The Sunday Newds 1/13/08

• Blues musician Tinsley Ellis once performed in front of a nudist group.

  "It got cold at night and I sold every T-shirt I had. What a sight -- people walking around wearing my image on a T-shirt -- and nothing else! What a business!" [heraldtribune.com]

• Did you know that Saturday was the 7th annual no pants subway ride? [abc4.com]
• KT Tunstall is the latest celebrity to admit to a clothes-free lifestyle. [ecorazzi.com]
• An artist tries to explain to the chairperson of a community art show that "nude is not lewd" when her nude paintings are rejected for being "erotic".

  "You just don't get it, do you?" the Chairperson states.
  
  "No, as a matter of fact, I don't," The Artist retorts. She points to a painting of an apple. "Look at the breastly shape of that apple. Look at the stem pointing out. Do you find that erotic, because some people will. You should take that one down." [dallasnews.com]

• A survey of Canadian women suggests that a positive body image equals a better sex life. [cbc.ca]
• A commentator in Florida supports the "droopy drawers" legislation imposing penalties on students who show a little underwear.

  Maybe we can't legislate morality, but we ought to impose standards, and when these are encroached upon, enforce social or legal sanctions. [orlandosentinel.com]

• It is reported that when Britney Spears confronted police during a custody struggle, she was naked except for wearing a pair of panties. [bostonherald.com]
• A poorly worded Florida ordinance could technically ban nudist resorts.

  The definition for specified anatomical areas is lengthy, but basically says that an adult business is one where having genitals, buttocks or female breasts are fully exposed or covered only with paint, tape or other devices that give the appearance of nudity is central to the enterprise. [tbo.com]

• A Florida high school student was given two days detention for wearing sweat pants with the Playboy name and logo on them.

  "I just think it should be clear in the (dress code) handbook," she said. "Either that or they should go to uniforms. I did not wake up in the morning looking for trouble . . . it's just a pair of pants." [azcentral.com]

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