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The BBC reporters who strip off to host The Naked Podcast It's awkward, it's embarrassing but everyone is on the same level - we do it in bathrobes," laugh the women behind The Naked Podcast, Jenny Eells and Kat Harbourne. The bathrobes aren't on for long though - they strip off with their interviewee just before the conversation begins. The question, of course, is why? "When Kat came up with the idea, I forced her to do it. I thought it was brilliant and bold being naked," says Jenny. "I guess we wanted to see if, without clothing, do people literally reveal all? Do people speak more openly? "From the ladies we've spoken to, they absolutely, most definitely do." Jenny chips in: "People have been so open and totally honest - that is what flabbergasted me. It's caught my breath, it's been actually quite emotional in that respect." Image caption,They promise "frank, funny and fearless conversations" The daring duo ...

Untold story of Niger’s naked tribe: We don’t need any govt to live well, our god provides enough security One of Nigeria’s remotest communities, Birni Amina and Acer of Niger State is just 276 kilometres south of the state capital, Minna. But for all the cultural disparity, which exists between these remote communities in north-central of Nigeria and the rest of the country, one could as well conclude that they exist on an entirely different continent. As soon as a traveller takes a turn off the main road of Rijau Local Government Area towards these communities, little evidence remains as to whether people actually live on the other end of the eroded, bumpy and rocky path But this is the home of the Kambari people of Niger State, a tribe forgotten by infrastructural development where donkeys provide the only means of transport for a largely agrarian and nomadic people. To the outside world, these are a forgotten people but to the unclad people inhabiting Birni Amina and Acer communiti...

Paulina Porizkova, 58, poses topless and painted in silver: Makes me ‘feel strongPaulina Porizkova is baring it all, posing nude and painted in silver for her latest project.  The 58-year-old former Sports Illustrated model showed off her fit physique while topless and covered in metallic silver body paint, as she graced the cover of ELLE’s Czech edition. "I was brought up in a culture and time where nudity was common and absolutely accepted as a part of being human. I was never made to feel ashamed of an unclothed body, mine or anyone else’s," she explained in an Instagram post with a photo of the magazine cover. So perhaps it stand[s] to reason that as long as it is MY choice to undress, it actually makes me feel strong. It makes me feel like I have nothing to hide. This is where my power lies. Not the nudity per se, but the ability to show myself as I am." The Czech-born Swedish supermodel explained that the silver paint symbolizes armor, as she felt like the "mo...

Inside Niger communities where women go about naked The culture of the people of Birnin Amina Acer in Rijau Local Government Area of Niger State makes them unique or distinct from others. And they have held tenaciously to this for decades of their existence. A journey from Minna, the state capital, to this very remote part of the state is about 325 kilometres, passing through four local government areas, all in Niger North Senatorial District. First, a journey to these communities in Rijau LGA from Kontagora, the neighboring local government, which is about 100 kilometres, tells a story of a people forgotten and abandoned by government, with no single social amenity, except a hand pump borehole sunk by an NGO. Again, a 45-minute journey from Rijau, the local government headquarters, to these communities on a bumpy and rocky road, easily accessed only by motorcycles, can make someone to conclude that the people belong to an entirely different continent and age. Interestingly, it is the ...

One of the biggest scams in the English language may be the term “nude.” It brings to mind the “flesh”-colored Crayon of decades past, a peach hue that definitively did not describe all skin tones, much less most skin tones, yet was audaciously marketed as doing so. (In fact, that same shade is now called “peach.”) There’s a similar issue with purportedly nude-colored pantyhose, nylons, tights and the like. Nude for whom? Often, nylons that claim to be nude feature only one shade, a beige tone that only denotes nude coloring for white folks. We’ve compiled a list of sheer nylons that actually feature shades that cater to all skin tones, with budget picks and splurge-worthy options that reviewers swear by. The investment is sure to be worth it, especially since many of these picks are not only delightfully soft and comfy, but are also surprisingly rip-proof. And if you’re not yet a hosiery devotee? You may soon be. They help keep you warm in cold weather, make some folks feel more put-t...

Detail from 500 Strong (2021) by Ponch Hawkes. Photograph: Ponch Hawkes “In Geelong, I had a lot of women who had split up with their partners in Melbourne and moved [there] for a new life, where housing was cheaper – and part of that reinvention was doing a nude photo shoot.” Each woman had a different relationship to her body. “Some women came prepared to be naked – they had been in a Spencer Tunick photo shoot or grew up in naked households. Others hadn’t taken their clothes off in front of anyone for years and never even wore short sleeves. Some people got modest or awkward and very shy. If someone was trying to hide themselves by crouching or saying they’re fat, I tried to make them feel comfortable about being there and tried to make them feel the best they could.” From polar ice to lightning strikes: the 2020 Frank Hurley awards – in pictures Hawkes made the experience as inviting as possible. “In the studio we had very soft lighting and music playing and there was a reception a...

 12 months, Hawkes sought to rectify this. She travelled around regional Victoria and her home of Melbourne photographing women aged 50 and above. All the women were to be  ptotally nOverude, except – in many cases – for a prop, used to cover their faces, “to protect the women from their images being placed online and being trolled or losing their jobs,” she explains. “Some of the women were teachers or prison officers, and needed to be anonymous.” The results of Hawkes’s work is a selection of 428 photographs called 500 Strong (500 portraits had been the aim until Covid got in the way). The work is on show as part of the Flesh After Fifty exhibition that opened in Melbourne on Sunday, a program which includes sculpture, multimedia, film and talks about changing perceptions of older women in art. After Hawkes made the call-out for models, which was inclusive for trans and non-binary women, a wide range came forward. “People had all sorts of reasons to do it. Some people though...

Reclaiming women’s bodies from shame’: a photographic illumination of ageing When Australian photographer Ponch Hawkes went looking for artistic images of naked older  women, the search results were depressing. She was only a few clicks away from “granny porn”; the only other results were “Helen Mirren – and some pics of older women in their underwear.” Older women just aren’t portrayed in the art world, says Hawkes, 75. You may spot a few in fashion magazines, but “if you see older women in Vogue they are totally gorgeous – and they were probably totally gorgeous when they were younger too … You just don’t see women that have normal bodies. As a result, she says, “we don’t know what the bodies of older women actually look like”. These are bodies that have been lived in: “Some women have had mastectomies, some have had pregnancies, some have stretch marks, others have scars,” she says. “I suspect that our image of what we ought to look like is stuck at our 28-year-old selves, which...

Women's Health Magazine Reveals Global Naked IssueReveals Global Naked Issue NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Women's Health, the fastest-growing women's health and wellness magazine in the world,  today revealed its first-ever global Naked Issue featuring cover star Sofia Vergara. The themed issue celebrates the female form in all of its glorious shapes, sizes, colors and nuances around the world with a cover uniting the brand's international editions. Debuting across 5 continents, in 15 countries including the U.S., Australia, the U.K., Poland, South Africa, Chile, Ecuador, and Venezuela - each Naked Issue edition will explore what nudity means literally, physically, emotionally, and metaphorically in each country's respective culture. While 2017 marks the first year of "Naked" as a global initiative, the magazine's U.K. edition has seen success with this franchise since introducing it as an annual September issue in 2014. "After observing...

Now THAT'S a sticky situation! Two woman cause a stir after covering themselves in strawberry jam and sitting naked on a bench on a busy high street all in the name of 'art'Pair drew a crowd of baffled onlookers in Manchester city centre on Wednesday They covered themselves in jam and sat naked on a bench ahead of lunch rush  Police said the women's actions were apparently down to 'artistic expression' Two women caused a stir after they covered themselves in strawberry jam and sat down on a bench on a busy high street. The women, who have not been named, drew a crowd of baffled onlookers on Market Street in Manchester city centre on Wednesday  They sat down in the nude just before the lunchtime rush – and had even placed some homemade bread in a toaster attach ed to a car battery next to them. Two women caused a stir after they covered themselves in strawberry jam and sat down on a bench on a busy high street The pair also attracted the attention of police, who ...

Drunk-naked woman climbs onto religious site, pics go viral People seem to be getting clueless and out of mind nowadays. Some don’t even know how to behave properly especially in public places. Sometimes, people cross their limits to do  infamous things in broad daylight. Earlier, a young foreign couple is said to have indulged in sexual intercourse, in broad daylight on a Railway platform in New York. The video spread like widlfire on all social media platforms. The ‘shameless’ couple’s act is deemed contrary to the spirit of human values as they indulged in sex on station platform even as horrified commuters watched in shock. The incident happened somewhere in downtown Manhattan. In another incident, a couple was caught having sex in an empty train carriage, CCTV footage of the incident got leaked somehow and it is going viral on the internet. The couple was reportedly in the late-night train from Glasgow to Edinburgh and it when the CCTV caught them having a go in the train comp...

Naked woman 'high on drink and drugs runs across road after crashing car following cop chase' Barbara Arellano, who is heard yelling "Jehova!" in the footage, had allegedly taken heroin and necked whisky before getting behind the wheel A naked woman allegedly high on drink and drugs was filmed running along a road after she reportedly led police on a high-speed chase before crashing. Barbara Arellano is said to have stripped nude and sped off at 100mph with officers in hot pursuit before crashing her car and running across the road. When police tried to arrest her, she reportedly fought back, repeatedly shouting "Jehovah" as they wrestled her to the ground. The incident, which happened on Saturday morning in Santa Fe, New Mexico, was captured by a dashcam. Drunk naked woman leads police on high speed chase, crashes her car and yells 'Jehovah, Jehovah' as she's arrestedMedia outlet  reported that Arellano later admitted taking heroin, pills and dr...

Man Beat wife Because She Woke Him Up for Snoring A 30-year-old, commercial motorcyclist, Tukur on Friday beat his wife, Jennifer to stupor for accusing him of snoring. It was the intervention by neighbours and passers-by that saved her from further attack. One of the neigbhours Lawrence, who witnessed the fight, told our correspondent that the couple who resides at Masaka, Nasarawa State, were fond of constituting nuisance to the environment through constant query. According to him, it all started at about 9 p.m. on Thursday when neighbours ran outside at the shout of the wife who was seriously beaten by her husband. “How on earth in this present modern world will a man beat up his wife over trivial issue? We learnt that the wife preventing the husband from sleeping just because he was snoring,” Lawrence said. He said that so many cases of divorce in the society could be prevented, if minor issues like this are promptly settled by couples. “This is not a case of extra-marital affairs ...

Mystery naked woman 'looking distressed' spotted running through the street by onlookers Police are investigating the incident after at least two people filmed the woman running naked in a clearly distressed state An unknown woman, looking distressed, was spotted running naked through a street. Footage recorded by onlookers shows the mystery woman walking briskly past houses and trying to talk to people. Video of her emerged on social media, and she was filmed by at least two motorists who saw her in the Crumpsall area Police were called and looked for her - but the woman had vanished. The woman, who was thought to be in a distressed state, was filmed in Middleton Road, Crumpsall, on Saturday, April 1, shortly after 7pm In one video, she can be seen walking briskly past houses and appearing to try to talk to passersby One pedestrian was sufficiently worried to call Greater Manchester Police, who sent officers to the area, but after a search the woman could not be found. Althoug...

How to Train Your Dog Not to Chase Dogs are naturally wired to chase cars and other moving objects. When they don’t have appropriate outlets or training, they chase bicycles or even cats or kids. Chasing some things, though, can get dogs into trouble with owners, the neighbors, or even get them hurt or killed. Learn how to train your dog to stop chasing. Why Dogs Chase Dogs evolved as endurance specialists. Wild canines, like wolves and coyotes, use speed to run down prey. Domesticated dogs are but one step away from their wild cousins and have retained this instinct to run. The urge to pursue moving objects is hard-wired into the canine brain. This is a natural hunting behavior that is demonstrated whenever your pup chases a ball, Frisbee, or squirrel. Through selective breeding, people have redirected these hunting instincts so that the Labrador stops short of a killing bite and instead retrieves the prey with a soft mouth, for example. Herding breeds continue to feel compelled to ch...