Unforgettable Shetland

It’s a daring fundraising mission which has become the talk of an entire Scottish island.

Locals on Shetland have been persuaded to strip off for a nude calendar, which is being sold to raise funds for a new cancer support centre.

But the identities of the models are being kept a closely guarded secret, sparking speculation over who has dared to bare all. [Daily Express.]

In this interesting twist, the models' faces are not visible because they are turned away from the camera or seen in silhouette (see Shetlopedia). See more at the Daily Record and BBC News. The calendars were ten pounds each, but the official site is no longer taking orders.

Pin-Up Boys of Atlantic Shores

What brings together a group of semi-clad senior gentlemen, a city mayor, and Neptune - God of the Sea? The unveiling of one of the country's most hilarious and titillating charity fundraising calendars.

A new twist on pin-up girls, these calendar guys, ranging in age from 69 to 90, recently shed their inhibitions to bare it all (behind strategically placed props) for a 2010 "nearly nude" calendar, with sales benefiting their local Volunteer Rescue Squad.

Buy it at www.atlanticshores.com. Read more at Reuters.

A breast cancer survivor poses nude...

Breast cancer survivor who turned down Playboy as a young woman poses nude 30 years on to give others hope

As a young women she was invited to share her body with the world on the pages of Playboy.

Pamina Brassey was just 17 when she was approached in a restaurant by a recruiter for the magazine, but she chose not to take up the offer.

But now, more than 30 years later, she has gone topless - a brave decision given she has just emerged successfully from a fight with breast cancer.

The 49-year-old jewellery designer took the brave decision to pose with her mastectomy scars to give hope to other victims of the disease.

'The picture is an affirmation of life. It has restored my confidence and made me feel sexy again, says Ms Brassey, who is originally from Boston but has lived in London for 25 years.

via dailymail.co.uk

It doesn't involve a calendar, but it's a story I thought you'd be interested in nonetheless. Click through for pictures.

Posted via web from Dreaded Purple Master

Men of MedRecruit 2009

That’s right, a small selection of the wonderful doctors of MedRecruit have stripped down to bare almost all for the 2009 Men of MedRecruit calendar, all in the name of charity.

The calendar - inspired by the movie ‘Calendar Girls’ - is aimed at being a fun way of raising money for the charity The New Zealand Prostate Foundaion.

Buy it here. Read more in the Otogo Daily Times (including their first-choice charity's disavowals). The article also promises a 2010 calendar...

Colorado Firefighters

Patrick Kramer knows he is going to take a lot of razzing from fellow firefighters when the 2010 Colorado Firefighter Calendar is debuted today.

Kramer, a firefighter engineer who appears in the calendar shirtless and hanging off the side of a train, said he’ll put up with the teasing in exchange for helping a charity.

The calendar is produced by Fired Up for Kids, a nonprofit that donates proceeds from calendar sales to The Children’s Hospital Burn Center.

Buy it from Fired Up For Kids: read more about it at the Longmont Times-Call.

CF Mums

The calendar benefits the CF Trust: Buy it here, read more about it in This Is Bristol.

Asian Pacific Male

On Tuesday, September 1, APHCV [Asian Pacific Health Care Venture] unveiled the APM (Asian Pacific Male) 2010 calendar, which features 12 Asian American men in various degrees of semi-undress with each model representing a month of the year. Profits from the sale of the calendars will go to APHCV.

The APM 2010 calendars are $15 each and are available at the APHCV clinic in East Hollywood, Amazon.com and other outlets.

For more details see the Asian Journal.

Jo's Trust

A group of Jo’s Trust supporters have stripped off on bales of hay at a farm in Ilkeston, wore nothing more than football scarves at the Nottingham Forest ground and posed like hippies in a daisy field in Melton Mowbray – all to raise money for Jo's Trust by producing a calendar.

The 2010 calendar costs £6 (all proceeds go to Jo's Trust) and can be ordered by emailing: klmarshall@btinternet.com or starflowerlips@yahoo.co.uk.

Alternatively, you can order online by clicking here. In order to receive your calendar you MUST type the following in the event box: JT Calendar 2010.

Read more at This Is Nottingham. See also the Facebook Group.

Tantalising take-offs 2010

Norfolk Gliding Club 2010 Calendar - 12 months of 'Tantalising take-offs!

A fantastic, glossy, A3 landscape calendar by the Norfolk Gliding Club, depicting stunning aircraft with smoldering curves - Next years must-have!

I can't find any charity listed, but I'm going to assume it benefits the gliding club itself. It's just so gosh-darned cute that I can't resist it.

Buy it here. The site even does conversions between pounds, euros and dollars.

Does Female Nudity Always Objectify Women?

From Sociological Images: Does Female Nudity Always Objectify Women?:

Giorgio S. sent us a link to a news story about a feminist organization, Scottish Women’s Aid, who turned down a donation earned through the sale of a girly calendar featuring naked women. They argued that accepting the donation would be akin to supporting the sex trade. Here’s the link; it’s worth taking a look.

The story raises some great questions about when women’s nakedness is objectification. Is it always objectifying to show women’s naked bodies? Is objectification inevitable in a sexist society? Is objectification sometimes in the eye of the beholder? Or are there instances, even in a sexist society, in which women’s naked bodies might avoid objectification or, even, resist it?

The women, in this instance, are the employees of Coco’s Hair Design. Here are some stills from the video clip that give us an idea of what the calendar looked like:

More photos at the source article.

Oxford Undressed

A group of daredevil scholars agreed to pose for a saucy naked calendar to raise money for poverty-stricken third world countries.

These brainy undergraduates at Oxford University seem have to mislaid their gowns…and all the rest of their clothing.

Around 60 students took part in the calendar in aid of Oxford-based charity TravelAid.

Comes in academic year 2009-2010 or calendar year 2010, £10.00 each. Buy it here. More information and photos from the Sun, the Daily Mail, Momento24, ABC News, SmasHits... Well, all over, actually. I mean, this is Oxford.

Gods of Football 2009

A three-for-one entry, as the same organization sponsors calendars featuring Rugby League, International, and Australian Rules players. Oops, make that four: There's also The Men of Cricket. All calendars benefit the McGrath Foundation to help women with breast cancer and their families.

Knitting Noras

KNITTING might have a sober image — but the Knitting Noras prove there is a surprising amount of fun to be had with a pair of needles.

The group’s members have been photographed in the act of “extreme knitting”, and now they are posing naked for a calendar to raise money for The Christie cancer trust.

It's far too early in the process for purchase information, but read about it in the Bolton News, and at their Naked Knitting Calendar 2010 blog.

Sorry for the delay...

Sometimes life intervenes. I hope to return to regular posting here -- probably not daily, but at least three times a week. I've got some catching up to do, as there are still plenty of good-hearted naked people out there.