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Sunday, May 31, 2015

The latest Nudes in the News (5/30/15)

The naked truth at UCSD: Art professor explains exercise that caught international attention
imageDespite the snickers, innuendos and indignation that surrounded the sudden national attention on their class, a group of UC San Diego arts students performed in the nude before their also-nude professor this week. The performances in professor Ricardo Dominguez’ visual arts class, known in the UCSD catalog as VIS 104A, have gone on for 11 years without much notice and with no complaints. Things dramatically changed, however, when the mother...More...

Photo Gallery: 2015 Bay to Breakers was "bananas"
image The 104th Bay to Breakers run — or frolic — from the downtown to Ocean Beach on Sunday lived up to its rich history of colorful costumes, nakedness and general eccentricity, all in the name of San Francisco-flavored fun. This year’s annual race course-long party brought the usual animal and banana onesies, Waldos and people wearing nothing but backpacks — but also the latest trends in The City. For example, one group of ladies came up with the idea to wear Uber signs around their necks and mini inflatable pools...More...

High Schooler Lauren Wiggins' Letter Nails Exactly What's Wrong With School Dress Codes
image Canadian teenager whose outfit was called "a sexual distraction" at school is speaking out against what she calls an unjust "double-standard" that exists with school dress codes -- and the general policing of women and girls' bodies everywhere. Lauren Wiggins, a senior at Harrison Trimble High School in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, was given detention Monday for wearing a floor-length halter dress to school; she was later given a one-day suspension...More...

Balboa Park: Nudists haven in 1935-6
image Zoro Garden was a top draw at the California Pacific International Exposition in 1935, attracting about 360,000 attendees to the 20-minute “Ceremony of the Sun God” show run five times daily (not counting people looking through peepholes in the wooden fence). It was the home of a nudist colony of about 20 “glorious healthy young men and women” who lolled about in the sun, played volleyball and celebrated “nudist living,”...More...

Doncaster nudist festival kicks-off
image A long awaited week-long nudist festival will bare all in Doncaster today. The sleepy Doncaster village of Wroot will be inundated with crowds of people in the NUDE for a naturist festival which gets underway today. Nudists from across the country will be stripping off to enjoy barbecues in the buff, naked darts and nude yoga at the week-long event. Long-time naturist Angie Cox, 34, will be among those getting her kit off at the Nudestock Festival...More...

Scores strip off for Portsmouth World Naked Bike Ride
image The cyclists rode in a loop from the beach huts opposite Coffee Cup in Southsea, along the seafront and to The Hard, where they stopped for a break to hand out leaflets. They then rode through the city back to the beach. There were about 80 participants. Almost all of them were men and most came from other parts of the country. Ride marshall was Simon Terry, 45, from Folkestone in Kent. He said the Portsmouth World Naked Bike Ride aimed to foster a stronger and safer cycling culture...More...

Adventure company fined for allowing tourist to strip off for NAKED bungee jump
image An adventure company in Thailand has been fined after allowing a tourist to strip off for a naked bungee jump. The tourist from Hong Kong was visiting Chang Mai when she signed up for the jump at X Centre Bungee Jump at Mae Rim. The video was posted online and police were informed after it went viral on Thai social media sitesThe woman, reportedly a model, originally said she would jump in her bikini, but reportedly took off her clothes and jumped before staff could stop her...More...

UCSD teacher recieves first annonymous parent complaint after 11 years of "Visual Arts: Performing the Self"
image Professor of "Visual Arts: Performing the Self" at UCSD for 11 years receives first anonymous complaints about Nude Final. Past students have chimed in on this, comments are a must read. "...it may be difficult to understand for those who have never taken this class or experienced anything like this, it wasn't as racy or "porn"-y as this article makes it out to be. This class did exactly what it was supposed to, create dialogue! ...More...

Public nudity ban OK’d by Sacramento committee
image Walking naked along Sacramento streets may soon be outlawed, as Sacramento officials on Tuesday advanced an amendment to the city’s public nudity ordinance. Under current law, nudity is prohibited in parks, playgrounds, beaches and nearby waters, leaving nudity on a sidewalk perfectly legal. The City Law and Legislation Committee voted unanimously to send an ordinance prohibiting public nudity to...More...

Penticton Nudists Sued By Property Owner For Trespassing
imageFor years, Cary Pinkowski has had a view of more than he bargained for, and now he's suing nudists who have been allegedly trespassing on his waterfront property in Penticton, B.C. Pinkowksi's company, Hermitage Vineyards, filed a lawsuit last week against six people, reported Castanet. The property owner said he's been trying to stop nudists from trespassing on his land at Three Mile Beach...More...

Get ready for ‘nakation’ on clothing-optional cruises
Well, this certainly makes packing easier. Sunscreen will be essential but clothing optional on a cruise that sets sail from Port Everglades in November. Up to 3,000 people will float through the Caribbean in their birthday suits for seven nights. Want to soak up the sun in the buff? Want to dance topless in the disco? Go for it.The cruise, organized by Bliss Management of Coral Springs, Fla., is part of a growing clothing-optional tourism industry — everything from cruises and organized tour ...More...

Tips for gardening in the nude on World Naked Gardening Day
image Spring is a perfect time to work in your garden, but seeing as the weather looks especially beautiful this weekend, why not take the opportunity to garden in the buff? It might sound odd, but you wouldn't be alone. Saturday is World Naked Gardening Day, an annual event that encourages people to weed, plant and trim in the nude...More...

Toplessness in Venice: 'Clothing optional' is OK with readers
image Venice Beach wants another go at nude sunbathing, a practice forbidden in the city and county of Los Angeles. But judging by the letters to the editor we received, the law might be out of step with the people on this.The reaction from readers to a Venice Neighborhood Council motion asking to be exempted from local laws on toplessness ranged from accepting shrugs to a few letters saying Venice faces more pressing concerns...More...

The Powerful Reason Why An Art Student Chose To Sit Blindfolded And Almost Naked On Campus
image With headphones covering her ears and a blindfold on her face, 22-year-old Monika Rostvold spent 45 minutes on Monday morning sitting almost naked on the steps of the Alkek Library on the Texas State University campus. Social media platforms like Snapchat and Twitter were soon abuzz with photos and video of Rostvold, and websites geared towards college-aged men were quick to comment on the woman’s behavior. ...More...

Penticton naturist group baring it all against cancer
image It was a small group that gathered at Three Mile Beach on April 25 for a photo shoot to raise awareness for testicular cancer, but they went through with it, stripping down and grabbing a ball — beach ball, that is — to pose in front of the camera. “It’s about testicular cancer awareness. It’s to promote every man to check himself at least once a month for testicular cancer,” said Dustin Wolchina...More...

Saturday, May 16, 2015

The latest Nudes in the News (5/15/2015)

UCSD teacher recieves first annonymous parent complaint after 11 years of "Visual Arts: Performing the Self"
image Professor of "Visual Arts: Performing the Self" at UCSD for 11 years receives first anonymous complaints about Nude Final. Past students have chimed in on this, comments are a must read. "...it may be difficult to understand for those who have never taken this class or experienced anything like this, it wasn't as racy or "porn"-y as this article makes it out to be. This class did exactly what it was supposed to, create dialogue! ...More...

Public nudity ban OK’d by Sacramento committee
image Walking naked along Sacramento streets may soon be outlawed, as Sacramento officials on Tuesday advanced an amendment to the city’s public nudity ordinance. Under current law, nudity is prohibited in parks, playgrounds, beaches and nearby waters, leaving nudity on a sidewalk perfectly legal. The City Law and Legislation Committee voted unanimously to send an ordinance prohibiting public nudity to...More...

Penticton Nudists Sued By Property Owner For Trespassing
imageFor years, Cary Pinkowski has had a view of more than he bargained for, and now he's suing nudists who have been allegedly trespassing on his waterfront property in Penticton, B.C. Pinkowksi's company, Hermitage Vineyards, filed a lawsuit last week against six people, reported Castanet. The property owner said he's been trying to stop nudists from trespassing on his land at Three Mile Beach...More...

Get ready for ‘nakation’ on clothing-optional cruises
Well, this certainly makes packing easier. Sunscreen will be essential but clothing optional on a cruise that sets sail from Port Everglades in November. Up to 3,000 people will float through the Caribbean in their birthday suits for seven nights. Want to soak up the sun in the buff? Want to dance topless in the disco? Go for it.The cruise, organized by Bliss Management of Coral Springs, Fla., is part of a growing clothing-optional tourism industry — everything from cruises and organized tour ...More...

Tips for gardening in the nude on World Naked Gardening Day
image Spring is a perfect time to work in your garden, but seeing as the weather looks especially beautiful this weekend, why not take the opportunity to garden in the buff? It might sound odd, but you wouldn't be alone. Saturday is World Naked Gardening Day, an annual event that encourages people to weed, plant and trim in the nude...More...

Toplessness in Venice: 'Clothing optional' is OK with readers
image Venice Beach wants another go at nude sunbathing, a practice forbidden in the city and county of Los Angeles. But judging by the letters to the editor we received, the law might be out of step with the people on this.The reaction from readers to a Venice Neighborhood Council motion asking to be exempted from local laws on toplessness ranged from accepting shrugs to a few letters saying Venice faces more pressing concerns...More...

The Powerful Reason Why An Art Student Chose To Sit Blindfolded And Almost Naked On Campus
image With headphones covering her ears and a blindfold on her face, 22-year-old Monika Rostvold spent 45 minutes on Monday morning sitting almost naked on the steps of the Alkek Library on the Texas State University campus. Social media platforms like Snapchat and Twitter were soon abuzz with photos and video of Rostvold, and websites geared towards college-aged men were quick to comment on the woman’s behavior. ...More...

Penticton naturist group baring it all against cancer
image It was a small group that gathered at Three Mile Beach on April 25 for a photo shoot to raise awareness for testicular cancer, but they went through with it, stripping down and grabbing a ball — beach ball, that is — to pose in front of the camera. “It’s about testicular cancer awareness. It’s to promote every man to check himself at least once a month for testicular cancer,” said Dustin Wolchina...More...

Britain's naked village: Meet the people
image Spielplatz in Hertfordshire looks like any other sleepy little village, but there's something very different about it. Everyone in the village, which is in the heart of London’s commuter belt, lives their live totally naked. The outwardly quaint suburb is home to one of Britain’s oldest naturist colonies. And while you don't have to be a naturist to live there, the community might shun you if you decide to wear clothes....More...

Ignorance apparently bliss for some 'nudists'
Last week while perusing the web I happened across a rather appalling example of a "nudist" blog hosted at the microblogging and social networking website Tumblr. I had long believed that there no longer existed anything at Tumblr that could possibly surprise me yet I was proven wrong by the discovery of Libertine Nudist Couple...More...

Venice Beach Council wants Women to be able to Sunbathe Topless again!
image Forty years ago, a cadre of Venice Beach sunbathers routinely basked in the altogether. The Venice Neighborhood Council thinks the time is ripe to take a half-step back to that time of physical freedom. In a 12-2 vote Tuesday, the council said it "supports women being afforded the same rights as men to sunbathe topless." The city and county of Los Angeles prohibit nude or topless sunbathing. Venice council community would draft letters to Councilman Mike Bonin, Mayor Eric Garcetti and the County Board of Supervisors....More...

World's Best Beach Holidays (Without the Resorts!!!)
image There are beaches, and there are beach resorts. They might sound as if they go together like airports and boredom, like LAX and a pat-down – you could easily think that if you wanted to spend a week by the sand you'd have to spend it in a huge hotel with a buffet breakfast and a kids club. But that doesn't have to be the case. Some of us don't like resort life. I'm not a fan of lying by pools and I don't really like huge crowds....More...

Nude Beer Festival Bare Beach Beer Bash returns to the Poconos this summer!!
image If you’ve never enjoyed a beer in the buff, the time has come to drop your duds and have some suds — courtesy of the Bare Beach Beer Bash. The annual festival will make its return to the Poconos’ Sunny Rest “clothes-free” resort Saturday, June 27 for an afternoon of very good beer paired with other stark-naked people who enjoy it. Tickets are $20 at the door, must be nude for the duration of the event....More...

Brazilian government will sue Facebook for withdrawing a picture of two naked Indians
image The photograph of a couple of half-naked Indians who had been published on the website of the Ministry of Culture on that social network. Ferreira said the network social “ignored” the laws of Brazil and did not respect the culture of indigenous peoples. The Brazilian government has announced that it will take legal action against Facebook for withdrawing a photograph of a naked Indian couple who had been published....More...

Catalan nudists vow to fight to bare all on beach to Strasbourg
image Naturists are taking their fight to be able to strip off on a Catalan beach to Strasbourg after Spain’s supreme court ruled that nudism is not a fundamental right. The ruling sided with a decision in 2009 by the town of Castell-Platja d’Aro, 50 miles (80km) north of Barcelona, to ban nudism on its beaches and impose fines of up to €300 (Ł215) on those caught stripping off....More...

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Nudes in the News for April 1-30, 2015

Penticton naturist group baring it all against cancer (Steve Kidd, Penticton Western News, Thursday, April 30, 2015)
Le Corbusier, the man, the modernist, the nudist – in pictures (The Guardian, Thursday, April 30, 2015)
Texas State student goes nearly naked to make statement about sexual assault (Alexandra Samuels, USA Today, Thursday, April 30, 2015)
Old law, new law or no law? (Mike Effanga, News 24, Thursday, April 30, 2015)
Inside Britain's naked village: Meet the people who go about their lives in the buff (Laura Mitchell, Daily Star, Wednesday, April 29, 2015)
KZN holds up decision on nudist beach (Nokuthula Ntuli, Independent, Wednesday, April 29, 2015)
Nudists' spa in Stanwell complete with dungeon and cages loses appeal (Charlotte Talbot, Get Surrey, Wednesday, April 29, 2015)
The Powerful Reason Why An Art Student Chose To Sit Blindfolded And Almost Naked On Campus (NSFW) (Dominique Mosbergen, The Huffington Post, Wednesday, April 29, 2015)
'Naked' and blindfolded Texas college student poses on library steps for performance art project 'to show her body isn't a sex object' (video) (Kieran Corcoran, Daily Mail, Tuesday, April 28, 2015)
B.C. father 'shaken and upset' after naked 4-year-old son prompts police visit (audio) (CBC News, Tuesday, April 28, 2015)
Ignorance apparently bliss for some 'nudists' (Larry Darter, Examiner, Tuesday, April 28, 2015)
This Woman Is Fighting to Legalize Toplessness in LA (Allegra Ringo, Vice, Monday, April 27, 2015)
11 Magical Places Where People Walk Officially Naked {.. All Day, Everyday!} (Adina Rivers, My Tiny Secrets, Sunday, April 26, 2015)
Toplessness in Venice: 'Clothing optional' is OK with readers (Paul Thornton, Los Angeles Times, Friday, April 24, 2015)
Naturists Beg To Bare All In Donabate (North County Leader, Friday, April 24, 2015)
Clothes off for a naked art tour at the National Gallery of Australia (Benjamin Law, The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday, April 24, 2015)
Clothing-optional cruise part of 'nakationing' boom (Arlene Satchell, Sun Sentinel, Friday, April 24, 2015)
Candidate uses nude photos for election campaign posters (New Vision, Friday, April 24, 2015)
Vintage Himmel: Larry explores a nudist colony East of El Cajon (video) (Larry Himmel, CBS 8 San Diego, Friday, April 24, 2015)
Venice Beach council wants women to be able to sunbathe topless again (video) (Martha Groves, Los Angeles Times, Thursday, April 23, 2015)
Baywatch beach row over topless sunbathing (Nick Allen, The Telegraph, Thursday, April 23, 2015)
Catalan nudists vow to take fight to bare all on beach to Strasbourg (Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian, Thursday, April 23, 2015)
Girona Town Hall wins battle to ban beach nudism (Spanish News Today, Thursday, April 23, 2015)
World's best beach holidays (that don't involve resorts) (Ben Groundwater, Stuff, Thursday, April 23, 2015)
44 Scotland Street: We see more of the Scottish nudists (Alexander McCall Smith, The Scotsman, Thursday, April 23, 2015)
Nigel Farage: 'I did a bit of skinny dipping and a few things like that in the middle of the night' (Julie Etchingham, ITV News, Thursday, April 23, 2015)
The Apparently Immoral Shoulders of My Five-Year-Old Daughter (Jef Rouner, Houston Press, Wednesday, April 22, 2015)
Spanish court backs town's right to ban beach nudism (Associated Press via Yahoo! News, Wednesday, April 22, 2015)
Venice Beach neighborhood council seeks topless sunbathing for women (Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, April 22, 2015)
Women's Bodies Are Threatening Morality Of Times Square, NY Post Warns (Ben Yakas, Gothamist, Wednesday, April 22, 2015)
Topless women posing with underage kids in Times Square (Michael Gartland and Jennifer Bain, New York Post, Wednesday, April 22, 2015)
A New Generation of Nudists is Rethinking Au Naturel (Molly Oswaks, Playboy, Tuesday, April 21, 2015)
The naked eye: Amazing photos of nude models painted into the backgrounds of nature scenes (Alex Wellman, Mirror, Monday, April 20, 2015)
Summer nudist camp to be held in Dumfriesshire forest (, The Scotsman, Sunday, April 19, 2015)
The Brazilian government will sue Facebook for withdrawing a picture of two naked Indians (EFE via Inside The World, Friday, April 17, 2015)
Naturist spa loses legal challenge (Independent, Friday, April 17, 2015)
Naked Man Who Jumped Off Venice Beach Pier Cited By Police (, CBS Los Angeles, Thurday, April 16, 2015)
Japanese artist goes on trial over 'vagina selfies' (Justin McCurry, The Guardian, Wednesday, April 15, 2015)
Nudist camp rebrands with new name, logo (Tom Corrigan, The Issaquah Press, Tuesday, April 14, 2015)
Nude beer festival Bare Beach Beer Bash returns to the Poconos this summer (Nick Vadala, Philadelphia Inquirer, Tuesday, April 14, 2015)
Glasgow pool invites naturists for nude swimming sessions (Laura Forsyth, STV Glasgow, Monday, April 13, 2015)
Supervisor Scott Wiener gets ‘stalked’ to work by angry nudist (Matier and Ross, SF Gate, Monday, April 13, 2015)
Nudey Beach, Fitzroy Island, Queensland: From nudist favourite to family friendly (Daniel Scott, Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, April 13, 2015)
Book Trailer Banned From Facebook Ad For Classical Nudity (Dianna Dilworth, Adweek, Monday, April 13, 2015)
Three Mile Beach response (Deborah Pfeiffer, Castanet, Sunday, April 12, 2015)
Hawaiian retreats that are so San Francisco (Jeanne Cooper, San Francisco Chronicle, Friday, April 10, 2015)
Penticton's nude Three Mile Beach won't get official recognition from city (CBC, Friday, April 10, 2015)
"Fanny" celebrates Jock Sturges monograph (Michael Abatemarco, Santa Fe New Mexican, Friday, April 10, 2015)
Public protector approached to halt KZN nudist beach (Shona Aylward, The Citizen, Friday, April 10, 2015)
Clothes off, on, off at nudist beach opening (Shona Aylward and Hlabangani Mtshali, The Citizen, Friday, April 10, 2015)
Nudist beach opening clouded with confusion (Shona Aylward, South Coast Herald, Thursday, April 9, 2015)
Naturists bummed over clothing-optional beach decision (Dan Walton, BC Local News, Thursday, April 9, 2015)
Naturist group appeals for respect and cooperation (Steve Arstad, Info News, Thursday, April 9, 2015)
Grin and bare it: Penticton council sits on the fence over beach nudity (Ian Austin, The Province, Thursday, April 9, 2015)
What Sheppey was like in the Fresh Prince of Bel Air era (Lewis Dyson, Kent Online, Thursday, April 9, 2015)
World Naked Bike Ride coming to Chelmsford (Clare Youell, Essex Chronicle, Thursday, April 9, 2015)
‘We Love You, Toronto!’ category featured on ‘Jeopardy’ (video) (John R. Kennedy, Global News, Wednesday, April 8, 2015)
Naturists negated on Three Mile Beach (Dan Walton, BC Local News, Wednesday, April 8, 2015)
Bare-all beach to maintain status quo (Steve Arstad, Info News, Wednesday, April 8, 2015)
Anti-naturists call on public protector to tackle KZN beach nudity (, News 24, Wednesday, April 8, 2015)
Port Stephens Council rebrands nudist resort to capture camping market (ABC News Australia, Wednesday, April 8, 2015)
Nudity is the ultimate test of self-acceptance. Why are we so afraid of it? (Monica Tan, The Guardian, Tuesday, April 7, 2015)
Naturist area Cliff Bathing Beach celebrates its 35th anniversary (Flora Thompson, The Argus, Tuesday, April 7, 2015)
Naturist issue at Three Mile Beach back before council (Steve Arstad, Info News, Tuesday, April 7, 2015)
SA strips for first official nude beach (video) (News 24, Monday, April 6, 2015)
South Africans enjoy new nudist beach (AFP via 3 News, Sunday, April 5, 2015)
Naked yoga in Kelowna, B.C., promotes accepting bodies as they are (audio) (Gillianne Richards, CBC News, Friday, April 3, 2015)
Expect to see nude models around Cincinnati on Opening Day (video) (Tasha Stewart & Evan Millward, WCPO 9 Cincinnati, Friday, April 3, 2015)
First official nudist beach opens in South Africa (AFP via 3 News, Friday, April 3, 2015)
'Naked man at Buckingham Palace' fooled American television network (video) (Harriet Alexander, The Telegraph, Thursday, April 2, 2015)
Mpenjati Naturist Beach - Nudity and Religion Go Full Frontal (Bheki C. Simelane, Daily Maverick, Thursday, April 2, 2015)
Naked art lovers tour National Gallery of Australia in after-hours, adult-only viewing of James Turrell exhibition (ABC News Australia, Thursday, April 2, 2015)
Skinny-dipping in the void: the day I toured James Turrell's art show naked (Monica Tan, The Guardian, Thursday, April 2, 2015)
Google Street View flasher should not have been given oral swab: SA law professor (ABC News Adelaide Australia, Thursday, April 2, 2015)
Ready, steady... strip! KZN nude beach opens this weekend (News 24, Wednesday, April 1, 2015)
Victoria's Secret 'Practically Naked' Ad Causes Debate In Saskatchewan (Chris Jancelewicz, The Huffington Post Canada, Wednesday, April 1, 2015)
Don't be clothes-minded about this beach (Lori Welbourne, Alberni Valley News, Wednesday, April 1, 2015)
Nude bathing “plans” and edible cars among Cumbria April fools (North-West Evening Mail, Wednesday, April 1, 2015)
April Fool!
Omnicron Upsilon Epsilon joining WU Panhel, shows more skin (Jebediah Whitemin, Student Life, Wednesday, April 1, 2015)
Spartan Race Introducing Naked Heat (Megan Gray, Vancity Buzz, Wednesday, April 1, 2015)
What Our Office Learned Working Naked for One Month (Ironically NSFW) (Jessica Saia & Sierra Hartman, The Bold Italic, Wednesday, April 1, 2015)
Nudist festival aims to expose Creekside: 'Cheekside Naturist Festival' bares all this August (Braden Dupuis, Pique, Wednesday, April 1, 2015)

Friday, May 8, 2015

The latest Nudes in the News





Toplessness in Venice: 'Clothing optional' is OK with readers
image Venice Beach wants another go at nude sunbathing, a practice forbidden in the city and county of Los Angeles. But judging by the letters to the editor we received, the law might be out of step with the people on this.The reaction from readers to a Venice Neighborhood Council motion asking to be exempted from local laws on toplessness ranged from accepting shrugs to a few letters saying Venice faces more pressing concerns...More...

The Powerful Reason Why An Art Student Chose To Sit Blindfolded And Almost Naked On Campus
image With headphones covering her ears and a blindfold on her face, 22-year-old Monika Rostvold spent 45 minutes on Monday morning sitting almost naked on the steps of the Alkek Library on the Texas State University campus. Social media platforms like Snapchat and Twitter were soon abuzz with photos and video of Rostvold, and websites geared towards college-aged men were quick to comment on the woman’s behavior. ...More...

Penticton naturist group baring it all against cancer
image It was a small group that gathered at Three Mile Beach on April 25 for a photo shoot to raise awareness for testicular cancer, but they went through with it, stripping down and grabbing a ball — beach ball, that is — to pose in front of the camera. “It’s about testicular cancer awareness. It’s to promote every man to check himself at least once a month for testicular cancer,” said Dustin Wolchina...More...

Britain's naked village: Meet the people
image Spielplatz in Hertfordshire looks like any other sleepy little village, but there's something very different about it. Everyone in the village, which is in the heart of London’s commuter belt, lives their live totally naked. The outwardly quaint suburb is home to one of Britain’s oldest naturist colonies. And while you don't have to be a naturist to live there, the community might shun you if you decide to wear clothes....More...

Ignorance apparently bliss for some 'nudists'
Last week while perusing the web I happened across a rather appalling example of a "nudist" blog hosted at the microblogging and social networking website Tumblr. I had long believed that there no longer existed anything at Tumblr that could possibly surprise me yet I was proven wrong by the discovery of Libertine Nudist Couple...More...

Venice Beach Council wants Women to be able to Sunbathe Topless again!
image Forty years ago, a cadre of Venice Beach sunbathers routinely basked in the altogether. The Venice Neighborhood Council thinks the time is ripe to take a half-step back to that time of physical freedom. In a 12-2 vote Tuesday, the council said it "supports women being afforded the same rights as men to sunbathe topless." The city and county of Los Angeles prohibit nude or topless sunbathing. Venice council community would draft letters to Councilman Mike Bonin, Mayor Eric Garcetti and the County Board of Supervisors....More...

World's Best Beach Holidays (Without the Resorts!!!)
image There are beaches, and there are beach resorts. They might sound as if they go together like airports and boredom, like LAX and a pat-down – you could easily think that if you wanted to spend a week by the sand you'd have to spend it in a huge hotel with a buffet breakfast and a kids club. But that doesn't have to be the case. Some of us don't like resort life. I'm not a fan of lying by pools and I don't really like huge crowds....More...

Nude Beer Festival Bare Beach Beer Bash returns to the Poconos this summer!!
image If you’ve never enjoyed a beer in the buff, the time has come to drop your duds and have some suds — courtesy of the Bare Beach Beer Bash. The annual festival will make its return to the Poconos’ Sunny Rest “clothes-free” resort Saturday, June 27 for an afternoon of very good beer paired with other stark-naked people who enjoy it. Tickets are $20 at the door, must be nude for the duration of the event....More...

Brazilian government will sue Facebook for withdrawing a picture of two naked Indians
image The photograph of a couple of half-naked Indians who had been published on the website of the Ministry of Culture on that social network. Ferreira said the network social “ignored” the laws of Brazil and did not respect the culture of indigenous peoples. The Brazilian government has announced that it will take legal action against Facebook for withdrawing a photograph of a naked Indian couple who had been published....More...

Catalan nudists vow to fight to bare all on beach to Strasbourg
image Naturists are taking their fight to be able to strip off on a Catalan beach to Strasbourg after Spain’s supreme court ruled that nudism is not a fundamental right. The ruling sided with a decision in 2009 by the town of Castell-Platja d’Aro, 50 miles (80km) north of Barcelona, to ban nudism on its beaches and impose fines of up to €300 (£215) on those caught stripping off....More...

Nudity is the ultimate test of self-acceptance. Why are we so afraid of it?
image “Skyclad” is a term used by naturists to describe going nude. A wonderful word that conjures peeling back the blue heavens and wrapping it around one’s shoulders, as if it were a cloak. Naturists are not the same as exhibitionists – the latter being motivated by titillation, a desire to be seen; whereas the former simply feel inhibited by clothing and in discarding ....More...

Naked yoga in Kelowna, B.C., promotes accepting bodies as they are
image Naked yoga — where participants bare it all for their practice — is gaining traction in Kelowna, B.C., with classes aimed at helping women accept their bodies for what they are. "The general overwhelming intention is to try to integrate the entire body to allow yourself to breathe in and become one and not reject different body parts because they are aesthetically not ....More...

Nudist beach opening clouded with confusion
image After months of applications, appeals and public backlashes, hundreds of naturists descended on the Mpenjati beach near Trafalgar over the Easter weekend for some fun in the sun. However, the naturists first ‘trial-run opening’ on the secluded part of the beach last Friday started clouded in confusion. When Reverend Mike Effanga, chairman of the Concerned Citizens of ....More...

Penticton's Nude Three Mile Beach won't get official recognition from city
Naturists are upset after the city of Penticton opted out of officially designating Three Mile Beach as clothing optional. Earlier this month, city councillors voted to have staff look into options to find a solution that satisfied both naturists and upset property owners. Their decision was to keep the status quo and that's not sitting well with naturists. "It was extremely disappointing and...More...

Expect to see nude models around Cincinnati on Opening Day
image Two women and one man practiced undressing themselves Monday at Goodfellas Pizzeria in Covington. The three volunteered for a nude photo shoot on the crowded streets of downtown Cincinnati on Opening Day. Photographer Harvey Drouillard, who has made his name taking pictures of nude models in front of well-known public landmarks across the country, has made ....More...