Category Archives: Articles

Left, Right Dude

Posted on February 5, 2010 by admin

“In the 19th century, Adah Isaacs Menken set a template for women bohemian authors in America. In the stage show Mazeppa, Menken showed off her body in flesh-colored tights, while in lush poetry books she showed off her soul.” The … Continue reading →

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HAPPY NUDE DECADE!

Posted on January 11, 2010 by admin

“Nude Is In the Eye Of the Beholder” It’s shortly after the New Year’s holiday and Nude News has been on the road. As we welcome in the New and Nude Decade from a tropical (but chilly) garden, nearly as … Continue reading →

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Sherlock Holmes meets his match: Adah Menken

Posted on December 2, 2009 by admin

The new, updated, totally pop Sherlock Holmes opens in theaters across the Ailing Empire on Christmas Day, 2009. Possibly visible among the mayhem created by nearly 100 special and visual effects technicians and artists will be the stars: Robert Downey … Continue reading →

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WACKY NUDE NEWS

Posted on November 23, 2009 by admin

New York: November 23, 2009 The nude news most gabbled about in the press makes even less sense than usual. We learn that Carrie Prejean, the once-upon-a-time Miss California and more recently poster girl for the religious right, made a … Continue reading →

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Naked Terror

Posted on October 22, 2009 by admin

 By some karmic circumstance, we have stumbled onto a limitless supply of naked news. By which we mean current stories about nudity, mainly female because hardly anybody, this side of a Hollywood flak, gives a damn about a guy who … Continue reading →

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Naked or Nude as a Come-on

Posted on October 11, 2009 by admin

It’s tempting for publicity shlockmeisters to toss in “naked” or nude” at any time possible to promote their goods (or bads). In the 21st century nudity, or even the mention of it, still seems to shock. Here are a couple … Continue reading →

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THE NAKED TRUTH

Posted on September 17, 2009 by admin

    “Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing. It is related to the concept of modesty and is sometimes used to refer to wearing significantly less clothing than expected by the conventions of a particular culture and situation, … Continue reading →

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THE IRISH IN ADAH ISAACS MENKEN

Posted on September 15, 2009 by admin

                John Heenan                   The Stepfather, the Husband New Orleans has a neighborhood called the Irish Channel. Located between the French Quarter and the Garden District, … Continue reading →

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A Colored Girl from New Orleans

Posted on June 11, 2009 by admin

The search for the origins of the global figure who came to be known as Adah Isaacs Menken has gone on for some 150 years. It began even before her premature death in 1868. Today Jewish, African American, and Irish … Continue reading →

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A Wink and a Smile–in the flesh

Posted on May 17, 2009 by admin

A movie review by Michael Foster The film documentary A Wink and a Smile, about ten youngish women who enroll in Seattle’s Academy of Burlesque, opened at New York’s Quad Cinema on May Day. Entirely appropriate, since the holiday in … Continue reading →

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