[Topfree] Artist Holly Van Voast, In Court Again After Stripping In New York's St Patrick's Cathedral

Ativist Holly Van Voast was hauled back in court yesterday for her latest stunt – going [topfree] in St Patrick’s Cathedral, New York.

After facing the judge fully dressed, Van Voast was dismissed thanks to a 1992 state appellate court ruling which states women are allowed to go [topfree] in public.

The 46-year-old then exited the court and promptly exposed her breasts to the waiting media.

The photographer and performance artist has so far displayed her wares at Grand Central Station, the Statue of Liberty and on the Staten Island Ferry.

Having filmed her latest stunt, Von Voast informed the New York Daily News: “I want to have a reality show. Nothing works like t***.”

Sporting a mop of unruly blonde hair, a drawn on moustache and frequently bare breasts, Van Voast often performs under her transgender alter-ego Harvey Van Toast.

Harvey, Van Voast claims, was conceived to draw attention to the need to protect art and to entertain the public.


She told DNAinfo: "This is what New York is begging for right now — something kind of funny, a little outrageous. Something that blows your mind.”

In this video, Van Voast's alter-ego, Harvey, visits the Staten Island Ferry and the Empire State Building:



SOUCRE: The Huffington Post - UK

You can find Holly Van Voast's work here at  Flickr: lens jockey™, her blog at thetoplesstruth and her YouTube channel here.

Sandra Bullock Ditches Her Killer Heels And Strolls Out Of Oscar Party Barefoot [Barefoot, Showbiz]

After an evening of rubbing shoulders with her fellow Hollywood stars, Sandra Bullock appeared to be feeling a little worn out.

The Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close actress was caught walking barefoot out of an Academy Awards party last night.

Elegantly dressed in black trousers, a black blouse with lace detailing and a white blazer, Sandra strolled out of the event, hosted by the Creative Artists Agency at a private home in Beverly Hills.

However, the 47-year-old actress didn't seem to feel too much discomfort as she walked to a waiting car holding a pair of killer black and white heels.

Sandra's September 11th film is nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Picture.

The brunette beauty turns in an emotional performance as a widow and single mother trying to raise her son after her husband, played by Tom Hanks, is killed in the terrorist attacks on New York.

Sandra recently revealed she wasn't eager to return to work after she won her first Oscar, then watched her marriage to reality TV star Jesse James crumble in 2010 and adopted her son Louis.

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Nudists Hope Aniston And 'Wanderlust' Give Resorts A Boost [Showbiz]

In the new movie Wanderlust, opening Friday, Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd play a cash-strapped Manhattan couple who opt for the hippie life at a nudist club in Georgia, where free love reigns and bathrooms and bedrooms lack doors.

And, naturally, the American Association for Nude Recreation is hoping the film gives 'nakations' a new round of exposure.

According to the association's blog, scenes were filmed near Georgia's Paradise Valley (about 45 minutes outside Atlanta) and Serendipity Park, and club members were used as extras.

"The movie is great fun. The nudists were on screen for only approximately 10 to 20 seconds, at least it seemed to be a short time anyway," notes one of those extras, Randy Savage. "It did not present any negative connotations regarding nudists at all ... I believe it will do very well, especially because it shows explicit nudity, including full frontal males (myself included). My son and daughter-in-law attended with us and gave the movie very high marks."

"Much has been made of Jennifer Aniston's nude scene in the film, although it was left on the cutting room floor and the scene that remains shows only implied nudity," the blog adds. "However, in many articles over the last two weeks, the actress said that after feeling briefly uncomfortable, she found nudity 'liberating.'"

Maybe. But don't expect the actress to book a stay at the type of resort depicted in Wanderlust. As Aniston told USA TODAY's Andrea Mandell, she couldn't comply with two big rules: "It's a tossup between the free love and no doors on the bathrooms."

SOUCRE: USATODAY.com

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

nakedcity.MOV [Topfreedom, Video]

topless women in nyc is legal. i wasn't expecting this to be delaying the train i was on. glad i wasn't on my way to work because it wasn't going anywhere anytime soon. i had no idea it was legal for women to walk around topless in NYC!

 sunrisealexis's Channel - YouTube

Save The Nudists! [Youth & Naturism]

Young naturists of South Florida talk about what it's like to live naked in a clothed world.

To see the video, click here.

Stop Barefoot Discrimination [Barefoot]

An informative and educational video about the truth (with a focus towards US laws). Barefooters are being discriminated against.

Could Nudist Travel Development Grant Help Pasco? [Travel]

This article was taken from New Port Richey, FL Patch:

There's a snowbird season in Florida, and soon there will be a "Eurobird" season in Pasco County.

The nonprofit Pasco Area Naturist Development Association (PANDAbare) began formulating the plan to market Pasco County to European travelers earlier this year. The Eurobird project includes a variety of marketing efforts to bring the naturist resorts of Pasco County to the attention of vacationing Europeans.

That plan got a boost today with the county commission's 4-1 vote to approve a $3,818 tourism development grant to PANDAbare to promote the area's naturist communities.

The grant marks the first time Pasco commissioners will use public money to promote the county as a destination for naturists, according to a Tampa Tribune report.

Commissioner Jack Mariano voted against the measure. But most of the board felt the effort was worthwhile to "try and draw people from other countries," Commissioner Pat Mulieri said in an email.

There are more naturists living in Pasco than anywhere else in the country, and yet very few of the 19 million naturists in Europe know Pasco County is a naturist destination, PANDAbare president Paul Brenot said.

"We have multiple resorts all right next to each other, but in the summer, we don't have the tourists," Brenot said.

European naturists who often vacation for several weeks at a time during the slow months of July and August can make the resorts of Pasco their base camp, with the attractions of Central Florida at their doorstep, Brenot said.

Disney World, the beaches, the Space Coast— "Nowhere else in the world is this available" to naturists, Brenot said.

"They say if you build it, they will come. Well, it's built, they just don't know about it yet," Brenot said.

The grant money from the county will help to change that. And if the marketing efforts are successful, Brenot sees potential benefits not only to the naturist resorts, but also for the county as a whole.

"It has the potential to make money for Pasco," Brenot said.

From revenues for the county, to revenues for small businesses, to job creation, "it's just one of those perfect marriages," Brenot said.

The organization also is working to gain 501c3 status, Brenot said. In addition to promoting Pasco as a destination for naturists, part of its outreach includes education about the naturist lifestyle.

Once you begin to understand to understand naturism, you realize what a wonderful community of accepting people it is, Brenot said.

SOURCE: New Port Richey, FL Patch

Alois Knapp [Heroes Of iNAKED]

This article was taken from ASA Days - Nudist Clubhouse Group:

Alois S. Knapp emigrated from his native Austria with wife Ursula during the turbulent times between the two world wars. Settling in Chicago, Alois established his law practices whilst Ursula kept house. The Knapps assimilated swiftly to their new American life, save one important interest: their love of Freikörperkultur.

The couple, yearning for a place to enjoy the summers naturally, found the perfect stretch of Indiana farmland in 1933 west of Roselawn. Together with five guests, they established Club Zoro in Newton County on the south side of State Road just 17 kilometres from the Illinois line.

The renamed Zoro Nature Park grew in popularity after WWII ended as returning servicemen — fresh with their more worldly attitudes towards nudity — brought their brides and children to try this new type of social fraternity. Alois was also editor for the first bona fide American nudist publication, Ilsley Boone’s Sunshine and Health, in which he incorporated many photographs from Zoro to promote the club. Many of said images included Barbara Knapp, Ursula and Alois’ niece who immigrated after the war and became their hānai daughter. She was an accomplished ice skater, pilot and also managed the park’s office. Nudity was in Barbara’s blood: her favourite pastime was photography, both as the photographer as well as modeling. Her contributions from behind or in front of the camera appeared in many of the ASA journals.



By the late 1950s, Zoro Nature Park had become one of the premier clubs in the United States, sporting among other amenities its own landing strip. Alois was recognized as one of the elder statesmen in the National Nudist Council. He even appeared on the TV programme, “What's My Line” in 1958, where he stumped the panel guessing his occupation. The Knapps also owned a restaurant in Whiting, across the state line from Chicago, known for its excellent fish dinners.



After becoming the largest sun club in the nation, the Knapps decided it was time to sell and retire. Unbeknownst to them, the change of ownership would be to the detriment of social nudism and their beloved Zoro Nature Park would become Naked City. Dale and Mary Drost were the new proprietors and son Dick the “brains” behind such low-brow stunts as the annual Ms Nude Teeny Bopper Contest for pre-teen and adolescent girls, the St Patrick’s Day Erin Go Bra-less dance, and the most notorious Nudes-a-Poppin’ smut-fest, which has since moved to neighbouring Ponderosa Sun Club (Naked City closed when Dick was exiled from Indiana on child molestation charges)

To-day, Alois and Ursula are gone; Barbara quietly slipped into the annals of nudist history; Zoro’s beautiful timber-lined lake was “destroyed” after bulldozers fell all the trees to reformed the shore into a heart shaped quagmire; and the club, after spending nearly a decade of closure following Drost’s abomination, has reopened as Sun Aura. Roselawn itself — still a quiet farming centre — is known more for the two naked enterprises (neither of which are affiliated with AANR) and the crash site of American Eagle № 4184 in a field five kilometres south of the old property. Everyone in this country who loves the clothes-free life owes a bit of gratitude to Alois Knapp, the Father of American Nudism.

SOURCE: nudistclubhouse.com

Vote Naked Illinois 2010 [Blast From The Past]

For the first time ever in 2010, the voting laws in Illinois (USA) had changed so that the locals were able to vote by mail from home. See the full campaign below:



Vote Naked IL | Facebook

Bodybuilder in Custody After Calif Couple Beaten [NEWS]

This article was taken from abcnews.go.com/US:

A husband and wife who suffered head injuries while being beaten by a naked, 300-pound bodybuilder were released from a hospital on Tuesday, authorities said.

Meanwhile, suspect Ruben Arzu remained in custody at the hospital after it took four officers, two stun gun blasts and four sets of handcuffs to restrain the 5-foot-10-inch man during a Saturday night rampage on a suburban block in Colton.

Arzu, 22, is awaiting booking on suspicion of attempted homicide and aggravated mayhem, Colton police Officer Todd Smith said. His condition was not immediately available.

"The couple showed up at home from a party and he's there in their front yard, naked," said Smith, adding that the victims did not know Arzu.

Police said Arzu attacked the husband and caused major head trauma after the 36-year-old man confronted him.

The 34-year-old woman ran inside the house and called 911. When she came back out to check on her husband, Arzu picked her up and threw her around, causing facial injuries and multiple cuts to her head, Smith said.

Before officers arrived, a neighbor came out of her house to try and help the woman but ran back inside when Arzu turned to confront her, Smith said.

The names of the two victims were not released.

KABC and The Sun of San Bernardino cited authorities while reporting Arzu had been taking steroids and was under the influence of other drugs. Smith could not confirm those reports.

Colton is about 60 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.

SOUCRE: abcnews.go.com/US

Sol Stern [Heroes of iNAKED]

This article was taken from naturist archives of the 1960s:

A PORTRAIT OF A GREAT NUDIST

The question has often been put to me, "Why do you work so hard at nudism?" "What do you get out of it?" I believe that I can best answer these questions by telling you about a man whom I recently met at Sunny Palms in Florida.

He was a big man. His alert and piercing eyes sparkled with excitement. He proudly manifest his love of life and of people. He reminded me of a big, friendly St. Bernard dog. His movements were easy; he was awkward; he was graceful. His deep and booming voice commanded attention. He was not too articulate, but he was capable of expressing his thoughts, the logic of which was excellent. This was not minimized by the fact that he spoke with an accent indicative of his foreign birth.

He held no titles. No honors had been bestowed upon him. He was just another nudist who would be characterized as another ordinary member. However, it did not take long to determine the tremendous impact of his personality and of his activities; his heartfelt love of his fellow-members; his ever willingness to aid nudism or his friends by services or contributions. Everyone knew that he could be counted on to respond in an emergency. His response to a call for help was immediate and unequivocal. His love of and devotion to nudism and nudists was of great depth and quality.

What motivated this remarkable individual? Evaluation did not disclose at any point that he was subjective in his thinking. His sole reason for always being ready and willing to serve, or to undertake anything which he felt would aid the cause, was that he was dedicated to the principles of nudism. He was a zealot who was consumed by a contagious spirit. His presence in a group gave birth to an esprit de corps. All others experienced a pride in being a part of that group. He was the catalyst that blended the many personalities. Little did he realize the importance of his influence upon those with whom he came in contact.

It was on my recent trip to Florida, when I attended the ESA Mid-winter Conference at the Lake Como Club and visited Sunny Palms that I had the great pleasure and stimulating experience of meeting this great nudist. So profound was the impact of this event that I have been thinking how representative he is of many of the members of the ASA. He is characteristic of the many unsung heroes, who, through their untiring, unselfish, and unacknowledged efforts, have made it possible for nudism to attain the maturity it now enjoys. I am certain that many of us know other wonderful members of the Association who are within the category I have described above. In our busy lives, let us give them deserving recognition; let us take a moment to bestow a "sun tan," a word of appreciation and praise upon them when the opportunity presents itself. These are truly important people.

Thus, let me state that I am inspired to render service to the organization by the example of men of this statute and caliber. I am compelled to emulate these great people. A commendable example must be followed. Everyone can become a member of this select group of builders. Join with me and let us seek and earn admission into their midst.

Sol Stern (1914 - 1987)

SOUCRE: naturist archives of the 1960s: A PORTRAIT OF A GREAT NUDIST

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FEMEN Protest in NYC Occupy Wall Street

Yesterday, 17 November, the American branch of the women's movement FEMEN carried out an action on Wall Street in New York City in protest against the repressive power over activists Occupy Wall Street. American activist FEMEN appeared at the police cordoned the street at 9 o'clock in the morning and occupied the Wall Street to its topless protest. The girls, with placards in their hands and crowns on their heads, freedom, and demanded withdrawal of the American police in the line of the tent camp occupants. In response to demands FEMEN police attempted to arrest activists of movement.

The women's movement FEMEN, through its American activists, requires the City of New York, Mayor Bloomberg and the police take his hands away from the peaceful protesters and let them back in Zuccotti Park. FEMEN condemns expulsion of Protestant tenants from Central Park in New York and calls for international condemnation of acts of the city authorities and police need to condemn them for abuse, neglect constitutional rights, freedom of speech and protest.

FEMEN-USA condemns the brutal attitude the New York Police in relation to female occupants, many of which expelled from Zuccotti Park and arrested. Activists FEMEN-USA-known instances of ill-treatment of arrested women in police stations. On the streets of New York American FEMEN chanting "Hands off our sisters!"

New York Youth Hold Naked Party [Youth & Naturism]

In New York, some young people are promoting naturism, hoping that nudism will no longer be held in contempt and condemned by the elderly. November 19th local time, forty of New York’s most fashionable 18-40 year old groups gathered in New York’s Soho district, celebrating the first anniversary party of naturism in the United States. Naked, the people talked, laughed, and drank alcohol. These young naturists hope that even more young people will join the naturist movement through these kind of events.

New York Youth Hold Naked Party

Car Crash Kills Owner Of Paradise Lakes Nudist Resort [News]

This article was taken from the tampabay.com website on 24 November 2011:

The owner of Paradise Lakes, one of Pasco County's largest nudist resorts, died Sunday night in a Texas vehicle crash that also critically injured his girlfriend.

John Forier, 61, of Land O'Lakes, was killed shortly after 11:30 p.m. after the 1997 Mercury sport utility vehicle he was driving veered off U.S. 385 near Hartley, a small town north of Amarillo, according to authorities. Forier tried to get back on the road but overcorrected, sending the SUV skidding across both lanes and causing it to overturn. Forier, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the SUV, the report said. Authorities pronounced him dead at the scene.

His girlfriend, Pamela Tanner, 51, also of Land O'Lakes, was wearing a seat belt. She was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital with critical head injuries.

Forier, who lived at the resort and in Martinique, bought the 72-acre nudist resort in 2007 with plans to renovate and expand it. His goal was to compete with nearby Caliente Resort and attract young people.

"All of the resorts are trending to get older and older," he told the Times in February. "We need to get new people used to the idea that it is acceptable."

Last year, Forier hired Jay and Amy Roberts to liven up the resort's entertainment and night life. The couple had been running popular pool parties at a mansion in Lutz, and Forier wanted to duplicate the success at Paradise Lakes.

Business doubled at Club Reveal, thanks to sexy themed parties. However, the increased emphasis on raciness drew criticism from some longtime residents. The resort also joined Caliente in leaving the American Association of Nude Recreation, an organization that emphasizes a family atmosphere in nudism.

"He was always very good to me," said Carolyn Hawkins, the association's public relations director, who had met Forier a few times. She said she was surprised when it severed ties with the organization.

Forier also planned a $4 million clubhouse expansion, which will triple the size of the nightclub, upgrade the gym and spa, and the addition of 14 luxury condos and a Japanese steak house. The resort is converting 48 of the 56 hotel rooms into timeshares.

"We hope to be booming," Forier said earlier this year. "The more people who come in and try it, the more people will like it."

SOURCE: Car crash kills owner of Paradise Lakes nudist resort - St. Petersburg Times

Save the Nudists! The Florida Young Naturists Keep the Clothes-Free Lifestyle Alive

This article is from Broward/Palm Beach New Times:

Robbe White is a 27-year-old with a head of cherubic, golden curls. His girlfriend, 24-year-old Anna Phillips, is pretty and sun-kissed, with long, chestnut hair. Phillips is eight months pregnant, but otherwise, these two look like the stereotypical, All-American boy and girl next door.

Except for one detail: They spend most of their time naked.



White and Phillips both come from conservative Christian families. White spent childhood vacations from school as a missionary in tropical foreign lands. Phillips has seven siblings and was raised to believe that birth control is evil. So these two might seem unlikely leaders of a nudist revival movement. But they run the Florida Young Naturists, a group of 18- to 30-year-olds who gather throughout the year to spend weekends au naturel, slipping down water slides, squatting in yoga poses, and beating drums around bonfires.

Being naked, White says, is "really freeing... As far as why I've started [FYN] and how it's paid off with me — there have just been so many positive stories that have come out of this. People have come for the first time and left the weekend crying. So many people have said, 'Wow, this was really great.'

Read The Whole Article @Broward/Palm Beach New Times

FEMEN Protest In NYC Occupy Wall Street

Yesterday, 17 November, the American branch of the women's movement FEMEN carried out an action on Wall Street in New York City in protest against the repressive power over activists Occupy Wall Street. American activist FEMEN appeared at the police cordoned the street at 9 o'clock in the morning and occupied the Wall Street to its topless protest. The girls, with placards in their hands and crowns on their heads, freedom, and demanded withdrawal of the American police in the line of the tent camp occupants. In response to demands FEMEN police attempted to arrest activists of movement.

The women's movement FEMEN, through its American activists, requires the City of New York, Mayor Bloomberg and the police take his hands away from the peaceful protesters and let them back in Zuccotti Park. FEMEN condemns expulsion of Protestant tenants from Central Park in New York and calls for international condemnation of acts of the city authorities and police need to condemn them for abuse, neglect constitutional rights, freedom of speech and protest.

FEMEN-USA condemns the brutal attitude the New York Police in relation to female occupants, many of which expelled from Zuccotti Park and arrested. Activists FEMEN-USA-known instances of ill-treatment of arrested women in police stations. On the streets of New York American FEMEN chanting "Hands off our sisters!"

See pictures of the protest here.

FEMEN - Main Website

Strip Poker For Art's Sake [Art]

This article is from Mail Online:

There isn't much that will turn heads in New York - but a public game of strip poker seems to do the trick.

A performance piece called I’ll Raise You One sees a revolving cast of 48 participants signed up to play strip poker in a shop window in downtown Manhattan.

The nude installation is taking place at the Art In General Gallery until November 19.

Read The Whole Article @ Mail Online

Performers Arrested In Ocularpation Go To Court [Young Naturists And Nudists America]

This article is from the Young Naturists And Nudists America:


Today was the big day. The 3 of us who were arrested for being half-naked / naked in the art performance Ocularpation went to criminal court to address the ticket charges! I’d been charged with disorderly conduct, and my two male cell mates had received a 2-for-1 deal of disorderly conduct and indecent exposure.

The result? CASE DISMISSED.

Read The Whole Article @ Young Naturists And Nudists America

ClothesFree.com Is Back In Action! [News]

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