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Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 9:21am By Jessica O'ReillyA snow woman described as “nude” is getting the cold shoulder from Rahway, New Jersey residents. The family who carved Venus de Milo in last week's snow outside their home on Colonia Boulevard has been asked to cover up her “...
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Saturday, January 23, 2010 - 8:32am By Jessica O'ReillyPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has a reputation for using sex and women’s bodies in particular to sell their message. And though they have been criticized by vegans and other rights activists for using models and...
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Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 4:09pm By Tim McElreavyThe Torridge Pool in Devon, England has banned naked showering in locker rooms in order to avoid offending schoolchildren. The ban was put in place after pool management received complaints from some of the local schools that use the facilities....
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Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 10:28am By Dr Martha LeeA Virginia judge convicted Erick Williamson of indecent exposure in a case that has raised questions about what is okay when you are in your own home. Two women said they saw much more of Williamson than they cared to in October, even though he...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 2:54pm By Tim McElreavyConventional wisdom suggests that sex can sell anything, but a new study shows it doesn't work for movies. Researchers studied 914 mainstream films released by major Hollywood studios between 2001 and 2005 to determine if the inclusion of sex and/or...
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Friday, October 2, 2009 - 2:57pm By Delilah NightLying in bed, caressing my swelling stomach, pondering the changes our daughter would bring to our lives, my partner brought up the question of nudity. There was much back-and-forth about where and when nudity would be appropriate and after what...
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Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 4:56pm By Liz FarsaciThe fracas over Kathleen Neill’s photo shoot at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has brought up lots of questions about our attitudes towards public nudity, and exposed the discomfort and horror with which many people still view the (real life)...
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Monday, September 7, 2009 - 3:51pm By Tim McElreavyA lesbian sex scene cut from the original production of the 1998 TV movie Gia has begun to circulate on the web. The telefilm helped catapult Angelina Jolie to international fame. The actress was awarded both an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her hard-...
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Monday, September 7, 2009 - 1:36pm By Tim McElreavySpace travel has fascinated adults and children for centuries. Astronauts often find themselves bombarded with questions about what it's like out there, but NASA, it seems, feels that some questions are too much of a giant leap for anyone to answer...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 4:31pm By Tim McElreavyEverybody assumes that most political craziness happens inside the Washington beltway, and indeed, the District of Columbia is something of a giant theater of the absurd. However, it is in the small towns of this great nation that irony and comedy...
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Monday, August 24, 2009 - 11:52am By Chris HallYesterday, in case you missed it, was National GoTopless Protest Day, when men and women alike stripped down in parades across the country to combat gender inequality in dress code. Marches in New York City, Venice Beach, Chicago, Portland, and...
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Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 10:28am By Tim McElreavyThe governing body of Glasgow, Scotland's Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) has refused to show three works of art by artist Dani Marti commissioned for sh[OUT], a controversial exhibition celebrating the lives and history of LGBT people, because...
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Friday, August 21, 2009 - 9:33am By Tim McElreavyThe inimitable Dan Savage, the snarky sex columnist and faggot extraordinaire, may be expanding his media empire. He announced on his blog today that he is negotiating with HBO to bring Savage Love to the small screen (or flat screen or big flat...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 11:32am By Tim McElreavyThe town of Ashland, Oregon, may have exposed itself legally with its ban on full-frontal nudity in certain municipal areas. In 2004, the city council adopted a ban on the display of genitals in the downtown area and in public parks; the rest of the...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 2:32pm By Paul KrassnerIn his book, Strange Bedfellows: How Late-Night Comedy Turns Democracy into a Joke, Russell Peterson writes: “The difference between mere truth-telling and the contemplation of truthiness lies in the distinction between merely pointing out the...
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