Wardrobe malfunction disqualifies carnival dancer

A female dancer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's carnival lost her chance to win after her 1.4 inch (3.5 cm) genital covering temporarily fell off. Genital exposure is against the carnival rules. Hmmm, seems like if they just went ahead and allowed full nudity it would be simpler and they wouldn't have to deal with who broke the rules and who didn't!

Read more here:
Nudity loses carnival prize

...And read more here: Rio Carnival: Just let them go 100% nude!

Joseph Knowles: Survived naked in the woods?

In 1913, a man in Maine named Joseph Knowles became a hero after he went into the woods nude to survive on his own for two months. Or was it a hoax? See the full article here:

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/mar/07/naked-in-the-woods-joseph-knowles-and-the-legacy/

Photobucket forbids "nudity" pics of diapered babies!

Photos of babies in diapers were being taken down by Photobucket, citing violation of their terms of service because they depict "nudity". Now it doesn't take a nudist to find this bizarre. Just another item for the Europeans to laugh at the US for our runaway nudity hysteria.

The following article does indicate that Photobucket has since decided to go ahead and restore the deleted images afterall:

On Photobucket, babies in diapers are seen as 'nudity'

A fair in the Netherlands just for nudists?

Another reason to visit the Dutch! Check out this article, Dutch nudists get their own fair, at EarthTimes.org. The fair will be held 2 times a year and clothes will be left in lockers at the entrance. There are similar events in the USA, including Sunsport Gardens’ annual Mid-winter Naturist Festival, in February, near West Palm Beach, Florida.

Penis Gourds and Nude Worship: Non-sexual nudity on TV

“National Geographic Nudity” is increasingly being found on standard cable channels. One such case is actually the National Geographic channel. Their Taboo series incudes segments on a nude Pagan ritual and a nudist Catholic church in Vermont.

Meanwhile, on the Travel Channel's Living with the Mek Tribe: The Adventures of Mark and Olly, two Westerners go to live with a tribe in West Papua and are provided "penis gourds" to wear, as all other men in the tribe do. What makes this a little more significant is that they did not blur-out or pixelate this when the men were filmed. On The Travel Channel's previous series "Going Tribal", they did blur-out the white man's genitals, but not the tribesmen's. Racist, you might ask? Probably not intended that way, but certainly could seem so. I applaud their current equal treatment!

Hopefully, more programs and channels will follow suit and relax nudity-censorship a little.