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  • October 2008

    • Paris Festival Unveils 'Feminist' Pornos

      Guardian (UK)  |  Oct 12, 08 11:15 AM CDT

      Paris Festival Unveils 'Feminist' Pornos

      (Newser) - A group of French intellectuals is staging Paris’ first pornographic film festival in an attempt to integrate hardcore erotica into mainstream cinema, the Guardian reports. Many argue the "feminism-friendly" videos are revolutionary, despite names like Strap-on Motel and Post-Apocalyptic Cowgirls . "For women it can be a sort of empowerment,” insisted a self-described “pro-sex feminist” festival organizer. More »

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      France  • Paris  • pornography  • feminism  • nudity

  • September 2008

    • LiLo Turns Down Playboy

      New York Post  |  Sep 5, 08 11:00 AM CDT

      LiLo Turns Down Playboy

      (Newser) - Lindsay Lohan has turned down an offer to pose for a $700,000 topless photo shoot for Playboy 's 55th anniversary issue, the New York Post reports. The mag's creative directors had hoped she'd pose in tribute to '60s sexpot Ann-Margret and her film Kitten With a Whip , but her rep told them: "If there's nudity, then the answer's no." LiLo caused a stir last year with a naked photo shoot as Marilyn Monroe. More »

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      celebrity  • Lindsay Lohan  • nudity  • Playboy

  • August 2008

    • Swimmer Takes Fur Protest to Beijing

      AFP  |  Aug 6, 08 1:13 PM CDT

      Swimmer Takes Fur Protest to Beijing

      (Newser) - Amanda Beard became the first athlete to protest at the Olympic Games today, revealing a huge nude photo of herself outside the athlete’s village in Beijing. Eschewing Darfur or Tibet, the US swimmer blasted fur clothing in the ad for PETA. “The Olympics are a great forum for me to use to get my message out,” Beard said. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • Olympic protests  • PETA  • nudity  • Amanda Beard

  • July 2008

    • Is Stripping Performance Art?

      Associated Press  |  Jul 28, 08 12:00 PM CDT

      Is Stripping Performance Art?

      (Newser) - Iowa doesn't have all-nude strip clubs—but it does have performing arts centers where women dance naked. Now the loophole in the state's public indecent exposure law that allows nude dancing at "art centers" is under attack in Hamburg (pop. 1,200), reports the AP. More »

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      art  • Iowa  • nudity  • stripper  • strip club  • stripping

    • New Yorkers Bullish on Bare Market

      New York Post  |  Jul 21, 08 2:17 PM CDT

      New Yorkers Bullish on Bare Market

      (Newser) - Naked dinner, yoga in the buff and comedy clubs au naturel are turning the Big Apple into Nude York City, the New York Post reports. One New Yorker rents out restaurants for monthly nude dinner parties—the motto for a group often numbering 50 is “no hot soup”—while a midtown studio has a devoted following for its twice-weekly naked yoga classes. More »

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      New York City  • nudity  • trend  • public nudity  • yoga

    • Court Tosses Super Bowl Fine

      Broadcasting & Cable  |  Jul 21, 08 1:27 PM CDT

      Court Tosses Super Bowl Fine

      (Newser) - A federal appeals court today threw out the FCC $550,000 fine against CBS for Janet Jackson’s infamous 2004 “wardrobe malfunction.” The decency watchdogs were found to have acted arbitrarily in changing their policy of not punishing fleeting nudity, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The court separately said the network couldn’t be held "vicariously liable" for the halftime breast-baring—that is, liable for something it didn't plan and could not foresee. More »

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      television  • FCC  • nudity  • Justin Timberlake  • Janet Jackson  • indecency  • wardrobe malfunction

    • New Swimsuits Unfair; Stick to Birthday Suits

      Bloomberg  |  Jul 8, 08 8:08 AM CDT

      New Swimsuits Unfair; Stick to Birthday Suits

      (Newser) - No sporting record lasts forever, but these days, writes Bloomberg columnist Scott Soshnick, athletes are demolishing them with almost ridiculous frequency. At the US Olympic swimming trials this year, no fewer than nine records were broken or equaled—a function less of talent than of technology. Perhaps it's time to return to the old Olympic tradition of competing nude, which would level the playing field—not to mention boost ratings. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • swimming  • nudity  • athletics  • Speedo LZR Racer  • swimsuit

  • June 2008

    • Famous Nudie Beach Under Fire

      Associated Press  |  Jun 17, 08 1:40 PM CDT

      Famous Nudie Beach Under Fire

      (Newser) - Sunbathers at one of the nation’s most famous nude beaches may be forced to put their clothes on, the AP reports. South Cove in Vermont is considered destination traveling for nudists, but locals are petitioning for a town ordinance against nudity. “It’s about common public decency,” said one petitioner. Nudists shouldn't "prance around like a puffed up chicken in front of my kids and think it's OK." More »

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      nudity  • Vermont  • public nudity  • petition

  • May 2008

    • Construction Oglers Get an Eyeful

      New Zealand Herald  |  May 23, 08 6:29 PM CDT

      Construction Oglers Get an Eyeful

      (Newser) - Some wolfish construction workers got an eyeful of a sheep without clothing, the New Zealand Herald reports, when a female Israeli tourist apparently fed up with their whistling got naked as she used an ATM in downtown Kerikeri. "She gave the explanation that she had been pestered by New Zealand men," a local policeman said. "She's not an unattractive looking lady." More »

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      tourism  • sexism  • New Zealand  • nudity  • ATM  • public nudity

    • Vt. Town Sheds Inhibitions, Puts Them Back On

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 19, 08 5:45 PM CDT

      Vt. Town Sheds Inhibitions, Puts Them Back On

      (Newser) - Whether shopping, bicycling, hula-hooping, or demonstrating for PETA, people in Brattleboro, Vt., have witnessed a rash of nakedness, the Wall Street Journal reports. Public nudity is generally legal in Vermont, but a spontaneous act of nakedness by three 20-year-olds two summers ago sparked a trend that made many residents uncomfortable and prompted passage of a ban. More »

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      PETA  • nudity  • Vermont  • public nudity  • fine  • indecent exposure  • legislature  • Brattleboro, Vt.

    • Male Nudity? Cue the Nervous Laughter

      Chicago Tribune  |  May 11, 08 6:05 PM CDT

      Male Nudity? Cue the Nervous Laughter

      (Newser) - Penises are in the Hollywood spotlight these days, with both Forgetting Sarah Marshall and the new Harold & Kumar offering full-frontal male nudity. They’re guaranteed to get a nervous laugh because there’s still an uncomfortable shock to seeing one on the big screen, writes Laura Hodes in the Chicago Tribune . "It is almost a permanent adolescent reaction that is built into American movies,” says one film prof. More »

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      movie  • film  • nudity  • Judd Apatow  • Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay  • Sarah Marshall  • penis

  • April 2008

    • Bill Would Defend Troops From Incoming Playmates

      Military Times  |  Apr 23, 08 9:12 AM CDT

      Bill Would Defend Troops From Incoming Playmates

      (Newser) - A Republican lawmaker wants to keep America's fighting men and women out of harm's way—the harm he says is caused by exposure to incoming copies of Playboy and Penthouse . The Military Honor and Decency Act sponsored by Georgia congressman Paul Broun would tighten existing laws to prevent the magazines from being sold on military bases, reports the Military Times . More »

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      pornography  • Defense Department  • nudity  • Playboy  • Penthouse

    • Naked Truth in Cheney Shades?

      McClatchy Newspapers  |  Apr 11, 08 1:02 PM CDT

      Naked Truth in Cheney Shades?

      (Newser) - The man who famously shot his hunting partner may have another leisure-sport scandal on his hands—this time involving the image of a naked woman. Bloggers are obsessively analyzing a close-up photo released by the White House of Dick Cheney fly fishing, because of racy image that appears to be reflected in his sunglasses, McClatchy reports. More »

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      Dick Cheney  • photography  • fishing  • weird  • nudity  • blogosphere

    • LiLo Going Full Frontal for $40K

      Sun (UK)  |  Apr 10, 08 12:48 PM CDT

      LiLo Going Full Frontal for $40K

      (Newser) - Lindsay Lohan wants to bare the full monty in an upcoming flick where she's making a paltry $40,000 to play a nymphomaniac waitress. The sex scene only required a topless shot but she asked for the direction change so she could prove she was a "mature actress," the Sun reports.  More »

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      Los Angeles  • Lindsay Lohan  • nudity  • independent film  • acting career