San Francisco Bans Public Nudity

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Nov 22, 2012 The city's public officials have a simple message to residents and visitors: "Keep your clothes on!" Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Naomi Wolf on Kate Middleton Topless, Pussy Riot, and the Sexualized Female Body

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Sep 20, 2012 According to the author of "Vagina: A New Biography," we are undergoing an "unprecedented struggle" among women, their bodies and sexuality. Citing recent examples including the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, the frenzy over "virginity tests" in Egypt and recent efforts in the U.S. to legislate the female body, Wolf argues that female sexuality is being targeted around the world. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Skinny on GOP Trip to the Holy Land

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Aug 20, 2012 Despite a stodgy reputation, Republicans are capable of a little craziness. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was moved to scold a group of GOP congressmen who drank and went swimming -- at least one of them in the nude (that's him pictured) -- during a "fact-finding" trip to Israel last year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Giving Famous Nudes the Photoshop Treatment

Staff / Truthdig Feb 14, 2012 So much for Rubenesque: An artist by the memorable name of Anna Utopia Giordano has reshaped the famous figures of several nudes from classical paintings -- think Velazquez, Bouguereau and Botticelli -- to give them a 21st-century sensibility. (Read: They're a lot skinnier.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nudity in San Francisco

Bob Englehart, Cagle Cartoons, The Hartford Courant Sep 18, 2011 Dig deeper

Donald Trump Spares Miss California

Staff / Truthdig May 13, 2009 Looks like Carrie Prejean's opinions about gay marriage, as well as various and sundry racy snapshots in a state of undress, aren't going to end up costing her the Miss California title. On Tuesday, Donald Trump announced that Prejean was going to continue her reign -- and, shockingly, that he thought some of the photos were rather fetching. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Miss California to Lose Her Tiara?

Staff / Truthdig May 6, 2009 Over the course of a couple weeks, Carrie Prejean -- model, Miss California and marriage moralizer -- has kicked up her fair share of controversy, and now she could be in danger of losing her title for taking her crusade against gay marriage past the parameters set by her pageant contract and for posing seminude four years ago. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

High Court Still Sizing Up Ms. Jackson’s Assets

Staff / Truthdig May 5, 2009 It was the "wardrobe malfunction" seen around the world, and for most it's really old news by now, but Janet Jackson's famous mammary flash from the 2004 Super Bowl has once again come to the attention of the top U.S. court. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blagojevich Immortalized in Nude Painting

Staff / Truthdig Dec 21, 2008 The good news for embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in this report is that a Chicago artist is using the governor's likeness as inspiration for his latest painting. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Skinny on Climate Change

Staff / Truthdig Aug 20, 2007 By way of pointing out the vulnerability of both the human body and the global climate, artist Spencer Tunick photographed around 600 eco-conscious men and women in the altogether, posing atop a diminishing glacier in the Swiss Alps for Greenpeace. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mexicans Bare All for Art’s Sake

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2007 About 18,000 people converged in Mexico City's Zocalo plaza Sunday, shucked their clothes and posed for photographer Spencer Tunick, far outstripping his former record of 7,000 in Barcelona. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Teen Sex Comedies, Seriously

Staff / Truthdig May 4, 2006 Literary rock star Dave Eggers' magazine The Believer does a cover story on how 1980s teenage sex comedies "reflect a larger human and cultural failure to integrate sexual desire into regular life". Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )