The naked truth at UCSD: Art professor explains exercise that caught international attention
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 Despite
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"
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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"
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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
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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
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 For
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
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| 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... |
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
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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
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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.
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Penticton naturist group baring it all against cancer
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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... |
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