The Weekend Newds 2/1/08

• The 16th annual African-American art exhibit in Morristown, New Jersey, is still a censored show.

  Two pieces featuring full frontal nudity were voluntarily withdrawn..."We edited the works to make sure this is a family-friendly show," said Vicki Craig, a teacher in the Morris School District. But mixing art and government always has a volatile potential, said artists. [nj.com]

• Journalist Dawn Porter is taking off her clothes for a BBC television show.

  In the first programme, Dawn Gets Naked, she explores the intricacies and phobias of female body image by hosting a naked flashmob in central London, going to a life-drawing class, visiting a burlesque show and finding out what it's like to be airbrushed. [tvscoop.tv]

• Participants on "Make Me a Supermodel" find out what it takes first-hand to be a nude art model. [blog.meevee.com]
• What's up with all these lawsuits over police strip-searches? Here's another one. [wltx.com]
• "Dear Prudence" advises a husband with a wife who won't sleep naked with him to "Drop the discussion and let it go". [slate.com]
• In Berlin, lingerie models are wearing so little they might as well be nude. [metro.co.uk]
• The Sex Workers Art Show is becoming an annual event at the College of William and Mary.

  (Organizer Mea) Geizhals says bringing it to the college is a not to glorify sex and explains, "It's not an erotic show. There's nudity in the show and there are parts that are raunchy, but it's all for a very specific purpose." [wavy.com]

• Lily Allen's brother Alfie showed off his newly trimmed pubic hair in his "Equus" debut. [holymoly.co.uk]
• Philadelphia area college students are planning a semi-nude run so people can take off their clothes and donate them to charity. [thetriangle.org]
• A New Zealand man wonders if enthusiasm for breastfeeding has gone too far.

  After a quick exam and quiz on nutrition, the doctor got down to business. He had my wife unbutton her shirt and instructed her how to use her forefinger and thumb to "express" a dollop of milk onto his finger.
  
  And then he licked it. "Sweet," he said. Whereupon he extended a finger to me. I declined. [stuff.co.nz]

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