Would you pose naked for your beliefs?

Earlier this evening, I was Googling Carnie Wilson of Wilson Phillips, when I stumbled into her ad for the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals. In the mid-90s, Wilson posed for Todd Oldham, her body covered by fluorescent felt foliage above the headline “Turn Over a New Leaf—Don’t Wear Fur.” It’s certainly one of the tamer PETA ads; the ones from Eva Mendez and Joanna Krupa, in particular, are a lot steamier than Wilson’s.

Wilson and the PETA ads got me thinking. While the PETA advertisements relied on people’s voyeuristic tendencies to get their point across, there was a certain appropriateness to the whole ‘go naked instead of wearing fur’ concept. The University of the Philippines’ Alpha Phi Omega is known for its Oblation Run, which started in 1977 to protest the banning of Hubad na Bayani, a movie that depicted human rights abuses in the martial law era. Let’s face it, if you’re nude, you’ll certainly get a lot of attention.

Assuming the pictorial is conducted professionally and the direction of the material is tasteful – of course, tasteful is subjective – in its treatment and final product, would you pose naked for an issue or belief that is close to your heart?

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9 Responses to “Would you pose naked for your beliefs?”

1. Vic says:

   May 31, 2009 at 7:54 pm

   sure, man! Will they pay me to flash? ;) Do I have a say in the “artistic” direction? HAHAHA

   I’m pretty much assuming it’s on the house, Vic! :)
2. Louise says:

   May 31, 2009 at 8:41 pm

   As long as its done in good taste with a lot of artistic creativity (where the picture doesn’t look like it should be on Hustler!!), why not?!?! Heck I’d even do it all in the name of good clean fun. :p

   Well, in that case, Louise, just make sure your photographer isn’t Hayden Kho. ;)
3. Kuya Kevin says:

   May 31, 2009 at 11:56 pm

   Considering the physique of most preachers, I hope most of them would answer with a resounding “no.”

   HA HA! Oh Kuya Kevin!!
4. JJ says:

   June 1, 2009 at 8:50 am

   Hey, the prophet Isaiah did it. Or was it Jeremiah?

   Did he? I don’t remember that! LOL
5. Mikes@Your Daily Word says:

   June 1, 2009 at 5:47 pm

   Regarding PETA, I like what they’re fighting for but i’m not pro-nakedness as well. No to killing of animals but no to nudity as well!

   Certainly!
6. laurie says:

   June 1, 2009 at 11:34 pm

   i don’t have to bare my body just to get my message across. even if it’s “done in good taste” or “shown artistically,” once you incite lust, it’s wrong already. remember the commandment, “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife.”

   Good one.
7. Arnold Gamboa says:

   June 2, 2009 at 3:30 pm

   @jj it was David who did that (2 Sam. 6) — danced naked in worship :D I don’t recommend that in our typical Sunday worship haha!

   Yes, that would attract people to our churches for all the wrong reasons!
8. raft3r says:

   June 2, 2009 at 7:12 pm

   i would pose naked for less noble reasons
   hehe

   I wouldn’t want to get my hands on those pictures. ;)
9. Vince says:

   July 22, 2009 at 8:13 pm

   would definitely agree with k.kevin.

   Kevin’s got a solid point, yessireebob.