This is probably the reason why I don't have a Facebook account...

[reviews_and_ramblings]

... and why I'm thinking to delete my quite unused MySpace one.

read on Michael Breyette's blog: http://michaelbreyette.blogspot.com/2010/02/when-does-objection-to-nudity-become.html

Do you remember my post about the next exhibition of Paul Richmond and his Cheesecake Boys? Michael will be one of the gaylebrities that will model as Cheesecake Boys and he posted a funny picture on his Facebook fan page:



and yes, I'm reposting it not under the cut. I don't have anything against nudity, and people that frequent my Man Candy posts well know that, but if there is a full frontal nudity I put it under a cut. In this case, I will not, but not since I want to be daring, but since I don't find the above picture "scandalous". There is only an hint of cheeks, no butt crack, I even find it more thoughtful than sexy.

As I said in my comment on Michael's post, I don't like the majority of people on those media, so I'm not surprised that a woman, who was in the list of Michael's friends (!) asked for the picture to be removed... but that Facebook actually did it? They don't have a thinking mind? There is porn and there is art, and all right, sometime there is a subtle line between them, but not in the case above.

So I will state it here, profiting of Michael's disaventure: I will post pictures of naked men (or women if I like), but if it's a full frontal nude, I will put it under a cut. If not, I will post it as above. Friends, you will have to trust me and my judgement.

Comments

[tattooedraven.livejournal.com]

I trust you because you have great taste and style. ^_^;

[clarelondon.livejournal.com]

Heavens, I have *always* trusted you and your judgement.

I understand that everyone has their personal opinion and different levels of comfort regarding nudity. I actually find some images and videos on the TV nowadays much more aggressive and potentially offensive than most of the art you feature, and much more subversive.

But again, that's just IMHO! :)

[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

Facebook should stop being so puritanical. Nudity does not equal sexually explicit.

[kika-k.livejournal.com]

Non ho facebook perchè ritengo invada troppo la privasy delle persone. E' da un anno che penso se iscrivermi o no ma penso che ognuno è libero di mettere le foto che crede solo magari avere un poco di decenza o filtrare a chi si desidera far vedere le foto.

[pandorasvase.livejournal.com]

Sono tra quelli che si rifiutano di avere un Facebook account per svariati motivi. Ma mio fratello ce l'ha. Così spesso notiamo che chi ha il compito di moderatore o quel che è, non ha il tempo per poter controllare cosa effettivamente ha davanti. Qualcuno segnala e lui/lei toglie. Punto.
E se nessuno segnala, beh, restano gruppi come "A morte questo o quello" o simili.

Trovo questa foto di M. Breyette molto bella e sensuale, senza mostrare quasi nulla. E sottolineo il quasi nulla, perchè quella curva di sedere che si vede è meno di quello che vedo quotidianamente e a qualunque ora in televisione...

Naked man and women

[(Anonymous)]

I love naked men and women too, I like them both...

Mick

www.mykoladementiuk.com

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

Hm. I just put up a facebook page and now I'm inclined to pull it right back down. My covers don't have much nudity in the new editions, but goddamn it, I'd LOVE to have that pic you posted on one of my covers.

If the self-righteous zipper-sniffers who are "protecting" children from knowing that gays and lesbians existed would turn their attention to being better parents, they'd have less to worry about.

[erah-haruna205.livejournal.com]

i had an account in Facebook but i deleted it because i don't feel safe and its pretty much useless to me (i already have Livejournal to rant anyway ^__^) i had a Myspace too but deleted it. Had a Twitter but deleted it too =______=

i think the Facebook people have no right to remove that picture (that woman who commented, does she even know who she friended?)

[shadownyc.livejournal.com]

I think this pic is very thoughtful. It's an interesting pose.

[sidhe-woman.livejournal.com]

Thank you for posting about this - I have a FaceBook account so I went straight to it and became a friend of Michael *g*. I hate bigotry in all its forms and I won't be a party to it.

Um, does that make me a bigot...?

Thanks

[(Anonymous)]

Hey Elisa

Thanks for posting about this. I am quite amazed by all the positive reaction I've read on here, on my facebook fanpage and another blog that posted about the complaint and censorship.

With all that goes on in the world, It's hard for me to comprehend that people choose to be offended by the human body, or even by sex for that matter. But offended they are, even over the slightest hint of skin, how do they get through their day?

~Michael Breyette