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HAPPY NUDE DECADE!

“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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WACKY NUDE NEWS

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

 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

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

    “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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LIGHTS, CAMERA, ADORATION

Nudes from Adah Isaacs Menken to Marilyn Monroe to Lindsay Lohan If the camera loves you, if you are loved by the camera, you are a star.  -Marlene Dietrich Richard Avedon (1923–2004), after completing a series of shots of Marilyn … Continue reading

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Nude’s the Mood: a conversation

What does a grown-up woman today claim as her right to power and privilege? What happened to women’s libers’ serious demands for professional equality, equal pay, and daycare centers? Their daughters or granddaughters may wear miniskirts up to their navels … Continue reading

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VILLAGE VOICE Book Review, July 7th 2009

Downtown’s Lady Boswells: Bohos pause from their alternative lifestyles to type up two new memoirs Book Review By Roy Edroso Will Work for Drugs By Lydia Lunch published by Akashic, 155 pp., $15.95  Live Nude Elf: The Sexperiments of Reverend Jen By Reverend Jen … Continue reading

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