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.