Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Naked Trees

Tree skeleton, Volunteer Park

Bare trees along the path at Green Lake

Winter reflections, Green Lake

“Have you ever noticed a tree standing naked against the sky,
How beautiful it is?
All its branches are outlined, and in its nakedness
There is a poem, there is a song.
Every leaf is gone and it is waiting for the spring.
When the spring comes, it again fills the tree with
The music of many leaves,
Which in due season fall and are blown away.
And this is the way of life.”
     — Krishnamurti

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Monday, December 28, 2009

Day 50 (12/25/09): Blossom

Since it was Christmas, and I didn’t want to hunt down a nice Jewish girl with a not so nice nose, I decided it would be a nice day to spend in isolation. I got my parents new Old fashioned glasses for Christmas, and my dad a very nice bottle of scotch. I “borrowed” the bottle of scotch, and christened one of the glasses. I took out my copy of Trimalchio and hunkered down by the fire.

His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.

Depending on the day I would either instantly propose or tell off a girl I met if her name turned out to be Daisy.  At the very least, I would throw a bunch of lavish parties, hoping she would show up. But unfortunately,

Unlike Gatsby and Tom Buchanan I had no girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs and So I drew up the girl beside me, tightening my arms. Her wan scornful mouth smiled and so I drew her up again, closer, this time to my face.

Highschool Travis tried to make every girl out to be Daisy. I even think I tried to make Kara my Daisy for a little while there. I’m actually enjoying a few other girls right now too. Back then I wanted every girl to haunt the very fiber of my being, the minutia of my day.  And these days it feels like I’m just drawing up the girl beside me with scornful mouths.

I’m at the mid-way point here and I feel as if I’m already slightly tarnished. I start this out playing the field, and I can’t even think of more than five of these girls that I even really want to see again, much less see on a consistent basis. And about 1/5 of those have I actually felt comfortable, and dare I say, myself next to.  Even when I sleep with a girl, the sleep is never sound. It’s never solid, or comfortable. It’s shallow, and I spend the night stirring.

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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Exhibitionist - Day 4

Have you ever been watched? Naked in lust while others crave your flesh? Your desire to be wanted and sought ever over take you? Ever wanted to give a taste? Maybe just a little? A stranger? An anonymous hand reaching over in the dark? A peak given to an on looker? Have you? Would you? Want to? Does that offend you? Does that stretch you? Intrigued? Excited? Turned on?

The mind is powerful.

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Sybian Enema

Erotica Contributed by a Fan:

Perhabs You would enjoy a bit of kinky stimulation! I have managed to move for a few weeks in other quarters, its an old french art deco villa from a friend  who is participating in the london -singapore rally and i have a surprise for You: just come along, in 15 minutes we will be there.
Entering this beautiful place,  held mostly in white, with exception of the many old enamel signs and some  very good artifacts like beautiful sculptures of nude females with well proportined rears and on the walls black and white photographs of Ladies shown with atractive backsides. (one of Your was there too) Put Your coat onto the white leather couch and follow me, Along the coridor with its glasroof to the imensely large bathroom. All is tiled in white with art deco elements on the upper rand. There is a marble tub, a bidet, a massage table in black leather and seperately a toilet, the whole floor is covered with a enormous large black latex sheet, but it is not even, in the center it lifts up about 1 1/2 foot like a mountain in a rather flat area.
Obviously something is underneath, but what? You go to the side and undressed, placing Your clothes on the massage table and what must i see?? You naughty wanton, there You are wearing black stockings fastened to a black latex corselet and You wear a glove leather bra which pushes your breasts up and ends under Your nipples.
Naughty!!  Out of this mountain there are 2 prongs sticking out of the latexsheet and on the side is a small white table with castors, on the table latexgloves, some surgical spreaders, some metallsyringes and a glas syringe with some strange mass in it, the plungerhandle sticks all the way out, further more a Vaginal douch-syringe with a rubbernozzle which has extraordinary many holes in it.

I help You near this strange set-up watching You and noticing Your delicate outfit. Please place Your hands on this object (and as You do so You notice that the 2 prongs are dildos) i take the syringe from the table and with your body in this position where your beautifull rear encased on the top from the arch of the corselet and on the sides from the long garters leading to your stockingtops. I insert the the soft tube which i had stuck to the nozzle, slowly into your butt, after a while shove it further up and start pressing the plunger, during this i slowly slide the tube out of your rear and by the time the syringe is empty, the tube is out of Your rear end. Now Your colon is almost full with KJ-jelly, Now i reach for the Vaginal Syringe, please spread Your legs a bit apart and holding the syringe i reach from behind between Your legs and insert the nozzle in Your Vagina, Quit deep, and start to squizze, You feel the cool jelly entering your innerts and after the bulb is squizzed out i pull the nozzle out.
Perhabs it was a bit too much, since i notice that some of it is leaking out of You. Now please strattle this strange seat and while You lower Your body i guide one dildo in Your vagina and the other into Your anus. Sit comfortable.
You rest Your hands on the forward end of this strange seat by now You see on the other end of the bathroom a IV stand with a large Glas-irrigation-jar there must be at least 1 gallon in it. Whou what is this??  The dildos in Your vagina and anus start to vibrate and at the same time You feel liquid entering Your colon. You start breathing a bit deeper and slower and enjoy the sensational feeling, at the same time asking Yourself how long You can endure this horse on which You sit. I increases the speed of the vibration and i see Your far-away-look in Your face, I increase the speed more and open the flow of the tubing to your behind.
3Quarts You have now in Your bowels and due to the vibration i am shure the water is well into your transvers colon. Suddenly Your breathing gets faster and faster Your body starts to shudder and You loose control of Your sphincter, the liquid is gushing out of You.   Down the latex mountain and collecting in small lakes in the latexsheeting.  I help You up to the toilet, where You will get rid of the first flood, after i place You in the tub and while i direct a warm stream from the shower onto your back, You may spread your legs and let the remains runn into the tub. After i towel You dry, You may lay on the massage table and rest wraped into a nice black silk bathgown. In your head you asked “what was this?? and later i will tell You: You have been fucked by a sybian, which i have converted to give a high enema at the same time. Liked Your Treatment???

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Monday, December 21, 2009

Friday, December 18, 2009

Naked women Protest Against Indian Army in Indian manipur

IMPHAL (Manipur), – After torching government buildings and parading naked to protest the suspected custodial rape and killing of a woman by federal soldiers, women in Manipur vow to intensify their fight against frequent atrocities in the restive northeast Indian state.

Naked women protestors shout slogans against the alleged rape, torture and murder of Thangjam Manorama by paramilitary soldiers in Imphal, capital of northeastern Indian state of Manipur, Thursday, July 15, 2004. In a highly unusual protest, some 40 women stripped naked and staged an angry demonstration outside the Assam Rifles base to protest the death in custody of 32-year old Manorama. (AP Photo/Str)


An indefinite curfew is in force in Manipur, bordering Myanmar, to quell the uprising, with troops bursting teargas shells, water cannons and firing rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of women trying to break prohibitory orders.

At least 100 women were injured in police attacks since violence broke out Thursday, with some having to undergo surgeries to remove pellets embedded in their bodies.

The action follows violent protests by women in Manipur after the bullet-riddled body of 32-year-old Thangjam Manorama was found on July 10.

Witnesses say Manorama was picked up by soldiers of the paramilitary Assam Rifles from her home on alleged charges of links with separatist rebels.

Hours later, her dead body was reportedly found four kilometers away from her home in the state capital Imphal, with multiple bullet wounds, besides torture signs.

Several women’s groups called a 48-hour general strike the day after Manorama’s body was found, bringing normal life in the state to a grinding halt for two days until July 12.

On Thursday, hundreds of women had stormed the Assam Rifles headquarters in Imphal, with at least 40 parading naked and holding placards that read: “Indian Army rape us” and “Indian Army takes our flesh.”

Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew fearing more protests. But women in hundreds started defying the curfew from Friday night by taking to the streets, prompting the police to resort to force to keep the protestors at bay.

On Sunday, protestors torched at least half-a-dozen government buildings, making authorities cut short a curfew relaxation.

“We want to punish the soldiers involved in the brutal killing of Manorama and so we are demanding handing over the errant soldiers to us,” says Memchaoubi Devi, president of the women’s rights group Porei Lemarol Meira Phaibi Apunba Manipur.

She adds, “It is better to protest naked than allow the soldiers to kill and rape our women.”

A total of 32 women’s groups have come under one platform to protest the killing. Women in Manipur are known for taking up cudgels against social issues.

“This protest is not going to die down until and unless the guilty soldiers are punished. Even if someone is involved in militancy, he or she should be brought to the court of law and not just killed or raped,” lashes out Leirik Devi, president of the Kangla Mei, another powerful women rights group.

She vows, “We are prepared to shed blood but cannot allow the soldiers to outrage the modesty of our daughters. This protest will intensify.”

Bowing to mounting pressure, the Assam Rifles Saturday removed an unspecified number of soldiers from duty against whom there was a court of inquiry ordered to probe the alleged custodial death.

Assures Assam Rifles spokesman Major SD Goswami, “Anybody found guilty would be punished.” The state government has also ordered a probe following rising pressure from women’s groups.

But women’s groups in the state have refused to call off their agitation even after the suspected soldiers were said to be taken off duty.

Says Leirik Devi, “Until and unless we get a concrete assurance from the authorities that cases like rape or custodial killings will not recur, and stern action is taken against those errant soldiers, we are not going to stop our agitation.”

“We cannot stop atrocities committed on the women by security forces unless we resort to radical forms of protest like stripping in public.”

Manipur has witnessed an increase in excesses by armed forces on civilians and human rights violations in the name of curbing insurgency.

Charges rights campaigner T Singh, “The number of cases of rights violations, torture and rape by security forces has increased manifold. The Special Powers Armed Forces Act prevalent here gives security forces unlimited powers and impunity against rights violations.”

“Our reports say there were at least 50 cases of third degree tortures on innocent civilians accused of aiding militancy in the past one year. At least a dozen custodial deaths were reported in the same period, while a number of cases have gone unreported.”

In October last year, 15-year-old Sanjita Devi committed suicide after being allegedly molested by army soldiers in Manipur. The army instituted a court of inquiry, but the findings were never made public.

Says another women’s leader, Sarojini Devi, “Such inquiries are nothing but a farce.”

There are over 19 separatist groups active in Manipur, bordering Myanmar, with demands ranging from secession to greater autonomy and the right self-determination.

More than 10,000 people have lost their lives to insurgency in Manipur in the past two decades. Even the state government admits there were excesses committed by armed forces on the civilians.

Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, who is the elected head of the state, in a letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked the federal government to “restrain and do the needful to check the conduct of security personnel” deployed in the state.

But for now, Manipur is in turmoil with the women folk determined to intensify their protests.

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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Smart is Sexy

Was just watching an episode of Star Trek; Enterprise, which I havnt really been so actively watching before, but being a fan of Star Trek, i thought I’d sit down and see how good this series was.
It was okay, not as good as an episode of Star Trek: Next Generation by far, but still it was ‘okay’.

I did however get slightly more interested, as Vulcan Commander T’pol was on screen…and may I say I have never seen a hotter vulcan, haha if there is any at all :P
She is played by Jolene Blalock, and both her name and appearance makes me think of Angelina Jolie, not that she is very hot at all…



But back to topic… I wanna talk a bit about Star trek : Next Generation which is by far the best Trek series of all, both because it homes most of the original series feeling, and also because each episode is so perfect in every way ( I should know, I have seen them all).
Adding, Patrick Stewart in the role as Jean Luc Picard is aboslutely brillant with his wicked british charm, accent and acting supremacy.
If there is something i would wish for Christmas, is to own the whole complete series on DvD ^^
For Star trek overall, it is undeniable the popcultural influence it has had over western civilization over the past 40-50 years, as it has both brought the sci-fi tvgenre to life, inspired countless of other media such as Star Wars and many of the wacky sci-fi gadgets featured in the original series have actually become real life things, such as Automatic Doors :P

Just like Star Wars though, Trek is very philosophical in many ways, as each episode bares some sort of either ethical or moral message it wishes to tell the viewer, to make you think, as most scenarios can usually be interpreted and recognized in our society.
-But then again, most of the episodes mostly contain ultra cool, out of this world action which we love, thrilling adventure and brilliant stories, both sad and fun.

So do yourself a favor, if you ever had doubts or preassumptions about Star Trek, watch Next Generation, and I promise you will learn and have fun at the same time.

Or if you are just a lonely, horny nerd…just go ahead and watch Star trek; Enterprise and check out Jolene Blalocks big boobs…



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Andie Valentino

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Andie Valentino (born February 1, 1988, in Newport Beach, California) is an American pornographic actress and nude model. She entered the porn industry in autumn of 2006 when she was 18 years old.

Her awards:

  • 2009 AVN Award nominee – Best All-Girl 3-Way Sex Scene for Jana Cova: Video Nasty
  • 2009 AVN Award nominee – Best Solo Sex Scene – Hot Showers 16
  • Measurements 34D-26-35

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    Curious, or Naked

    She knocks on the door and waits for an answer. Sweat beads on her palm, on her brow – she has never done this before. Not this, but the other. The more confusing. The more complicated.

    She’d been invited, been asked here. The other woman, the one with the dark hair, had been so suggestive, so forward, and there was no way she could resist. The woman, Melody was her name, like music, had said, “I do Tarot readings. You look like you could use one.”

    She had been so captivated by the woman’s cat-like amber eyes that she’d barely heard a word. She’d never been entranced by another woman before, never felt the pull of her eyes to anyone other than attractive men. She had shaken off the enchantment and introduced herself , “Heather, my name is Heather,” and given Melody her phone number. Her hands quaked slightly as she took the pen from the other woman’s hand and scrawled the numbers on a wrinkled corner of notebook paper.

    “I’d love a reading,” she had told Melody, not even entirely sure what Tarot was all about. She was lying – no, not lying, just stretching the truth. She’d love a reading – followed by the tentative touching of this woman’s body. Why? But why?

    She’d considered it before, had wondered if it was even in the question. When she was younger she’d thought about what it would be like, but the idea always fell flat when the cute boys she liked walked into the room.

    She knocks again. Nothing. She takes a deep breath, closes her eyes, ashamed. How could she have been so ridiculous? As though this woman had wanted, as though she’d been hinting.

    She goes to leave and the door opens. Melody stands at the door – she eyes the nervous woman. She does not try to seduce her with her eyes, she does not seductively rub her hand on the door frame as she would in a movie made by men – she wears a simple cotton dress and is barefoot. She has not done her hair and she holds a cup of coffee.

    Melody could not look more beautiful.

    She smiles and ushers me in, closing the door deliberately behind us.

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    Friday, December 11, 2009

    After 2 Female Teachers Caught Naked, A 3rd Is Now Being Investigated For Inappropriate Relationship With Male Student

    ‘Horndog High’ scandal heats up:

    NY Daily News Reports

    There are more sexy shenanigans at Brooklyn’s Horndog High.

    The day after the Daily News reported that two James Madison High School language teachers were busted “undressed” in an empty classroom, sources said a third educator is being investigated for getting too personal with a student.

    Social studies instructor Allison Musacchio is under investigation for having an inappropriate relationship with a male student, sources said.

    It is the second scandal in as many days to rock the Midwood school where New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and Major League ballplayer Frank Torre once walked the halls.

    School sources said they learned of Musacchio’s alleged antics in March, after a female James Madison student saw her ex-boyfriend’s phone number on the tenured teacher’s cell phone.
    Officials found more than 200 texts and calls between the teacher and the male pupil and yanked her from the classroom, sources said. They said the amount of contact was inappropriate.

    Musacchio, 31, was also investigated for having a fling with a former student but the probe was dropped because the teen was of legal age and no longer at the school, school sources said.

    Attempts to reach Musacchio at her home were unsuccessful Wednesday, but she has told a neighbor the allegations were untrue.

    “She said, ‘Absolutely not,’” the neighbor said. “She said, ‘Are you crazy? With my Greek background, I would never do something like that. I have morals and respect.’”

    A man who identified himself as Musacchio’s boyfriend said he was unaware of the allegations.

    “I try to stay out of her business. I just know she’s a teacher here in Brooklyn,” he said. “She’s a good person, this is a total shock to me.

    “She keeps herself to herself.”

    Parents, teachers and pupils were reeling Wednesday after The News revealed that a janitor allegedly caughtFrench teacher Cindy Mauro, 33, and Spanish instructor Alini Brito, 29, disrobed in a classroom while students were attending an annual singing and dancing competition on Nov. 20.

    In a bizarre meeting of scandals, Musacchio is a member of a Facebook group set up by students wanting to talk about the language teachers’ purported romance.

    Lawyers for the pair said they “categorically deny the salacious allegations.”

    “They are both exemplary teachers whose reputations and careers are being irreparably harmed by unfounded rumors and innuendo,” a statement said.

    “They intend to vigorously address these allegations in the proper forum.”

    Musacchio, Mauro and Brito have been pulled from classrooms and sent to “rubber rooms” while their cases are investigated. Education officials could not say if they were in the same location.

    “The school heard about allegations about employee misconduct, reassigned the teacher and referred the matter to the [Special Commissioner of Investigation],” education department spokeswoman Margie Feinberg said of Musacchio.

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    Wednesday, December 9, 2009

    Is pornography a cultural item?

    I’ve just read a new about a political discussion in Brazil regarding Pornography as a Cultural Item. Brazilian workers are entitled to a bonus for cultural purposes and it can be spent to go to the movies, to the theater, etc… The discussion begins with this question: What if a worker wants to buy a Pornographic magazine with that bonus? The journalist who signs that new defines a Pornographic Magazine as a publication with naked women.

    I’ve read all the comments written by the readers, and the following are some briefs of the most interesting ones:

    - Is pornography just about naked women?

    - A female reader then complains about women as a pornographic object.

    - Another female reader understands pornography in a widest sense & agrees that pornography is a cultural item.

    - If Pornography is just about naked women, then the History of Art is full of pornography, points another reader.

    - God appears in some comments, I don’t really understand why.

    - A supportive male reader feels sorry that there is no pornography for women, and later on another reader reckons that naked men are mainly for gays consume.

    - That woman is a goddess!, claims a male reader referring to the woman in the cover of the pornographic magazine. (I kind of understand the religious point of view of this exultation)

    - Sade is not culture any more, complains someone, and he reminds the people who consume pornography as a hidden vice.

    - Another person compares pornography with going to the loo.

    - There are readers who reckon to enjoy Beckett & Sade at the same time, at the same level.

    - Someone reminds all the artist who dedicated their art to sex.

    - Is Hollywood a Cultural item?, wonders another reader.

    - What about the Political Pornography? A reader reckons that he prefers to see a naked woman than 2 politicians fighting days before general elections.

    - Pornography related to “dirty business” as prostitution, weapons & drugs traffic is pointed out.

    - A sign of decadence: pornography is as culture as cannibalism is as gastronomy.

    - A female reader thinks that a pornographic magazine can encourage people to read more.

    - Someone says that culture has a pornographic meaning when it states what it is culture or not.

    Long issue. I love it. I don’t think that I can cover all the details of this juicy debate in just one post, so I keep this one as a reminder.

    For the moment I agree that Pornography is a cultural item, I feel sorry too that there is no many pornographic magazines for women, and I read this new as another sign of Western Developed Hypocrisy.

    Ps. I love the woman who suggests that pornography can induce to read more... It’s so tender, and it’s true!: Bataille’s Story of the eye invited me to read the rest of the work of this lucid author.

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    Friday, December 4, 2009

    "1,2,3 not only you and me..."

    I was watching House one night, it was early around 8:30ish, when the commercial break came on. My roommate and I were chatting and not really focusing on the commercials when something drew my eye to the t.v.- a threesome being displayed before my eyes. I forgot what station I was watching and immediately thought I  accidently hit the remote and turned on some softcore porn, when I realized this was a commercial…

    It starts off harmless, a couple trying to get it on and headed upstairs (assuming from a holiday party) in a huge house. They are all over each other not even able to make it to the bedroom yet. The guys hand slides all around the girl, the girl (with a simple watch on her wrist) slides her hands all over him. When a guy comes out of the shadows, he grabs her hand (with a watch on his own wrist) and pulls her into a room, the other gentleman follows. Slowly and swirling around clothes come off, they are on a couch,a hand with a watch shows up in a shot, things are getting HOT!!! When all of a sudden mother walks in and goes to scream when a hand with a gold watch flies over her mouth and the commercial ends, D&G Time flashes on screen, and the viewer realizes what the commercial is for- watches.

    My roommate and I sat there stunned for a quick second, did that really just pop up on t.v., before 10? I thought it was crazy that we now have commercials featuring threesomes to get sales for watches going. Yeah maybe threesomes are the hot “in thing” right now; Britney Spears’ new single 3, describes how “she’s game for threesomes but are you?” and on the hit  CW show, Gossip Girl and threeway went down. But has our advertisers really thrown all morals out the window to sort of sell a watch, to sell a show, to sell a song?  I mean the thing was the commercial went down during prime time hour when kids are still up, still flipping through channels, still watching commercials. The question that this brings up for me is how desensitized our our children going to be if their catching glimpses of threesomes now, pretty soon I feel like advertisers are just going to have to give us the full monty. I guess it’s a ‘to each his own’ situation, people can see this ad and not have a problem with it and let their children watch it and not care either, and people are going to freak about this commercial hitting airwaves, it’s basically how are you reacting to it.

    D&G got me thinking about this commercial all week so I guess their advertisers did their job, however I would never buy the hideous watches featured. It’s just sad that I feel like our world has lost it’s moral value and everything is cheap. But like I said, it is what you do with it.

    On a side note if you’re interested in seeing this commercial (if you already have not) its the link at the top

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    A Fire In December

    Hi there again!  Chiquita here.

    What’s up with the weather?  Isn’t it supposed to be summer?  I have had the fire going today.  In December!  Four days into the official summer in New Zealand, and I have the fucking fire going!!   There is always a little disappointment for me at this time of year, when the seasons don’t change as quickly as I want them to.  (Hands on hips, stamping foot and pouting!)  I have lived in countries where there is summer sun nine months of the year, and that is hard to give up.  Having said that, New Zealand is a beautiful place and has become home for me.  And there are huge advantages to having a fire.

    Think, roaring fire, a good methode champanoise, very little being worn, one of these, a hot, mostly naked partner….

    ‘Scuse me… gotta ummmm, stoke that fire!

    Love,

    Chiquita

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    Wednesday, December 2, 2009

    Sizemore Coverage Emphasizes Wrong Details

    Any nudist will tell you that having their picture snapped by a camera they own is no big deal. Look at any reputable nudist website and you will see people in their natural state doing random chores or enjoying the beach. The focus is not on their genitals (or for women, their breasts), because the photo is simply of a human, being. For a nudist, the fact that one is enjoying life with the freedom to be nude is the point of the picture. Which brings me to the conundrum of Cleveland Indians outfielder Grady Sizemore and his sexually-tinged photos now released to the web.

    Sizemore claims his girlfriend’s computer was hacked and self-shot photos in front of his bathroom mirror meant solely for her have been disseminated across many portals. These photos include shots of him in various stages of undress, including one where he is covering his penis with a coffee cup. It’s the most innocent shot of the bunch, one of pure novelty and ridiculousness amid several others that are more sexually provocative.

    The Associated Press release on the Sizemore photos twice mentions the lack of clothing in the photos, choosing to emphasize Sizemore’s near nakedness. Not once, though, does the story mention his numerous crotch grabs – through different types of clothing – or the hand down his pants while he ogles a photo of his Playboy model girlfriend. In other words, the press chose to trumpet the nakedness and let that represent the entirety of what is out there.  For the discerning nudist, such stories make one bristle.

    News reports that rely on the words “nude” or “naked” to attract eyeballs to their pages, while at the same time implicitly looking for us to disapprove, do us all a disservice.  The blurring of the line between innocent nakedness and sexually charged images chips away at progress in the greater society for the nudist community. And when that blurred line confuses enough folks to create a critical mass, the freedom to be is threatened. The AP’s coverage of the Grady Sizemore photos, which were clearly taken for sexual purposes, should have been more discerning in their description.

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    Monday, November 30, 2009

    NSFW November: The Itty-Bitty-Titty Holy War -- marvelous Miss November 2001, Lindsey Vuolo

    Saved the best for second-to-last, guys.

    Your magnificent Miss November 2001 was the lovely and talented and unremittently marvelous, in this shiksa’s opinion, Lindsey Vuolo. Ms Vuolo’s interview with Playboy touched on her recent trip to Israel, included a picture from her bat mitzvah, and set off a shitstorm of reactionary crossfire about pornography, sex, and religion in the conservative Jewish community, from which she valiantly refused to back down. Preach it, garrl!


    Photographed by Arny Freytag – for some reason in this picture she looks like Raquel Welch, which is nothing to sneeze at, but she is a beauty in her own right and the resemblance is not present in the other pictures.
    Lindsey’s Italian father converted to Judaism to marry her Russian mother. “I traveled to Israel as part of an exchange program and it was an amazing trip,” she says. “Being in Jerusalem was so emotional for me — I broke down and cried.” (“Lindsey,” Playboy, November 2001)

    Holy shit, if that did not apparently ruffle feathers for her to be naked emotionally as well as physically by describing what being Jewish meant to her in terms of her personal identity and emotions. (You can bare your breasts, and you can bare your bajango*, but you can’t bare those with your soul and be religious!)


    *thank you, Tina Fey, for the term “bajango.” I’ll get to the Playboy interview where she first dropped that term for ladyparts another day.

    What happened next was, this guy Rabbi Shmuley Boteach caught wind of her appearance –especially her emphasis on her religion and what it meant to her identity– and publicly took Lindsey to task for posing for Playboy (though he had himself appeared in the magazine promoting his book, Kosher Sex).

    Feminists and porn-purveyors alike took Lindsey’s side, and soon everyone from rabbis to radical social theorists was weighing in with their opinions on faith and sex. These are two topics that everyone has touch them in some personal way, so I’m not surprised that people felt personally authorized to comment on the issue. I remember noting in college classes that the discussions during lecture in which everyone was the most engaged usually involved universal human issues like religion, sex, or love. Everyone experiences these things, so everyone has an opinion!

    Taking advantage of the publicity which resulted from the itty-bitty-titty holy war, Boteach enticed her to come to a recorded and Extremely Accusatory “discussion” with him of the issue of pornography and Judaism vis-a-vis what the religion’s teachings were and how pornography impacts marriage, traditional ideals of femininity, and sexuality. She had the balls to show up, and not only that, defend herself. Reading the interview, I felt ashamed. I could have never made it through to the end the way she does. I’m easily humiliated by disapproving men. Not so Ms. Vuolo. She has an admirable self-awareness and a respectful but strong spine of steel. Check some of these excerpts, which I’ve thoughtfully and even thought-provokingly interwoven with the quotes from the “interview”:


    Shmuley Boteach: So tell me what you think about the following ideas, okay? Number one: Pornography or Playboy ultimately, far from being sexy and titillating, is actually boring and monotonous because the moment you see someone’s body in its entirety, the first few minutes, sure, it’s very exciting but after that nothing is left to the imagination. It loses its erotic allure. I mean, all studies show that when women go to bed with guys too early, it almost always destroys the relationship because the thrill of the chase is gone, the mystery is gone. The human body requires mystique in order to retain its attractiveness. There also has to be the involvement of the mind in order for there to be fantasy, and nudity and sexual over-explicitness actually hinders fantasy.
    For example, as a marriage counselor, I always say to wives, don’t ever walk around the bedroom naked unless it’s time for sex and he has to earn the right to see your body naked because–
    Lindsey Vuolo: I disagree with that.
    SB: You disagree with that?
    LV: Yeah. Because you know, my husband–well, I don’t have a husband but if I had a husband, and we share everything together and I’m his, I’ll run around naked for him. That’s for him, I mean, then he doesn’t need to see anyone else naked.


    SB: I wish what you were saying was true but according to the Hite report the fact that 75% of husbands are unfaithful and the fact that half of marriages end in divorce shows that unfortunately men need variety when they feel they get bored. Many men who cheat on their wives claim to love their wives. They do it only because they need something new. So clearly, it is very possible to get bored of your wife’s body, no matter how much she runs around for you.
    LV: Well, I think for all time men will always look at women whether it’s their wives or someone else. And I don’t think that they get bored, you know, they look–
    RS: No, no, we know they look at women’s bodies. The question is, will they look at the same woman’s body. You’re Miss November. They’re not going to make you Miss December under any circumstances. The reason is the guys have seen you and they’ve just seen you. They want someone new now. Doesn’t that alone prove to you that pornography gets boring?
    Playboy has used you and you’ll never be a playmate again.
    LV: I posed for this for me. So if I’m degrading anyone, I’m just degrading myself. What other women do–
    SB: But the biggest sins in life are where we hurt ourselves even more than other people.
    LV: But I don’t feel like I’m hurting myself.

    Holy fuckballs, what a passel of ice-cold punches to the gut. If you have sex or display yourself as sexual, you have used up your ace in the hole, blown your wad of feminine mystique, as it were, and will forever forth be undervalued. Um … is this so? I don’t even know! I just want to go shower and cry! Bitch magazine, help a Catholic girl with deep-seated Daddy Issues out:


    Unwilling to cow to the rabbi, (who, it should be noted, promoted his own book in Playboy) Lindsey stood her ground, explaining that she had done nothing wrong. According to Lindsey, Playboy doesn’t even count as pornography because to her the word conjures up images of “penetration, urination, and things like that.” (“My Meidel is a Centerfold,” Bitch Magazine, Deborah Kolben, May 2002.)

    Okay, well, at least I know other women will give me a hug and a “it’s okay, honey,” whether or not we are any of us sure about anything after the tirade about how men will grow tired of us and we must not be naked in front of even our husbands.

    So. Quick word about this shoot: okay, obviously I have a majah girl-brain-crush on Lindsey Vuolo, but, strictly from an unbiased perspective, from the artistic standpoint, I strongly believe that this photoshoot stands head and shoulders above most of the others from the 2000’s.


    It has a clear unity of vision: the story is, this super-super-cute, vintage-lingerie-loving, wholesome, upbeat gal works at an old-fashioned pie-and-coffee kind of diner as a pastry chef or baker of some kind, and it's after-hours.


    If this does not melt your heart with its brain-asplodin’ cuteness, you are made of STONE and we have nothing to offer each other.

    First she’s with you in the dinette, then she’s showing you around at home. It’s cut and dry and adorable as shit. Love it. Okay! Back to the hot button side of the story. Final thought, for clarification and prompting of to-be-determined further discussion:
    Some have incorrectly claimed that Vuolo is the first Jewish Playmate. Vuolo herself has agreed it is more likely that she merely is the first openly Jewish Playmate. (the wiki)

    This has been certainly a long enough entry already, all apologies, so perhaps we ought to save the important and striking issue of why a beautiful woman looking to be famous in America might consider her Judaism a liability rather than an asset and choose to downplay this important aspect of her heritage and womanhood (*cough, cough* Holly Madison) for another day.

    But Don’t Think I’m Forgetting. I got a memory like Babar — but a figure like Bettie Page. Ow! Call me!

    [Via http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com]