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Article On Skinny Dipping
Slightly off-topic but I thought I’d post this because I enjoyed reading it. Welcome to No Wear – an article about the joy of skinny dipping. So what is it, this compulsion to swim in the nude? Is it a rite of passage, a coming-of-age ritual with roots in antiquity, a resounding V sign to…
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The Waning Power Of Nudity
The Economist has an opinion piece suggesting that nudity has lost the power to shock. It follows in the wake of the Greenpeace sponsored Spencer Tunick nude photo on a glacier in the Alps. The uproar that greeted a naked album-cover picture of John Lennon and Yoko Ono at the end of the 1960s would…
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600 Get Naked On A Glacier
Greenpeace has rounded up 600 volunteers willing to strip naked and stand on a glacier for the environment. The organisation hired famed nude photographer Spencer Tunick to take the photos which will be used on billboards about global warming. The glacier itself is in the Alps and is slowly melting due to increasing temperatures. It’s…
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Penis Pops Up In Nude Gardeners’ Photo
The Wiltshire Gazette & Herald in the UK has made a slip-up when publishing a photo of a nude gardening day held at Abbey House Gardens. While most of the nudity in the photo is covered with cartoon flower pots, a penis managed to get past the censors, embarrassing the editor. “Unfortunately, how shall I…
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Running Of The Nudes
Animal rights activists have once again conducted a nude protest against Spain’s Running of the Bulls which starts Friday. On Thursday hundreds of activists stripped nude and donned red plastic horns and red bandannas to oppose the event. It was organised by PETA which is campaigning against bullfighting in Spain. More info.
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Naked Rambler Back In Prison
Naked Rambler and nudist activist Steven Gough continues his crusade to be nude in public, and it’s landed him back in jail. Gough was released from Edinburgh’s Saughton jail after finishing a previous sentence for public nudity. He insisted on leaving the prison naked and was subsequently arrested again. This is the seventh time it’s…
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Nudity on the Solstice
A Latvian town will mark the Summer Solstice this year with a naked run through the streets. “The nude run is for everybody, no matter their gender, age or race,” Ilze Dambite-Damberga, of the city council in the western town of Kuldiga, told AFP. “One can wear shoes or sneakers, as long as they don’t…
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World Naked Bike Ride
Well, it appears that this year’s World Naked Bike Ride was a huge success, with thousands of nude cyclists turning out across the globe to protest the world’s dependence on oil. Some news reports: Cyclists stage cheeky protest – Halifax News, Canada Brace cyclists go naked to promote greener transport – The Argus, UK Naked…
Streakerama: The Streaking Site
A site about streakers and streaking