The Sunday Newds 1/18/09

• Plans for installing surveillance cameras on a nude beach in Australia have been scrapped in favor of an increased police presence to deter sexual behavior.
• An Irish woman recalls the "lady with a stick" who used unorthodox means to enforce dress codes in a church.

  My skirt had obviously risen just above my knees as I was sitting down. Our friend chastised me verbally for my immodesty in church. I tried to move away but she moved over after me and whacked my legs with her stick. My son took grave exception to this and bawled so I had to leave. I missed the whole event.

• The Birmingham Museum of Art is presenting Body Image: American Art and the Human Form through May 9, 2009.

  "The human body has been an important subject for artistic expression from prehistoric times," says Graham Boettcher, PhD, William Cary Hulsey Curator of American Art at the Birmingham Museum of Art. "The most fundamental training for any artist long consisted of the study of anatomy and life drawing."

• Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Brett Keisel would gladly trade full frontal nudity for another Super Bowl ring, no questions asked.
• Strapped Los Angeles homeowners are opening their doors to movies, commercials and porn shoots to pay the mortgage. Amazingly, according to the IRS, if the shooting lasts less than 15 days it's tax free, so the government is subsidizing porn.
• A US couple has been released from a Brazilian jail pending trial. They have been accused of sexually abusing children at a "nudist colony".
• Oscar de la Renta says that Hillary Clinton is "prudish about the type of clothes she likes to wear."
• "Art jamming" is a group painting session in Ireland where an instructor brings all the needed materials to a home or place of business so people can exercise their creativity in familiar settings. The "art jam" can be arranged for private parties, corporate events and festivals, and for "hen parties" a nude male can be provided as a subject.

Tags: nudism, naturism, nudist, nudists, naturist, naturists, nudity, nudes, bare, au naturel, nude, naked

Nudist Couple Charged With Child Sex Abuse

A Brazilian judge has indicted a U.S. couple of abusing children at a Brazilian nudist "colony". Also indicted were a Brazilian couple and the parents of three boys who were allegedly abused. Apparently hundreds of photos were found as evidence. The children were from poor areas and it is reported that money was exchanged for the right to abuse the boys.

Make no mistake. These people are not nudists, they are child predators who were living in a nudist resort. Child predators can be priests, scoutmasters, teachers, coaches or anyone from any walk of life. Unfortunately, people are already suspicious of nudists in the first place, and this horrible situation only further erodes the efforts of organizations such as AANR or TNS to promote family-safe nudism/naturism.

If these people are guilty, lock them up and throw away the key. Abusing children is the most heinous of all crimes and cannot be tolerated by anyone, anywhere, anytime.

Tags: nudism, naturism, nudist, nudists, naturist, naturists, nudity, nudes, bare, au naturel, nude, naked

The Weekend Newds 10/27/07

• No Name Key in Florida is still without electricity, and apparently also without clothes. [bradenton.com]
• Getting totally naked was not enough for one fan to win tickets to see Led Zeppelin. [digitalspy.co.uk]
• An woman finds new terminology to measure the decreasing size of her breasts. [thestar.com]
• A New Zealand naturists club is holding an open weekend (includes video link). [stuff.co.nz]
• The state of Utah is considering legislation that would censor material on the Internet. [kutv.com]
• "Dear Annie" advises a woman to "Lock the bathroom door and make sure you have a robe with you" when her husband tries to take nude photos of her. [creators.com]
• The prima ballerina of the Korea National Ballet has been docked a month's pay for appearing nude in a fashion magazine. [english.chosun.com]
• A group of Brazilian oil workers stripped naked to protest discriminatory policy in the company's retirement plan. [brazzilmag.com]
• A judge has fined a Barcelona man who likes to stroll about the streets in the nude because "others also have the right not to see him without clothes". [thinkspain.com]
• Actor's Equity has strict rules regarding nudity that stage producers must abide by. [backstage.com]
• Before he was James Bond, Sean Connery was a nude artist's model. [dailymail.co.uk]
• Travelodge reports that nude sleepwalking is up 700% in Britain. [uk.reuters.com]
• The city of Opa-locka in Florida is considering a law against sagging pants and exposed underwear. "It's not decent. It's not respectful. Showing your butt sends a terrible message," said Commissioner Timothy Holmes, the measure's sponsor. [orlandosentinel.com]
• Queensland Premier Anna Bligh considers the bare-breasted women on balconies to be more dangerous than the auto racing at the Indy motorsport festival. [brisbanetimes.com]
• A writer signals the dawn of the "New Nude Tourism" and lists the best places to let it all hang out. [canada.com]
• The Getty Center is offering "In Focus: The Nude" which traces the use of nudes in photography since the early 1800s. [ocregister.com]
• An Australian barmaid was fined for crushing beer cans between her bare breasts. [news.com.au]
• Does James Lipton really have a nude portrait of Miss Scarlet from Clue? "I am proud to say that the poster, the chair and the astonishing woman in it are still in my living room?" [eonline.com]
• A conservative commentator thinks that nude protesters are dumb and selfish. [news.com.au]

Tags: nudism, naturism, nudist, nudists, naturist, naturists, nudity, nudes, bare, au naturel, nude, naked