Friday, April 21, 2006

The Daily Newds

  • A Berkeley man has been arrested for doing carpentry in the nude. Hope he wasn't using a power saw.
  • Three hundred Spaniards will strip for photographer Spencer Tunick.
  • Mexican farmers stage naked or nearly naked protest.
  • Baylor University threatens expulsion to any student posing nude for Playboy magazine.
  • Gay artist is outraged at the lack of disrespect people have for his sculpture's penis.
  • Exhibition at the National Gallery of Scotland tells the story of the female nude.
  • Developer tries to get approval for a nudist resort near St. Louis, Missouri.
  • In Idaho, nude art has been banned from a student show. What is art without the human figure? Here's another article on the controversy.
  • The World Naked Bike Ride is June 10. Be there and be bare, if you dare. Here's the official link.
  • In Australia, bare midriffs on cheerleaders have been banned because it is feared that a girl with a poor body image might be more prone to anorexia if she exposes her belly. This has to be the stupidist rule I've ever heard of. What's next? Girls with chubby cheeks wearing hoods? Geez.
  • What's up with all those actresses getting naked, while at the same time others are balking at the opportunity?
  • Two Swarthmore College seniors call for students to get naked this summer. Another sign that attitudes are indeed changing regarding normal nudity and body acceptance.
  • At age 49, a Meijer cashier in Detroit has found what she was born to do as a nude artist's model.

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