The latest Nudes in the News, September 15, 2015

 

Women only skinny dipping event to boost body confidence
Women are being invited to bare all on a secluded beach this weekend and boost their self confidence. The "empowering", if not chilly, event will be on Saturday at a secret location on the Welsh coast and is organised by two female artists who say they want to contribute to the current debate about body image. A similar event held by Happy In My Skin...More...

Philly Naked Bike Ride takes over streets of Philadelphia
Hundreds of naked bikers stormed the streets of Philadelphia for the annual Philly Naked Bike Ride on Saturday. For the seventh straight summer, hundreds of bicyclists joined together — creatively painted or stripped down to their birthday suits — to promote fuel-conscious consumption, positive body image and cycling advocacy. Before baring all for the more...More...

Farmer has been NAKED for 40 years because he's allergic to clothes
Simply slipping on a sock would cause excruciating pain for this Indian farmer who is forced to tend his fields in the buff. But Subal Barman, whose naked body is a common sight in Rajpur village, in West Bengal, northern India, refuses to let his strange condition get him down. He said: "From my childhood I could not wear clothes on my skin. It gives me...More...

Watch A Sports Anchor Hilariously Recreate Iconic Top Gun Scene With Nudists
TV is weird. Specifically TV news. If somebody asked you to cover a special interest story at a nudist camp you might think of several different ways to do it. You could interview people about why they enjoy that lifestyle. You could report the details about the location in order to give information to your viewers. Or, you could recreate the volleyball scene from...More...

Moscow nudists targeted in campaign against 'depravity'
Summer temperatures may be cooling in Moscow, but the city's nudists are starting to feel the heat. A leading politician is reportedly mounting a campaign to ban naked bathers from a popular riverside hangout they've used for decades, calling their behavior "depraved." "Their shindigs often end in fights, drinking or sex in public," says Lyudmila Stebenkova...More...

This Labor Day Weekend, Beware of Naked Toddlers Menacing a Hotel Near You
One of the great joys of summer in childhood is the freedom to strip off your clothes and frolic shame-free-naked on the beach. On a recent family vacation to North Truro, Massachusetts, without thinking twice, I let my 3-year son disrobe to his natural state and enjoy this pleasure, knowing that one day soon social norms will challenge his sense of...More...

The ’Streaking’ Streak

It’s still swimsuit season, there’s still time to lace up those sneakers and get moving. Which is exactly what some folks are doing as they seek out classic jogging sensations: the steady bounce, the adrenaline build, the burning quads, the wind against their … genitals? These days, a certain group of people are running around, only they’re doing it buck naked, sporting just sneakers for flair. Here in the industrial town of Porto Alegre, Brazil...More...

Hundreds of naked runners streak through London Zoo
Some 200 people streaked naked through London zoo on Thursday to raise awareness for tiger conversation. The jog aimed to raise money in support of the Zoological Society of London, who help protect tigers through global conservation projects. Runners Clare Sweeten and Amy Wellings, zookeepers at Marwell Zoo in Hampshire, were among those to take part in the charity run...More...

The naked truth about Germany: Clothing is optional
The beaches of the German resort town of Boltenhagen on the Baltic Sea on August 5, 2015, were a reflection of a lingering cultural divide between those who until unification 25 years ago were East and West Germans. Formerly communist easterners like bathing nude, while westerners find the practice a bit disturbing. Claudia Himmelreich McClatchy...More...

Anchorage naked bike ride canceled after warning from police

Even after organizers canceled the event, the Anchorage Police Department has a warning for anyone planning on participating in a mass naked bike ride Aug. 21 in downtown Anchorage: Don't do it. Riding your bicycle sans clothing in Anchorage is illegal, APD says -- a violation of public decency laws or worse. The event hit Facebook in late July. It was supposed to start at the parking lot on Third Avenue where the Anchorage Market and Festival...More...

Nude runners bare all for polar bear cause at South Yorkshire attraction

Nude runners braved the elements and bared all for a good cause at a South Yorkshire visitor attraction last night. The half-mile naked dash around Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster aimed to boost the park’s innovative Project Polar campaign. A group of 43 hardy fundraisers were sponsored to get starkers and complete a short streak around the park, which has two polar bears called Victor and Pixel...More...

Odd Jobs: Nudist resort owners
It's not every day you see a man riding his tractor in the nude, but at Coventry Club and Resort, this is business as usual. "It runs just like any other campground, except we don't have clothes," Bill Perreault said. Bill Perreault and his wife, Susan Lembcke, are nudists. They're baring it all to give us a rare glimpse beyond the gates of Vermont's only nudist...More...

Swiss City Grooms for First Nude Public Performance Art Festival
On August 21, the world’s first official, naked public performance art festival will occur in the streets of Biel, Switzerland, featuring projects from 18 international artists. Local artist Thomas Zollinger conceived of the two-day Body and Freedom Festival (link NSFW) to increase beyond gallery walls the presence of the naked body as an artistic medium. While nakedness...More...

Installing "Skinny Dipping" Disable Switch for Swimming Pool Camera
With video surveillance cameras being so ubiquitous, privacy is still a concern among some clients. That’s certainly the case for ABE Alarm Service in Allentown, Pa., which was recently asked to install an exterior home video surveillance system, but with a twist: The homeowners asked that a disable switch be installed for one particular camera that...More...

Book review | "Naked at Lunch" gives funny, sometimes profane, look at losing the clothes
There’s never enough space in your closet. So maybe it’s time to purge, to donate things that don’t fit anymore. That’d make a lot of room, although there’s one suit you’ll never be able to throw out. You’ve had it so long you can’t even remember where you got it. No matter how much weight you lose or gain, it always fits – though it’s rumpled now, and impossible to...More...