude bathing,
is facing a mass campaign by naturists for a change in the law. More...
More stripping
for peace
Despite the waning conflict in Iraq, 100 people stripped on a San Francisco
beach Saturday in an attempt to gain more exposure for their continuing
peace movement. More...
1-Hour Arrest
When does a snapshot of a mother breast-feeding her child become kiddie
porn? Ask the Richardson police. More...
Naturists
criticise Sex Offences Bill
Naturists run the risk of being criminalised under proposals in the Sexual
Offences Bill, it has been claimed. Mick Ayers, the chairman of the central
council of British naturism, said parts of the Sexual Offences Bill aimed
at streakers could also cover naturists. More...
Fancy
a Swim in the Nude?
Nude swimming could soon be coming to Lampeter. A local man has
contacted the Carmarthen Journal saying he wants to set up the county's
first naturist swimming club at the town's swimming pool. More...
Surrey
sinks nude swim nights
SURREY (BC Newspaper Group) - Nude swim nights at Newton Wave
Pool have been cancelled - for good. Council upheld suspension of the monthly
swims at a closed meeting Mar. 24, and sent a one-sentence letter to the
event organizer saying as much last week. More...
Developer,
project foes to meet
LAND O'LAKES -- Donovan Peterson loves the orange groves, lakes
and horse pasture of his Hale Road neighborhood as much as he dislikes
the idea of 1,151 homes invading his little piece of paradise. More...
Cops to
sue nude runners
The organizers of the naked run in protest against the United States
for launching the war against Iraq might face charges of public scandal
and violation of traffic laws. The Davao City Police Office is allegedly
now contemplating the filing of charges against the organizers of Monday's
naked run for causing a traffic obstruction along C.M. Recto St. More...
Commons
plea by nudist leader
Tough new laws to tackle sex offenders will destroy a "way of life"
for thousands of British nudists, East Anglia's leading naturist warned
last night. Mick Ayers, the Lowestoft-based chairman of the Central Council
for British Naturism, urged MPs in London not to kill off the pursuit by
making all nudity an offence. More...
Need A
Nice Diversion From War?
SEATTLE - Are you like me? Do you need some kind of normalcy? Do you
crave a diversion from war? Don't you yearn for something to take our minds
off transportation issues and social calamities? How about militant nudists? More...
Boy's
spying eyes force skinny-dippers to cover up
DEAR ABBY: When my husband and I purchased our new home, we made
sure the swimming pool was private and concealed from the houses on either
side. We enjoy skinny-dipping and didn't want to offend our neighbors.
We believed we'd made the right choice until the boy next door began climbing
the fence to spy on us. More...
Daughter
who sleeps nude keeps mom awake at night
DEAR ABBY: I started college last fall and moved into a dorm.
My roommate and I get along great. She sleeps in the nude. It shocked me
at first, but the weather was hot, so I tried it. Now I wouldn't sleep
any other way. More...
Cell Phones
on Sale if You Show Up Naked
A naked Russian woman picks up her free mobile phone in Moscow. Euroset
gave away free mobile phones to people who came to their shop totally naked. More...
CFI Goes
to Florida
CFI's "Nudes in the News" film crew will be in Florida from April 22nd
to the 28th. From the 25th to the 28th we will be at the annual B.E.A.C.H.E.S.
meeting at Haulover Beach, Florida. We ask that all CFI members and guests
available to attend please do. It will be a lot of fun in the sun and a
great chance to meet some of the people behind CFI inlcuding the 22 year
old President of CFI, Cory M. . More...
Cell Phones
on Sale if You Show Up Naked
A naked Russian woman picks up her free mobile phone in Moscow. Euroset
gave away free mobile phones to people who came to their shop totally naked. More...
Soldier
Is Relieved for Streaking on Base
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - A National Guard battalion commander is being relieved
of his command for running naked outside the barracks at Fort Bragg. Lt.
Col. J.D. Webster was one of several soldiers seen streaking on Feb. 18,
the military said. More...
Naked Activists
Strip To Spread Peace
Are you interested in creating a call for peace, naked? The Activist
San Diego Organization will be taking a group photo of naked women who
are posed in a peace symbol or spelling out the word, peace. The event
is scheduled for Sunday, April 6 at 7:15 a.m. at San Diego's only nude
beach, Black's Beach. More...
Exposed
and stark naked -- on purpose
Taking out the garbage on a recent sunny morning, Allan Arnold wore
only his brown leather shoes and gold-rimmed glasses. Nobody batted an
eye at his nakedness. After all, he lives in a gated nudist park that's
so remote and hidden by trees that nobody sees the nudity there by accident.More...
Court's
nude-beach ruling strips couple of $100,000
A couple who backed out of a deal to buy a lakefront property in Kelowna
because nudists sometimes cavorted on a nearby beach have lost their $100,000
down payment, the B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled. More...
Is Nudity
This Spring's New Fashion?
Even jaded members of the French fashion world were taken aback when
avant-garde designer Renault Reno unveiled his latest fashion design --
total nudity. Other than a tattoo of his "RR" logo on the left buttock
of the models, they wore nothing. And the trend is catching on with the
youth across the country. More...
Grin and
bare it
The letter arrives in Mark Roberts' mailbox each time any English soccer
club plays abroad. Sent by the football banning order authority, its directives
are clear: On a designated date, surrender your passport at a local police
station. On game day, sign in at the station as proof that you're in the
country and not at the game. When the team returns, you may pick up your
passport and resume normal life. More...
Naked Aggression
I'm here because there's a lot of power. Women have a lot of power. To
me, this is about women in the flesh embodying peace and truth. It's a
wonderful way to make a statement," declared Jacqueline Hayward of Sebastopol
on Feb. 23. One hundred and three women apparently agreed.More...
Suspect
booked in park nudity
Police booked a Kenner man with two counts of obscenity for allegedly
appearing in Metairie's Lafreniere Park on Tuesday wearing nothing but
his shoes. Officers received a report of a nude man lingering near a shelter
in the park at about 3 p.m., according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's
Office. More...
Naked walk
back in time
FEW
people watching actor David Rubin on stage in Manchester would have known
the naked truth about his hidden past. The man who starred in The Threepenny
Opera at the Contact Theatre just before Christmas had recently finished
the most extraordinary job of his life. More...
Can you
bare naked traveling?
I never knew so many people were so eager to take off their clothes
while traveling. But then came news that "Aviation history is about to
be made" by the first nude flight, from Miami to Cancun aboard - are you
ready for this? - Naked Air. More...
It's a bum
deal
Male nudists have got their dander up over a new law which could see
them jailed for stripping off. The proposed Sexual Offences Bill will make
it a crime to "recklessly expose oneself in public". If it gets the green
light, the statute - now going through the House of Lords - will apply
only to men, who would face up to two years behind bars if convicted.More...
Demystifying
the great organ
The ancient art of genital origami is a franchise just like McDonald's,
according to the Puppetry Of The Penis art-comedy showmen Brett Hartin
and Aaron Bloomfield. But the puppeteers do a better hamburger, Bloomfield
assures. The lively duo will take to the Princess Theatre stage for two
shows tonight as part of their nationwide tour exposing their privates
to the world. More...
India tries
to ban naked women worshippers
Bangalore - Every year, tens of thousands of women gather at a Hindu
temple in southern India and worship in the nude, despite efforts to stop
them. For 17 years, authorities and social reformers have tried to prevent
the devotees from disrobing as they bathe in the Bhadra river and roll
around the temple of the Hindu goddess Renukamba. More...
Skating
With No Tan Lines
In
June of 2001, 40 ckaters gathered in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park for
a nude inline skating photo session organized by Sandy Snakenberg, 1999
world record holder for longest distance skated in 24 hours, and sports
photographer Jack Gescheidt. When I first heard about this event I had
many questions for Sandy. More...
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