Nudes in the News

Below are links to news items that have come to the attention of Bay Area Naturists.

May, 2008

Woman In Battle For Equal Male-Female Topless Rights Awarded $15,000 (WKMG Local 6, Thursday, May 8, 2008)
Daytona agrees to $15,000 settlement in nudity dispute (Sara Kiesler, Daytona Beach News-Journal, Thursday, May 8, 2008)
City To Pay Topless Protestor $15,000 To Settle Damages Suit (WFTV 9, Thursday, May 8, 2008)
HC quashes proceedings against M F Husain (Press Trust of India via Hindustan Times, Thursday, May 8, 2008)
Around the world without a stitch on (Julia Dimon, Metro Vancouver, Wednesday, May 7, 2008)
Some object to nude festival in Italy (Moldava, Wednesday, May 7, 2008)
Plan for nudist festival in Sicily outrages villagers of Cattolica Eraclea (Richard Owen, The Times, Wednesday, May 7, 2008)
Nude Utah hiker faces indecent-exposure charge (Associated Press via Deseret News, Wednesday, May 7, 2008)
Nude hiker on Sedona trail wanted 'to get close to nature' (Arizona Central, Wednesday, May 7, 2008)
Nude beach for Sunshine Coast (Greg Roberts, The Australian, Wednesday, May 7, 2008)
Qld to finally get official nude beach (AAP via The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday, May 7, 2008)
A nude beach for the Coast? (Kerryn Manifold, Sunshine Coast Daily, Wednesday, May 7, 2008)
Nude Beach beer takes off with nudists (Mike Carney, USA Today, Wednesday, May 7, 2008)
'Nude Beach' beer draws nudist attention (UPI , Tuesday, May 6, 2008)
New show on working nude (One India, Tuesday, May 6, 2008)
Daytona weighs settlement in public nudity dispute (Julie Murphy , Daytona Beach News-Journal, Monday, May 5, 2008)
Topless Protestor Could Settle With City (video) (Central Florida News 13, Monday, May 5, 2008)
City May Be Willing To Settle Lawsuit With Topless Protestor (WFTV 9, Monday, May 5, 2008)
Nude's not rude, says Freebeach group (Kerryn Manifold, Sunshine Coast Daily, Monday, May 5, 2008)
Appeal victory unveils push for nude beaches (Kate Dennehy, Brisbane Times, Sunday, May 4, 2008)
Kim Cattrall speaks out on nude cookery (Alex Fletcher, Digital Spy, Sunday, May 4, 2008)
Naked newsreading: Lewis streaks in (Emma Page, Sunday Star Times via Stuff, Sunday, May 4, 2008)
He'd rather be nude: how an expat found peace and business success (Eric Ellis, Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday, May 3, 2008)
Spy cams to snap sex at Torquay's nude beach (Aleks Devic, Geelong Advertiser, Saturday, May 3, 2008)
Physically nude, emotionally naked (Tami Dennis, Los Angeles Times, Friday, May 2, 2008)
Naked truth about going nude in Seattle (Cathy Sorbo, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Friday, May 2, 2008)
SFA students take briefs jaunt as part of unique clothing drive (Matthew Stoff, Lufkin Daily News, Friday, May 2, 2008)
Shedding my fears as nude model -- On the Job Training (Chuck Yarborough, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Thursday, May 1, 2008)

April, 2008

Book: Nude women's photos, self-images in contrast (John Marshall, Seattle Post-Intelligencer via Dallas Morning News, Tuesday, April 29, 2008)
Nude is this season's hot new trend for Trinny and Susannah (Hello Magazine, Monday, April 28, 2008)
Nude beach walker reported in Boca Grande (News-Press, Monday, April 28, 2008)
Ojai has a love-hate relationship with 'Pastie Lady' (Catherine Saillant, Los Angeles Times, Saturday, April 26, 2008)
Point Beer Goes Nude For The Summer (WAOW NewsLine 9, Nude roommate puzzle (Help Me Harlan, South Florida Sun Sentinel, Friday, April 25, 2008)
Writer's reaction to topless girl unhelpful (Letter to Editor, Tucson Citizen, Friday, April 25, 2008)
No Shoes, No Shirt, No Worries (Michelle Higgins, New York Times, Sunday, April 27, 2008)
A history of tanning (Robert Mighall, The Times, Friday, April 25, 2008)
Cheeky volunteers sought for mass-nude project (Belfast Telegraph, Thursday, April 24, 2008)
The big debate: Topless preadolescent (Paul Schwalbach, Tucson Citizen, Thursday, April 24, 2008)
The disturbing case of the topless preadolescent (Ryn Gargulinski, Tucson Citizen, Wednesday, April 23, 2008)
Gallery weddings row over nude paintings (Hornsey & Crouch End Journal, Wednesday, April 23, 2008)
'French mermaid' loses after nude pictures row (Henry Samuel, Telegraph, Wednesday, April 23, 2008)
The naked and the nude (Victoria Bekiempis, The Oracle (USF), Wednesday, April 23, 2008)
Nude bus to follow Olympic torch relay (Katherine Field, Adelaide Now, Wednesday, April 23, 2008)
Times Square Weathers a Brief Shower, With No Beef (Jennifer 8. Lee, New York Times, Monday, April 21, 2008)
From prude...to nude (Clayton McCleskey, GW Hatchet, Monday, April 21, 2008)
Group Seeks To Market Nudist Offerings (Julia Ferrante, Tampa Tribune, Monday, April 21, 2008)
Gardening in the buff is all the rage (Jessica Damiano, The Daily News, Sunday, April 20, 2008)
Nude swimmers arrested at public pool (ABC News [Australia], Sunday, April 20, 2008)
Naturist resort could bring wealth to rural Arcadia (Zac Anderson, [Sarasota] Herald Tribune, Sunday, April 20, 2008)
Topless bathers beware... 1933 laws still in force! (Malta Star, Saturday, April 19, 2008)
Brattleboro Police warn first nudist of the season (Brattleboro Reformer, Friday, April 18, 2008)
The eye of the beholder: naked vs. nude (Lennie Bennett, St. Petersburg Times, Friday, April 18, 2008)
Cellphone nudes: Davis County teen charged with felony (By Russ Rizzo, The Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, April 17, 2008)
Spanish mothers in debt after nude fundraiser (The West Australian, Thursday, April 17, 2008)
Live! Nude! Vloggers! (video) (Liz Shannon Miller, NewTeeVee, Wednesday, April 16, 2008)
The story of a photograph, a moment in art and a marriage (Martin Coles, Montreal Gazette, Thursday, April 17, 2008)
Nude Dancer Faces Felony Charge (Samantha F. Drago, The Harvard Crimson, Wednesday, April 16, 2008)
I'm in the nude for laughs (Bruce Ingram, Pioneer Press, Tuesday, April 15, 2008)
Shriya Saran wants to go nude! (Rajiv Dutta, India Target, Tuesday, April 15, 2008)
SJC ruling's bad nudes for naked dancer (Laurel J. Sweet, Boston Herald, Friday, April 11, 2008)
Weston's Nude Wife Sells for $325,000 at Sotheby's in New York (Linda Sandler, Bloomberg, Thursday, April 10, 2008)
Starbucks' Vagina Dentata (Jeremiah Moss, Vanishing New York , Thursday, April 10, 2008)
The Afternoon Wrap: Thursday (Lysandra Ohrstrom, New York Observer, Thursday, April 10, 2008)
2,008 naked fans to pack stadium for Euro '08 (William J. Kole, Associated Press via USA Today, Thursday, April 10, 2008)
EURO 2008 soccer field to host next Spencer Tunick nude shoot (CBC News, Thursday, April 10, 2008)
Lewdness Charge Reinstated For Nude Dancer (AP via WCVB-TV5 Boston, Thursday, April 10, 2008)
http://www.wsoctv.com/video/11072101/ (video) (Dave Faherty, WSOC TV 9, April 10, 2008)
School board skates onto naked ice (Judy Williams, Vacouver Sun, Thursday, April 10, 2008)
Small Turnout for Nude Torch Run (, SF Weekly, )
No nudes is bad nudes (Don Pitcairn, Calgary Herald, Tuesday, April 8, 2008)
Edward Weston's Nude Sells For $1.6 Million at Sotheby's Setting a New Record For The Artist (, Art Daily, Tuesday, April 8, 2008)
We like living large in the nude (The Sun, Monday, April 7, 2008)
2 Va. teen artists to get cash for nude works spurned by newspaper (USA Today, Monday, April 7, 2008)
Publisher nixes teen's nude self-portrait (United Press Int'l, Saturday, Apr 5, 2008)
Topless charters causing a stir (video) (Bryan Garner, WCBD-TV, Saturday, Apr 5, 2008)
Clothes on (for now), gloves off in fight over topless fishing (Paul Quinlan, Palm Beach Post, Friday, April 4, 2008)
Marina kicks out topless charter service (Cara Fitzpatrick, Palm Beach Post, Friday, April 4, 2008)
Swimmers' bare cheek leaves parents fuming (, South Manchester Reporter, Thursday, April 3, 2008)
Is Teens Trading Nude Pics Acceptable? (Mom Logic, Thursday, April 3, 2008)
This Is Who I Am, a book of nude photos, tells women to love themselves as they are (Haley Edwards, The Seattle Times, Thursday, April 3, 2008)
Nude TV appearance is just what the part demanded (Ben Guy, The Journal, Thursday, April 3, 2008)
Are Americans Too Prudish? (Ask Men, Thursday, April 3, 2008)
Advocates say nude beach would be a boon (Pilar Ulibarri de Rivera, Palm Beach Post, Wednesday, April 2, 2008)
Teens' nude-pics trading a growing trend, concern (Melinda Rogers, The Salt Lake Tribune, Tuesday, April 1, 2008)
Bookseller admits nude book launch was April Fool's joke (DPA, Earth Times, Tuesday, April 1, 2008)

March, 2008

Matt & Jo's Nude Wedding of Shelley & Josh (video) (Fox 101.9 Melbourne, Monday, March 31, 2008)
Vital: All In A Nude Cause (Laura Coventry, Daily Record, Monday, March 31, 2008)
Danish Women Win the Right to Swim Topless (ShortNews, Sunday, March 30, 2008)
Florida's Nude Beaches -- The State of the Art (Jesse Monteagudo, Miami Herald, Sunday, March 30, 2008)
Almost anybody can pose nude at UVSC (video) (Brittani Lusk, Daily Herald, Saturday, March 29, 2008)
We've discovered our friends are nudists (David Eddie, Toronto Globe and Mail, Friday, March 28, 2008)
City pools open to topless swimming (Copenhagen Post, Friday, March 28, 2008)
Victory for the Topless Front: Women in Copenhagen can now swim and walk around in public pools without their bikini tops (Marcus Oscarsson, Daily Mail, Friday, March 28, 2008)
Aguilera often nude (Sunshine Coast Daily, Friday, March 28, 2008)
Nude resort idea surprises Arcadians (Pamela Staik, Charlotte Sun-Herald, Friday, March 28, 2008)
Helen Mirren bags US naturist award (Alex Fletcher, Digital Spy, Wednesday, March 26, 2008)
Helen Mirren Praised by Naturist Society (Contact Music, Wednesday, March 26, 2008)
UVSC drafts nude-modeling rules (Amy K. Stewart, Deseret Morning News, Wednesday, March 26, 2008)
Nude People Have a Beef With Pay-Pal (SooNews, Monday, March 24, 2008)
Cancer survivor shares life through show (Tayler Covington, Daily Utah Chronicle, Monday, March 24, 2008)
PayPal no pal of naturists/nudists (Judy Williams, CNW Telbec, Monday, March 24, 2008)
No worries about what to pack for a nude cruise (Ben Beagle, The Roanoke Times, Monday, March 24, 2008)
Public Nudity as Art (video) (Andrea Canning, ABC News via Yahoo!, Sunday, March 23, 2008)
New York man accused of being nude on public beach (TCPalm, Sunday, March 23, 2008)
Attention spa goers: Suit up now (Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2008)
Nude swimmers back in the water (CKNW News Talk 980, Saturday, March 22, 2008)
Naked People Form Human Peace Sign On Florida Beach (slide show) (4 KNBC Los Angeles, Friday, March 21, 2008)
A day of protest across Bay Area (Meredith May, Matthai Kuruvila, and Anastasia Ustinova, San Francisco Chronicle, Thursday, March 20, 2008)
Svelte body type not a requirement to pose (Laura Tonkyn, Rapid City Journal, Tuesday, March 18, 2008)
Hastings Point residents in nude YouTube protest (Greg Stolz, Courier-Mail, Tuesday, March 18, 2008)
Mum's the Word in Du-Nude-In (Scoop, Monday, March 17, 2008)
Nude man caught running across frozen lake (United Press Int'l., Friday, March 14, 2008)
No More Nude Babies, says Photobucket (Gizmodo, Friday, March 14, 2008)
Tehran top cop caught in El of a sex scandal (Daily News, Thursday, March 13, 2008)
Painting, drawing classes cast nude models for pay (Marissa DeCuir, LSU Daily Reveille, Thursday, March 13, 2008)
Sleeping Around (Catherine Townsend, The Independent, Thursday, March 13, 2008)
Why be nude? Enjoy our clothing free lifestyle! (Carol Brown, OpEd News, Wednesday, March 12, 2008)
Nude bathing dispute continues in court (Copenhagen Post, Tuesday, March 11, 2008)
Model in the nude and get a free lunch ... (Lucy Johnston, The Marlborough Express, Tuesday, March 11, 2008)
Nude swimmers anxious to take a dip (Kent Spencer, The Province, Tuesday, March 11, 2008)
Man escapes conviction for nude guitar strumming in San Mateo (Aaron Kinney, San Mateo County Times, Monday, March 10, 2008)
Nude is lewd, best man is told (Jeanne-Marié Versluis, News 24, South Africa, Sunday, March 9, 2008)
Weddings exposed: Bride and groom bare it all (Lana Gersten, Great Reporter, Sunday, March 9, 2008)
Naked cyclists cop grief from security (AAP via Yahoo! Xtra News, Sunday, March 9, 2008)
Nude Man Talked Out Of Danger In Waters (Shoshana Walter, The Ledger, Saturday, March 8, 2008)
Once again, Polk County gator-attack victim found nude in water (Amy L. Edwards, Orlando Sentinel, Saturday, March 8, 2008)
Nudity: Un-covering a bashful American (Emily Prucha, Prague Daily Monitor, Friday, March 7, 2008)
Dear Abby: Readers take off with nudity issue (Jeanne Phillips, Orange County Register, Thursday, March 6, 2008)
Dear Abby: Nude neighbor? Try averting eyes (Jeanne Phillips, Columbus Dispatch, Thursday, March 6, 2008)
Fast and Loose: The Bank Job (Robert Wilonsky, Houston Press, Thursday, March 6, 2008)
Missing penis a cause for Royal Opera blush (Reuters via Yahoo! News, Wednesday, March 5, 2008)
Nude ad irks locals (United Press International, Tuesday, March 4, 2008)
Topless activist sues Daytona over arrests (Jay Stapleton, Daytona Beach News-Journal, Saturday, March 1, 2009)

February, 2008

Swedes demand return of heraldic lion's todger (Lester Haines, The Register, Friday, February 29, 2008)
Nude art pieces are pulled from exhibit (Kathleen Wilson, Ventura County Star, Friday, February 29, 2008)
Return of the Nude Protest (Power Line, Thursday, February 28, 2008)
Nell McAndrew runs topless through park (video) (Telegraph [U.K.], Wednesday, February 27, 2008)
Nell McAndrew trains for race in nude (Digital Spy, Wednesday, February 27, 2008)
Mayor of the Nude Beach (Calvin Godfrey, Miami New Times, Wednesday, February 27, 2008)
Nude vs. prude (Bill Rodriguez, The Phoenix of Boston MA, Tuesday, February 26, 2008)
Kate Hudson at home nude (The Arizona Republic, Tuesday, February 26, 2008)
Bearing It All: What does it take to be the only naked person in the room? (Justin Lane, The Vermont Cynic, Tuesday, February 26, 2008)
The Language of the Nude: Four Centuries of Drawing the Human Body at the Crocker (Art Daily, Tuesday, February 26, 2008)
Fox TV Stations Fined For Nude Scenes (Hip-Hop Elements, Monday, February 25, 2008)
Nude image offends library patron (Tim Whitnell, Burlington Post, Sunday, February 24, 2008)
Nude escapade exposed by crash (Canwest News Service, The [Montreal] Gazette, Friday, February 22, 2008)
Loxahatchee resort hosts nudist festival (Stephanie Horvath, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Sunday, February 17, 2008 )
British Underground officials retract ban on nude portrait ad (CBC News, Sunday, February 17, 2008 )
Is nude radio a F-oxymoron? (Wendy Hargreaves, The Age, Thursday, February 14, 2008)
Nude Europe good for travel agents (Malaysia Sun, Thursday, February 14, 2008)
Nude vacations provide light travel options (video) (Kaleel Sakakeeny, Boston Now, Wednesday, February 13, 2008)
Going golfing in the buff? My advice: get a grip (Doug Speirs, Winnipeg Free Press, Tuesday, February 12, 2008)
'Some Things Are Private' reexamines a mother's controversial photos (Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, Sunday, February 10, 2008)
At the BCA: three plays, no clothes, no problem (Louise Kennedy, The Boston Globe, Saturday, February 9, 2008)
Nudists claim harassment at Playalinda (Susanne Cervenka, Florida Today, Friday, February 8, 2008)
Nudists Ask For Help With Police 'Harassment' On Beaches (video) (Local6 TV Orlando, Friday, February 8, 2008)
Nude at the Pennsylvania Hotel (Isobella Jade, Backstage, Friday, February 8, 2008)
Naked in San Francisco: When it's so cold and rainy, why can't we all just keep our clothes on? (Violet Blue, San Francisco Chronicle, Thursday, February 7, 2008)
Undressed Rehearsal (The Daily Northwestern, Thursday, February 7, 2008)
Charges dismissed against owner of nude campground (Robert Callahan, La Crosse Tribune, Thursday, February 7, 2008)
Firefighters prevail over nude volleyballers (Stuff, Thursday, February 7, 2008)
Nude models bring natural form back into art classes (Sarah Even, SDSU Collegian, Wednesday, February 6, 2008)
Obscenity Charges Against Clothing Store Ads To Be Dropped (Newsroom Solutions via ArkLaTex, Tuesday, February 5, 2008)
New calendar shows mother knows breast (Scotsman, Monday, February 4, 2008)
Abercrombie & Fitch posters confiscated (UPI via EarthTimes, Monday, February 4, 2008)
Bare essentials on this flight (Shelley Emling, Cox News Service via San Jose Mercury News, Sunday, February 3, 2008)
The naked truth (The Age, Sunday, February 3, 2008)
Semi-nude run proposed (Caitlin Gray, The Triangle, Friday, February 1, 2008)
Ad Showing Nuns And A Nude Man Causing Controversy (MyFox Boston, Friday, February 1, 2008)

January, 2008

The naked truth about naked art models (Alessio Vinci, CNN, Thursday, January 31, 2008)
Ad with nuns drawing nude man denounced (UPI, Thursday, January 31, 2008)
German company offers nude flight (United Press International, Wednesday, January 30, 2008)
Fly naked on Germany's first nudist holiday flight (Reuters, Tuesday, January 29, 2008)
Clothes off for take-off on naturist flights (Daily Telegraph, Tuesday, January 29, 2008)
Travel Agency Offers Nude Flights for German Naturists (Deutsche Welle, Monday, January 28, 2008)
Nude Buttocks May Cost ABC $1.4 Million (Associated Press via San Francisco Chronicle, Saturday, January 26, 2008)
Artist Compensated for Vandalized Nude (Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times, Friday, January 25, 2008)
Nudism: A Healthier Lifestyle or a Bunch of Hype? (Nicole McClelland, AlterNet, Friday, January 25, 2008)
Kiwi uncovers a nudist market (Colin Patterson, The Dominion Post via Stuff, Wednesday, January 23, 2008)
David Topless For a Good Cause (Page Six, Tuesday, January 22, 2008)
Clothing? It's off again for nude rambler (Edinburgh Evening News, Tuesday, January 22, 2008)
Nude Carla Bruni Makes Sarkozy Blush (Lajla Mlinaric, Javno, Tuesday, January 22, 2008)
The day Carla Bruni opened the door to me topless (Simon Mills, Daily Mail, Tuesday, January 22, 2008)
Topless party pools endangered in Vegas?? (Kitty Bean Yancey, USA Today, Monday, January 21, 2008)
Get your kit off (Rebekah Kendal, iAfrica.com, Monday, January 21, 2008)
Bonaire: Dutch mariachis, nude snorkelers and the incomparable Captain Don (video) (Thomas Swick, Orlando Sun-Sentinel, Monday, January 21, 2008)
Cops and Courts: Five nude motorcyclists pulled over by CHP (Santa Cruz Sentinel, Sunday, January 20, 2008)
Why would Out Magazine send a straight male reporter to Hot Nude Yoga? (springintoaction, After Elton, Friday, January 18, 2008)
Naked Rambler free for six steps (BBC News, Friday, January 18, 2008)
A Walk on the Wild Side (Alice in Travel, Miami Beach Blog, Thursday, January 17, 2008)
US publisher relents on German children's book (DPA, EarthTime, Wednesday, January 16, 2008)
Mexico to get an eyeful of the Naked News (Jeremy Schwartz, Austin American-Statesman, Tuesday, January 15, 2008)
Nude, not lewd (Jennifer McAloon of McKinney, Dallas Morning News, Sunday, January 13, 2008)
Bare facts about the Caribbean (Bruce Bishop, Toronto Star, Saturday, January 12, 2008)
102-year-old nude calendar woman to appear on Leno show (Marie Baker, Grantham Journal, Thursday, January 10, 2008)
Fight for Your Nude Rights (Greg Gutfeld, Fox News, Thursday, January 10, 2008)
Flesh Is the Great Equalizer (Rachel Breitman , Gay City News, Thursday, January 10, 2008)
Swedish feminists win partial approval for topless swimming (Earth Times, Wednesday, January 9, 2008)
New nude laws out (Jane Igoe, The Mosman Daily, Wednesday, January 9, 2008)
Welcome to no wear (Keith Austin, Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday, January 9, 2008)
It's not your mother's Florida (Rochelle Lash,, Montreal Gazette, Sunday, January 6, 2008)
Family shocked by web images at library (video) (Mike Deeso, Tampa Bay's 10, Friday, January 4, 2008)
Penalty for being nude at home (Lankashire Evening Post, Friday, January 4, 2008)
Brave? or Crazy? Polar Bear Swimmers dip into English Bay (Katharine Kitts & Mike Hanafin, News 1130 Vancouver, Tuesday, January 1, 2008)

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