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Nudity

"A Drag Queen Christmas" | DragFans

Culture War

The Fight Over Kids at Drag Shows Is a Classic Moral Panic

Florida threatens a venue for letting minors attend a sexualized holiday cabaret performance with their parents.

Scott Shackford | 12.29.2022 3:20 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Show Off

Charles Oliver | 8.8.2022 4:00 AM

minisSkinahistory | Plausible Films

Documentary

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

A look at how Hollywood functioned prior to contracts detailing how much breast or cheek an actress must show to earn her paycheck

Liz Wolfe | 11.6.2020 6:30 AM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Cover Up

Charles Oliver | 4.16.2020 4:00 AM

Child Covering Eyes | Erllre/Dreamstime.com

Nudity

Topless Utah Stepmom Pleads Guilty To Avoid Sex Offender Registry

Prosecutors say Tilli Buchanan "took responsibility for her actions."

Zuri Davis | 2.26.2020 3:00 PM

Surprised Child | Yuliia Pedchenko/Dreamstime.com

Nudity

Utah Judge Rules Against Topless Stepmom's Equal Protection Challenge

Tilli Buchanan's stepkids saw her topless. Now she could face 10 years on the sex offender registry.

Zuri Davis | 1.23.2020 3:45 PM

Surprised child | Chernetskaya/Dreamstime.com

Nudity

A Utah Woman Faces the Sex Offender Registry for Going Topless in Front of Her Stepkids

Tilli Buchanan and her husband removed their shirts after installing insulation in their garage. Only one of them is facing charges.

Zuri Davis | 11.21.2019 1:30 PM

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Reason Roundup

Federal Court Rejects 'For the Children' Ban on Bare-Breasted Women: Reason Roundup

Plus: A judge says Jeffrey Epstein case was mishandled, and Andrea Dworkin is making a comeback.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.22.2019 9:30 AM

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New Hampshire

A Court Denies that Charges Against Topless Beachgoers is Gender-Based Discrimination

The city defines nudity as showing nipple, but only if you're a woman.

Zuri Davis | 2.8.2019 4:30 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Pants-Off Dance-Off

Charles Oliver | 9.10.2018 4:00 AM

Large image on homepages | Iofoto / Dreamstime.com

Nudity

Can You Guess How Much Butt This Town Will Let You Show?

Everett, Washington, continues to wage war against scantily clad "bikini baristas."

Scott Shackford | 4.3.2018 1:10 PM

Large image on homepages | GOLD/MILLER PRODUCTIONS / Album/Newscom

Brickbats

Brickbat: Nice

Charles Oliver | 11.23.2017 4:00 AM

Large image on homepages | Mike Danenberg/PressLine/ Splash/Newscom

Privacy

Model Dani Mathers Faces Criminal Charge Over Fat-Shaming Snapchat Photo

The 2015 Playboy "Playmate of the Year" was charged with misdemeanor invasion of privacy.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 11.7.2016 11:15 AM

Large image on homepages | Free the Nipple/Facebook

Policy

Misdemeanor Nipple Exposure and Misogyny in New Hampshire Politics

A young female lawmaker speaks out against making toplessness a crime and gets harassed by male colleagues on Facebook.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.31.2015 5:00 PM

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Culture

Free the Nipple Movement Shows the Banality of Modern Feminism

The civil rights issues of our time? Please.

Shikha Dalmia | 6.22.2015 11:30 AM

Large image on homepages | Free the Nipple/Facebook

Culture

Libertarian Feminists Ask Facebook to #FreeTheNipple

Petition urges Facebook to stop "censoring artful or political expressions of female bodies."

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.19.2015 12:20 PM

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Civil Liberties

Florida County Tickets Woman for Sunbathing Topless on the Beach

Brittany Morrisey | 6.6.2014 11:00 AM

Politics

Strippers v. the Supreme Court: Live Nude Theater!

Joshua Swain | 4.23.2014 3:00 PM

Politics

Strippers v. the Supreme Court: Live Nude Theater!

Joshua Swain | 4.23.2014 12:45 PM

Culture

Keep Your Porn Scenes Out of Our Naturist Documentary!

Jesse Walker | 9.24.2010 1:00 PM

Nudity

Spotlight: Terry Parker

Naked freedom

Mark Frazier | 8.1.1977 12:00 PM

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