The Daily Newds

• Seems like most of the naked news comes out of the UK. A man has appeared in court on charges of indecent exposure when a neighbor spotted him mowing his lawn in the nude.
• A London ballet entitled "Hell" features 8 completely nude dancers. The critic comes to the conclusion that the nudity becomes quite ordinary, which is what naturists have been saying for years.

  Despite copious, and conspicuous, jiggly bits, the nudity wasn't erotic, or snigger-inducing, or in any way offensive, just a blurring canvas of pink/ beige tones. It seemed, after a while, almost ordinary, and only fleetingly hinting at the terrifying vision you'd expect from a dance work unequivocally entitled Hell and which references ideas from Dante's Inferno. It's often the way with stage nudity. A glimpse of bosom or buttock raises both eyebrow and pulse, while long stretches of the buff soon pall.

• Body image roundup: Hollywood seems to be finally embracing the full-figured woman; the number of American women getting breast implants has quadrupled in the last decade; a woman has written a book about the mysterious power of the female breast in "Stacked: A 32DDD Reports from the Front"; and A Brief History of the Breast shows us that the current sexualization of the mammary glands is culture specific.
• A New York state senator has reintroduced The Breastfeeding Bill of Rights.
• Australia's Gold Coast Art Expo is highlighting freedom of expression.

  In a twist, this year’s Expo is being billed as an adults-only affair, with body painting and nude models posing for sketches. Up to 200 artists will wear costumes and masks to add to the creative, 'masquerade' atmosphere. “Promoting in such a liberal environment introduces a whole new set of rules,” says Andriani, “ones that insist that the creator has free reign to negotiate their own business (and) re-gain responsibility and pride of spirit.”

• Naked Nudism takes on the weighty issue of the government regulation of indecency.

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