The Daily Newds 5/13/09

• Alanis Morisette will reportedly do a nude scene during the next season of "Weeds". Morisette once said, "I'm a leave-the-bathroom-door-open nudist, which is sometimes disconcerting for my friends."
• A 73 year-old sex offender was found hiding under an assumed name at an Arizona nudist venue. He was using an RV with tags registered to the previous owners.
• With all the worry about "stranger danger", it's illuminating to discover that approx. 8000 children were injured by falling televisions in 2007.
• A new book argues makes the case that running in bare feet "may be the kindest thing you every do for your body."
• I really feel terrible for the family of the Ohio girl who committed suicide because she was bullied by her peers over a nude photo she took of herself, but suing the school, the town and some of the students is compounding the tragedy unnecessarily.
• The Texas Senate voted to repeal a $5 per person "admission fee" to strip clubs, which was declared to be unconstitutional, and agreed to replace it with a "new tax" on sexually oriented businesses. And the difference is...?
• Are curvy young women rejecting the "half-starved look" which has been the body ideal for a generation?

  ... the impossibly bouncy paradigm of birdlike frame supporting implausibly big breasts that originated with porn stars — and Barbie — may be on the way out, at least among teenagers. Mind you, what women tell market researchers doesn’t always reflect what they really think. Do women, especially young women, even always understand the fraught cross-currents of reaction that their own — and other women’s — bodies elicit?

• The first streaker has struck Citi Field.
• An ad for Air New Zealand shows pilots and flight attendants wearing nothing but body paint.
• A sexting case in Palm Beach County has resulted in search warrants to the homes of five teens, as well as seizures of cell phones and computers. No charges have yet been filed.
• Vanessa Hudgens, who took a nude photo of herself a couple of years back, is open to doing nude scenes in movies.
• Sexploitation hits a new low in a Latin American show called "Without Breasts There is no Paradise."
• All nudists and naturists laugh at the annual "How to Get in Bikini Shape" article.

The Daily Newds 2/7/08

• While Americans are struggling with issues over normal non-sexual nudity, private sex clubs are legal and thriving in Canada. [ottsun.canoe.ca]
• In Dayton, Ohio, getting nude on stage did not come easily for many in the cast of "Hair".

  "Several of the guys started doing it during the first run-throughs," said Lloyd, a computer systems supervisor for the city of Beavercreek. "The week after, several of the girls removed their tops. Others have gradually joined in. Almost everyone is removing some clothing." [daytondailynews.com]

• Former lap-dancer and screenwriter Diablo Cody bares her soul in her scripts.

  "I feel much more naked as a writer than I did as a stripper,'' she says. "When I was stripping I felt pretty emotionally neutral because it wasn't a massive event in my life.
  
  "But when I watch Juno, there are bits I can only watch through my fingers because I cringe at how personal it is." [independent.ie]

• An Arizona State University woman understands that American society fears the live nude body, but loves the dead mutilated one.

  It would be scary to have generation of kids desensitized to the type of violence seen in movies, especially when it's glorified. Yet I don't see a more casual display of the human body causing issues but instead allowing people to appreciate the body instead of fearing it. [asuwebdevil.com]

• A group of hospice patients in the UK are planning a nude fundraising calendar.

  Imelda, a mum of three, said: "All we know is that we want it doing very tastefully, we are not all young women! None of us have ever done anything like this before so it's quite nerve-racking." [wigantoday.net]

• An art teacher explains the difference between naked and nude.

  "Nakedness is basically being ashamed with your clothes off. Nudity deals with an artistic tradition where you look at the science and the expressiveness of the human body." [sdsucollegian.com]

• A samba group in Rio de Janeiro's Carnival was dropped to second place because its dancing queen paraded naked.

  Viviane Castro, 25, a model and dancer, had lost her original "tapasexo" -- a small triangle of glitter used to cover the most intimate parts. An improvised substitute glued between her legs right before the show also fell off on the parade strip.
  
  She symbolized native Indians as they appeared to the Portuguese. [news.yahoo.com]

• What was the real reason for police seizing those Abercrombie & Fitch posters in Virginia Beach?

  (Police Spokesman Adam) Bernstein said Saturday's police action resulted from complaints by several shoppers in the mall. He also said the ads made it difficult for police to enforce City dress codes, specifically noting teens who wore droopy jeans. [wavy.com]

• A University of Washington student offers advice to both men and women on how to dress to get naked on Valentine's Day. [thedaily.washington.edu]
• Two Charleston galleries are featuring exhibits focusing on the nude. [charlestoncitypaper.com]
• Margaret Cho has advice for people who want to be more confident with their own bodies.

  "I think the best way to get over your body issues is to just flaunt your body at every opportunity." [huffingtonpost.com]

• An advice column on teenagers taking nude photos of themselves makes some good points, but errs when it states that Vanessa Hudgens "nearly ruined her career" with her well-publicized nude. The fact is that the photo elevated her profile worldwide, she was hired by Disney for another "High School Musical" film, is set to star in a new movie "Will", is ready to release a new album of songs, and is a spokesperson for Neutrogena. So much for ruin. [ljworld.com]
• Three women with bodies that most would die for have posed nude to highlight the issue of body hang ups, and the point is completely missed.

  "My feet are too big, my thighs wobble, and my bum isn't toned," she (Bianca Gasgoine) said to Closer. "I wouldn't be happy unless I looked like Angelina Jolie." [femalefirst.co.uk]

• A Conservancy group in Indiana was able to pay $1.5 million for an island, in part with funds raised from the sale of a nude calendar. [wibc.com]

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The Sunday Newds 1/6/08

Catching up after my sick leave...

• China is cracking down on video and audio products which the government deems to be in "bad taste". [Bismarck Tribune]
• A Florida fire chief could lose his job because he distributed photos of a car crash victim with her breasts exposed. The woman did not survive. [Florida Today]
• At Hedonism III, shy guests can choose the prude pool instead of the nude pool. [chron.com]
• Daryl Hannah believes that there are really very few films in which nudity is actually integral to a character's development. [contactmusic.com]
• Victoria Sinclair, the lead anchor for "Naked News", does not believe that stripping down for her job objectifies women.

  "I think these people tend to associate nudity with immorality. I think it's a knee-jerk hangover from our grandparents' values," a fully-clothed Sinclair said in New York this week. "There's nothing sexual about it." [thestar.co.za]

  Vanessa Hudgens has finally gone on the record about her nude photo scandal. [MSNBC.com]
• Kelly Brook is the latest in a long line of celebrities to be photographed topfree on a beach. [The Sun]
• Nude bungee jumpers will take the plunge to benefit the B. C. Schizophrenia Society. [canada.com]
• 30 mothers staged a nurse-in at the Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock, Texas, to protest the removal of artwork depicting a breastfeeding mother and a nude pregnant woman. [theeagle.com]
• Dear Abby advises a woman who is uncomfortable with the fact that her neighbors have a nudist teenager to "hang curtains". [azstarnet.com]
• Here's a quiz to guess the celebrities who were quoted about the subject of breastfeeding in 2007. [Celebrity Baby Blog]
• The world's largest nude polar bear swim took place recently in Vancouver. [news1130]
• If you are ever in Cape Town, be sure to check out the Sandy Bay nude beach in Cape Peninsula National Park. [The Times]
• A 26 year-old Escondido resident called the police when he saw a nude painting on display outside a local art gallery.

  "I want to decide as a parent what my kids see," said Stark, adding that he has two young children. "I don't want that decision made for me." [nctimes.com]

• A nude photography book has been published for the first time in Vietnam. [vietnam.net]
• Patrons at a $500 per plate fundraiser for the March of Dimes were treated to a piece of performance art featuring a woman wearing only a thong being painted gold by an artist. [New York Post]
• A New Zealand naturist has been invited to the Dutch travel expo "Vakantiebeurs 2008" to promote her Wairau Valley park.

  "Dutch people feel comfortable with nudity. They don't have the hang-ups we do." [dompost.co.nz]

• The Socialist People's Party is pushing for women's topfree equality at public pools in Denmark.

  Ninna Thomsen, of the Socialist People's Party, said that Denmark was a liberal country and topless bathing should be allowable in public swimming pools. She also pointed out that sunbathing topless on beaches had been legal for years. [The Copenhagen Post]

• Three women were arrested in Alabama for being nude at a nightclub that features bikini dancing. "They were naked, but they had shoes on I believe," said police Capt. Larry Draughon. [montgomeryadvertiser.com]

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The Daily Newds 10/16/07

• A total of five sexually-oriented businesses are being planned for Fort Worth, and even though residents are upset at the prospect, city officials say that there is nothing they can legally do to prevent them from opening. [star-telegram.com]
• A 17 year-old girl found the unrealistic body images inside a mall store so upsetting that she couldn't wait to leave. [pittsburghlive.com]
• The Barbican Gallery in London has a gallery show called "Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now" which challenges the viewer to walk the fine line between art and pornography. [huliq.com]
• Norwegian teachers and psychologists believe that children should be allowed to express themselves sexually, within certain social boundaries. In America, we would arrest them all as sexual criminals. [aftenposten.no]
• A petition drive in Ohio to put an overreaching strip club law on the ballot has failed, so it is now illegal to shake hands with an exotic dancer. [zanesvilletimesrecorder.com]
• Dutch authorities are in the process of screening off a nudist beach so passengers on a temporary ferry are shielded from the view of naked bodies. [expatica.com]
• Vanessa Hudgens apparently made a good career move by posing for that naked photo that everyone has now seen at least ten times. [transworldnews.com]
• The nipple police are on the move in Daytona Beach. [msnbc.msn.com]
• YouPorn is doing major damage to the adult entertainment industry. [portfolio.com]
  
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