January 2011
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New winter sports: nude cross-country skiing
The nude skiers have appeared in the sleepy region of Bayrischzell, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany.
Naked as God created them, they glide through the winter forest, careless and free... But how can they stand the crisp cold without the protection of functional underwear and skiing suit?
The leisure traveler from the North Rhine-Westphalia region explains:
“… as long as you move, you...
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Challenging Nudity laws in Canada
Canadian court is to decide whether the country’s laws prohibiting public nudity are an infringement of constitutional rights. Lawyers are expected to argue that current laws in Canada prohibiting nudity in public places, or on private property exposed to public view, are overly broad.
According to the Federation of Canadian Nudists, these laws are archaic because they define nudity as...
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“… a friend of mine …. spent his week-ends giving the mosquitoes a break at a...”
– Our Readers Say: Popular Science, Feb 1938, p. 6
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“Bandits Flee; Leave 7 Nude Women Behind
It wasn’t a nudist convention, but...”
– Jet, May 25, 1961
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“Simone Weil: … beauty is the only value that is universally recognized.
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– Simone Weil, Intimations of Christianity among the ancient Greeks, p. 103.
Jet, 1 Sep 1966 (The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.)
P.S. We often understand by the ‘beauty’ very different things.
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“Nakedness reveals itself. Nudity is placed on display. The nude is condemned to...”
– John Berger
Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases
… Makes no difference what it means.
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Confusing the Streets on Vadimage Blog (January... →
Russian church officials are hoping to introduce a dress code not for women and men attending church services or just visiting places of religious worship, but for all people on any occasion…
Source: “A Dress Code For Russians? Priest Chides Skimpiness” by Ellen Barry (The New York Times, January 18, 2011)
Moscow Girl of the XVII century (Andrey Ryabushkin. 1903. Oil on cardboard. The...
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“The man is no use without the clothes; nor are the clothes without the man.”
– The Canadian law times, Vol. 17 Carswell & co., 1898
From 1900-1908 includes the “Annual digest of Canadian cases … decided in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the Supreme and Exchequer Courts of Canada, and in the courts of the provinces …