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Going Naked For Causes & Rights

Sila Sahin is current poster child of naked dissent Germany’s ongoing struggle with integration, usually carried out with grim zeal and intellectual debates, experienced a surprisingly sensual turn last week. The appearance of Turkish-German actress Sila Sahin’s attractive, naked body in the May issue of Playboy magazine shows how young women with immigrant backgrounds can…

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Naked Solidarity rides New York streets

World Naked Bike Ride took place this past weekend to protest overdependence on cars. A good message, but why is bike solidarity always naked? If biking without a helmet is dangerous, shouldn’t nude biking be, too? I support biking and I support nudity. But as a joint phenomenon, nude biking has always eluded me. Naked…