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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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Invercargill Streaker Auctions Socks For Charity
Stuff.co.nz reports that the male streaker who ran nude in sub-zero temperatures at an Invercargill rugby match recently has auctioned off his socks for charity. A pair of socks worn by the nude pitch invader was auctioned on the Trade Me website last month with the funds supposedly going to the Winton Volunteer Fire Brigade.…
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More Streaking Articles
In the wake of Mark Roberts’ ASBO escape, the Independent has featured a general article on the history of streaking. Police wanted to slap on Asbo on our most prolific streaker. Magistrates said no. So it’s official: public exposure is part of our culture. Instead of being outraged when a sports event is interrupted by…
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The End of Mark Roberts’ Streaking Career?
The Guardian reports that serial streaker Mark Roberts has avoided being given an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) by a British court following his streak at a golf event last year. The district judge ruled that Roberts’ behaviour was annoying but not anti-social. Mark’s lawyers say he’s turned over a new “fig leaf” and won’t be…
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Minus 3 Degree Streak
A pre-season rugby game in Invercargill, New Zealand saw a streaker brave the minus 3 degree temperatures to do a nude run across the field. The lack of security at the small game meant he ran the length of the field. There were only 300 people at the game, but, thanks to the Southland Times,…
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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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Wimbledon Fights Court Invaders
The Observer notes that officials at Wimbledon are concerned about “unwelcome intrusions” from birds, mice and… streakers. It discusses last year’s court streaker who interrupted the women’s quarter final. Last year, Maria Sharapova was startled by a streaker who leapt on to Centre Court during her quarter-final against Elena Dementieva. She averted her gaze as…
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Naked But For A Green Wig
Here’s a streaker at McMahon stadium in Calgary, Canada, running through a football game wearing only a green wig. He jumped two fences to get onto the field. According to the Calgary Sun: Despite the roar of an approving crowd, security staff failed to follow him as he travelled through the endzone, climbed a chain-link…
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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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The ‘Mankini’ Streaker
Looks like we have a new fashion when it comes to streaking. Never mind full nudity, today’s fashionable streaker goes for the “mankini”, the one-piece swimsuit made famous by Borat. This became apparent at an AFL game in Darwin on Saturday night when a rangy tattooed man ran onto the field during the Western Bulldogs…
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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…
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30 Years of Streaking Photos
I found this page on the BBC website featuring some of the more famous streaking photos from the last thirty years, including Michael O’Brien, Erica Roe and Mark Roberts.
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