Nudity Not Rude At Home [Home & Garden]

After a mother complained to police about her family being able to see Palmerston Deputy Mayor Geoff Carter nuding up in his house, many people told NT News they are happy to go regularly naked at home.

But most people, and the law, agreed that nudity should be out of the public eye.

Father-of-three Phil Denson, 28 (pictured above), of Brinkin said "naturism" is healthy because his kids Flynn, 3, Mars, 1, and Safari Jewel, one week old, will worry less about body image.

"So the kids don't grow up thinking there's only what they see in magazines," he told the NT News. "It doesn't have to be a sex thing, it's just a comfort thing.

"And there's less washing to do.

"But even when we take them to school the teachers say Flynn always seems to lose his pants."

But Mr Denson said his offspring and wife Anna make sure they wear clothes in public view.

"Friends usually ring before calling over," he said.

Mike Foley, 72, has streaked at iconic spots in more than 20 countries. The Darwin musician penned The International Streaker in 1974 and is now on a streaking holiday in New Zealand.

He most recently streaked on a skateboard at sunrise in front of Mount Maunganui on Wednesday. His wife Kay takes the photos and he sells a charity calendar of his antics for Variety NT each year.

"I know we live in 2012, but I'm opposed to anything that would be seen to offend kids," he told NT News.

"If they're going to get their clothes off, they've got to be serious, if they get caught, it serves them right."

Top End Naturist Recreation Retreat owner Jean Paar, 62, who runs the year-round, 100-acre operation in Darwin River is unsympathetic to Mr Carter.

"If he got caught he deserved to get caught," she told NT News, while she was starkers.

"When we lived in the city we had to be discreet"

There is a prison term of six months, a $2000 fine, or both, for a person convicted of exposure in view of a public place.

SOUCRE: ntnews.com.au

Naturist Etiquette 101 [How-To]

Naturism is built on respect - for fellow naturists, for non- naturists, and for the environment. Naturists have a few simple rules of etiquette; read them, and remember that the respect is mutual:

1 Naturists are not, generally, masochists, so if it is too cold to be naked naturists wear clothes. Conversely, if it is warm enough to be naked, many/most naturists will want to be so, whether indoors or out - though there are many people who enjoy swimming and sun-bathing naked but prefer to be clothed at other times or for other activities. It's a matter of personal choice.

2 The practice at most naturist locations for total nudity to be the norm throughout the day and wherever possible. Sometimes for some naturist locations, it is expected that naturists are clothed in the evenings/night in the public areas, restaurants, bars or club houses. On the other hand, it is expected that no bathing costumes are worn in the pools if there is one.

3 The normal naturist etiquette is ALWAYS to have a towel to sit on, not necessarily to cover up with. This is for reasons of hygiene and, frankly, consideration of friends' or the naturist location's chairs and seats - protecting others from suntan oils, sweat etc.

4 Do not go out of established nude areas. To wander nude into a clothed beach or parking area will offend many.

5 The normal naturist etiquette is not to indulge in any overtly sexual behaviour in a public place - no different from textile etiquette. In the unlikely event of becoming sexually aroused, a naturist would be expected to turn away or cover up to avoid embarrassing anyone, including himself.

6 Photography is only permissible in a naturist resort if the explicit permission of people appearing in the photographs and who could be recognisable is obtained by the photographer - most naturists, like everyone else, like to preserve their privacy and to decide for themselves whether and where any photographs of them or their families appear.

7 Speak up for standards. If a person seems unaware of proper naturist etiquette, explain politely and plainly.

8 There is no need to worry that you may unwittingly break the rules - observing what others do, or asking their advice, will put you on the right tracks - and remember, naturist communities are generally very friendly and, unless you behave outrageously, you will quickly be accepted into the community. Just relax!

9 When you arrive at a naturist location, you should make yourself comfortable. Start removing all your clothing at once, but make sure you're comfortable and that you appear comfortable. Then relax and enjoy the experience - don't be tense and edgy.

10 Last but not least "Be Yourself", your first visit is a special one and maybe your first step and we want you to remember it! Once you are comfortably nude and enjoying yourself, it's easy to be friendly and approachable. Do not just sit off in a corner by yourself - walk around, chat, get to know people. If people do not want to talk to you, you will know, but a lot of naturists are very friendly and enjoy meeting new people. Go for it!

How To Practice Nude Beach Etiquette [How-To]

Step 1: Don't Call Them Nudists
Don’t call them nudists. The politically correct term is “naturist.”

Step 2: Don't Stare At People's Private Parts
Don’t stare at people’s private parts. Here’s a good rule of thumb: If it would be unseemly to gape at that body part when it’s fully clothed, it’s downright rude to gawk at it undressed.

Step 3: Ask Permission Before Taking Photographs
Always ask permission before snapping a photo or video — they’re naturists, not zoo animals. And no one wants to worry that their jelly rolls are going to be on YouTube

Step 4: Be Wary Of Using Binoculars
The same goes for binoculars, which are only appropriate if you’re discovering new lands, looking at birds, or enjoying an opera.

Step 5: Restrict Nudity To The Beach
Restrict nudity to the beach. When you’re in the parking lot, for example, have some clothes on.

Step 6: Cover Chairs With A Towel
Carry a towel wherever you go so you can put it down on beach loungers, bar stools, restaurant chairs, and so on.

Step 7: Make Everyone Feel Comfortable
Make everyone feel comfortable, even those who are only willing to go so far as being “top-free," as the naturists like to call it. Naturists, after all, are all about acceptance.

How To Be Body Painted [How-To]

from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit
Body Painting is different from face painting in the simple fact that face painting is only covering the face while body painting is the whole body (sometimes including the face). There are many things that people do while wearing body paint, there is a catering service where the waiters and waitresses are only wearing paint, there are bike rides with people wearing paint, or you could take pictures.

Steps

• Think of what design you want being painted on you.
• Find an artist or friend to help you that you are comfortable with.
• When you get to the place where you will be painted, you will need to remove your clothes and put on whatever you will be painted in. Some people choose to wear something while being painted while others choose to be completely nude. Some artists only paint people nude.
• Get in the position you will be painted in and get comfortable. Depending on what parts you are getting painted you may need to move into different positions from time to time. Some paintings may also take longer depending on the complexity. Some could take minutes while bigger or more complex ones could take multiple hours to complete. Make sure you listen to the artist so the artwork comes out best.
• When done, enjoy, you may want to take pictures because the paint will soon wear off.

Tips

• Make sure you are comfortable with the artist, remember, you could be with them for a while and you should be comfortable.
• Bring a friend with you, it will be more comfortable for you and could be more fun.
• If you are standing while being painted and feel the need to lean or sit on something, let your artist know.

Warnings

• Only use safe body paints.
• Be comfortable with the artist.
• In the case you are nude, make sure you are comfortable with being painted nude and not pressured to be painted nude.
• If the paint covers half or more of your body, you could experience an effect similar to lack of sleep. This can be caused by chemicals in the paint, or the paint preventing heat from escaping. This will not cause you to suffocate, but it is likely to impair your thinking. It is a good idea to have a trusted friend nearby to watch over you.
• You have more hair than you think you do: don't peel.

Things You'll Need

• Paint
• Some one to help paint you (depending on the design)
• Swim wear (if you are not comfortable being fully nude and would rather wear something like underwear or a swimsuit).

Related wikiHows

• How to Be a Good Face Painter
• How to Be a Nude Art Model
• How to Ride in a Naked Bike Ride

Sources and Citations

• http://www.bodypaintinglondon.co.uk/models.php
• http://solsticecyclist.org
• http://archive.bodypainting.co.uk/
• http://www.sydneybodyartride.org/
• http://sbarhq.fotopages.com/

Article provided by wikiHow, a wiki how-to manual. Please edit this article and find author credits at the original wikiHow article on How to Be Body Painted. All content on wikiHow can be shared under a Creative Commons license.

Beyond Naked [Film]

What happens when four first-timers accept the challenge to ride naked in the 2011 Fremont Solstice Parade.

Beyond Naked | a film about daring more with less

Walkers Baked Naked Advert [Blast From The Past]

31 December 2009



Gary Lineker stars in an ad for Walkers Baked Crisps. The ad was shot on location in South Africa.



Walkers Crisps ‘Baked’ advert - Advertising Showcase | UTalkMarketing
Gary Lineker flashes his six pack in new crisps ad | Mail Online
Walkers Baked - from Walkers crisps

Naked Rambler Nigel Keer Fined £315 For Offending Other Walkers [News]

This article was taken from metro.co.uk:



Nigel Keer was wearing nothing but a backpack, boots and a baseball cap when he met a woman walking her dog on October 2 last year.

Off-duty police officer PC Mark Buxton, who was out running, arrested Mr Keer after spotting the woman who looked distressed.

PC Buxton told Leeds Magistrates' Court: 'She had a disgusted frown across her face.

'I saw her turning around, I could tell she was upset about something.'

The officer approached the naked rambler and ordered him to get dressed, which he did.

PC Buxton added: 'I was so shocked and surprised - and to some degree alarmed - by what I had just seen.'



Mr Kerr claimed the woman referred to by the police officer didn't exist and said he'd kept score of the number of positive and negative reactions he'd received during his stroll that day, with a score of 15-0 in his favour.

However, despite his protests, he was found guilty of a public order offence.

Judge Christopher Darnton said: 'I do accept that Mr Keer is a naturist but I note with some interest that he would not walk with his clothes off in the city centre of Leeds.

'On this occasion a lady was clearly distressed by what she had seen going on.'

SOURCE: metro.co.uk

NUDE [Cartoon]

A short film about a guy who is the odd one out in a topsy turvy world. Enjoy!

Made by Colin Reid
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology
Animation

French Firm La Redoute Sorry For Naked Man Photo

A French fashion retailer has apologised for a photo in which a naked man appeared behind a group of children advertising beachwear - but the image has gone viral on the internet.

In a tweet La Redoute said that it "apologises for the photo published on its site and is doing what's necessary to remove it".

But montages appeared on the internet showing the naked man in some iconic images, such as the Moon landing.



The nudist has not been identified.

In one of the spoof images the face of the disgraced former International Monetary Fund chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was pasted onto the naked man.

La Redoute is one of France's biggest mail-order retailers.

A spokeswoman for La Redoute, quoted by the AFP news agency, said an internal inquiry had been launched to determine how the error had happened.

The error was compounded by the fact that La Redoute provided a magnifying glass so that people could examine the beachwear close-up.

Some tweeters remarked that the "bad buzz" surrounding the photo was actually useful publicity for La Redoute.

La Redoute

The Naked Truth [Women, Body Image]

This article is from Marie Claire:

It took one woman being naked in public to make her appreciate her own body. By Fernanda Moore

"What if, in a landscape filled with brand-new bodies, we looked at each other and decided to broaden our horizons?"

My foray into public nudity didn't begin well. For years, I had wanted to visit the hot tubs at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. Perched on a cliff overlooking the Pacific, they're the world's most gorgeously situated baths. But there, after flying cross-country to see them, I stood clutching my towel in the unisex changing room, staring miserably at my feet. Suddenly, the 3,000 miles I'd traveled felt like nothing compared with the 20 feet I was about to walk — stark naked — to the baths.

Finally, peer pressure overcame prudery, and I joined the masses in the "clothing optional" tubs. I slid in gingerly, mumbling polite hellos, and leaned back with my eyes closed. The water, sun, and waves crashing below began to ease my anxiety. Soon, I was totally content.

Read The Whole Article @ Marie Claire

Naked SantaCon 2011 [Video]

Naked Santa World Record Attempt at SantaCon in San Francisco, USA.

2naked [Cool Art Project]

2naked have been founded in 2008 by Bianka Langnickel and Thomas as a photo project in the framework of the international art-project "Synapses" in Chisinau, the capital of the Republic of Moldova.

Back in this time 2naked went on travels through Republic of Moldova and Romania where they photographed themselves naked in the same pose again and again. This scenic photo series, has been shown in such places as the former State Circus Chisinau (Moldova) and the Neues Museum in Weimar (Germany). The viewer receives a closer look at private homes of various families in the Balkan, where the two artists lived and worked during their travels. Country-specific peculiarities, as well as personal characteristics of the inhabitants themselves, can be observed in each of the photographs.

The intention of the work - to address the space surround the two naked people, has been in main focus of artistic conception from the beginning. So 2naked wishes to raise their approach to a higher level, in new places. The town itself, now becomes the medium of association and offers scope for the viewer. This is achieved by a complete 2naked delimitation of the subject from the outer trappings. The only motifs that are displayed now are the two naked bodies, within real places, in a constantly changing context.

Nevertheless, the passer is not left alone with the artwork. As a project 2naked utilises networking, the opportunity is there for the viewer to visit the site (www.2naked.org) connecting with other places, creating a new way of identifying the outlook. The viewer can even participate, personally, through 2Naked's online platform.

The Wall is the Message | 2naked - Die nackte Wand
2naked | Facebook

2naked

Nude McDonald's Run: 2 People Face Indecency Charges After Going To Drive-Thru Naked [Food & Drink]

GALESBURG, Ill. -- Two people who pulled up at a McDonald's drive-thru in western Illinois completely naked face public indecency charges.

Police in Galesburg say a 19-year-old El Paso man and a 21-year-old Galesburg woman (named as Paul Kosur and Megan Gutierrez, according to myfoxphoenix.com) have been released from Knox County Jail after being ordered to appear in court to face the charges.

Paul Kosur and Megan Gutierrez

WGIL Radio reports that the duo was still in the McDonald's parking lot when officers arrived just before 2 a.m. Wednesday. Police say the man was crouched over in the driver's seat trying to pull on a pair of pants while his passenger was covering up in a blanket.

WGIL reports that the pair told officers the late night fast-food run might not have been a great idea but that they both still thought it was funny.

SOUCRE: The Huffington Post

La Plaza del Pi [Art]

The times that one could walk naked in the streets of Barcelona are over. Since May 2011 it is even forbidden to walk around in town in bathing-clothes or without a shirt. Here you can see an interesting video of another young lady at the same square.



Live Art in the Plaza del Pi in Barcelona.

Roskilde Naked Run 2011 [Sports]

The traditional, annually naked run at the Roskilde Music Festival. Every year, on the Saturday of the Festival, since 1998, Roskilde Festival Radio organizes a nude run around the camp site. One male and female winner will receive a ticket for the next year's festival.

Naked Woman In 'Yoga Protest' At Parliament [Blast From The Past]

20th May, 2010 - A naked woman stopped traffic near the Houses of Parliament yesterday, by clambering on to a black cab for a five-minute ‘yoga protest’.

She yelled ‘Troops out of Afghanistan’, as the cabbie tried to shift her and tourists looked on.
Police finally managed to move the woman.

Witness Carl Backland, 50, said: ‘She jumped on the cab when it stopped at the lights – the driver wasn’t very please

SOUCRE: Metro.co.uk

Al desnudo y sin tabú - Naked And Without Taboo [Video]

Programa online totalmente independiente. Dirigido por Mauricio Menéndez y Producido por Daniel Lagarini. Al desnudo y sin tabú nace para mostrar la realidad de los Chilenos y reírse en la cara de los abusadores, en el ultimo país del mundo.

Visítanos y únete a la revolución nudista desde el bar "Libido" en Bellavista.

Totally independent online program. Directed by Maurice Produced by Daniel Menendez and Lagarini. When born naked and without taboo to show the reality of the Chilean and laugh in the face of abuse, the last country in the world.

Visit us and join the revolution nudist from the bar "Libido" in Bellavista.

aldesnudoysintabu.com

Dawn Get's Naked (2007) [Documentary]

Dawn Porter bares all in order to reveal how our idea of perfection has been perverted to fit the demands of the beauty industry. In a bid to get to grips with her naked self, Dawn is propelled into all manner of uncompromising situations - from hanging out with naturists to learning a valuable lesson in morality from a stripper. Spurred on to try and change attitudes and expectations of the female form, Dawn sets about organising what she hopes will become the ultimate female Flashmob.

Last broadcasted on UK TV on the 17 September 2008.

Dawn Gets Naked

SantaCon 2011: Naked Santas World Record [Video]

SantaCon 2011: Naked Santas Guinness World Record attempt.

The Dream Rockers - DON'T TRY TO FOOL ME [Music]

Adanowsky and Teri Gender Bender in Paris. Directed by Spock & Adanowsky

The Dream Rockers