Music | April 02, 2010 | 172 comments

Erykah Badu faces misdemeanor charge for nude walk

source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/02/erykah.badu.charged/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn

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Erykah Badu's naked stroll through downtown Dallas, Texas, for a music video has earned her a disorderly conduct citation.

The singer shed her clothes as she walked through Dealey Plaza until she was nude and then fell near where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

Badu said the video was "shot guerrilla style," without a crew and in one take March 17.

A Dallas Police spokeswoman said earlier in the week that they wanted to press charges against Badu because children were present, but no one had called police or filed a complaint that day.

Police now have their witness.

"One witness did come forward yesterday, thus leading to the charges filed today," a statement from Dallas Police said Friday.

A citation of misdemeanor disorderly conduct has been mailed to Badu, who is a Dallas resident, police said.

"After much discussion, it has been determined that this charge best fits her conduct when she disrobed in a public place without disregard [sic] to other individuals and children who were in close proximity," the police statement said. If convicted, Badu could be fined $500, police said.

"It will be up to her as to how she wants to proceed further with this case," police said. "She can contest it in a court of law or simply pay the fine."

Badu and her representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

She did post a series of short messages on the social networking site Twitter last weekend, soon after the "Window Seat" video was released on her Web site.

She tweeted that "there were children there. i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized."

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172 comments // Erykah Badu faces misdemeanor charge for nude walk

  • Lurkistan
  • Almibry
    • +2
      Almibry  

    • Ladies: STOP BREAST FEEDING YOUR BABIES!!! IF THEY LOOK AT YOUR BOOBS THEY WILL BE TRAUMATIZED FOR LIFE AND WILL SUE YOU WHEN THEY FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE THE PHONE AND CALL A LAWYER!!! Oh, wait, they WANT your tits in their mouths??? ...Oh, so it was probably some uptight parent who was more jealous of her firm and smooth boobies then they were worried about the welfare of their kids.

    • 2 years ago
  • Almibry
  • covelogibbs
  • chinese_democracy
    • -4
      chinese_democracy  

    • I don't even know who this is, and this story means so little to me I wont even bother wikipedia'ing her. Give the person a heavy fine and tell the kids that hard drugs make you do strange things.

    • 2 years ago
  • indecisiveh
  • Blkwdw
    • +1
      Blkwdw  
    • chinese_democracy:

      She is an true artist who sings about love peace evolution thought provoking issues crime, self hate, etc. you may be familiar with beyonce or lady Gaga. Erykah has been making music for over 12 years now this is her 5th album

    • 2 years ago
  • ONESnTWOS
    • +3
      ONESnTWOS  

    • Traumatized? are you kidding me? Just say to your kids "hey kids, look at the lady walking around naked. Thats how are ancestors used to walk around back in the day before clothing was invented". Be practical parents! This is Freedom of Expression people! Get your heads out of your ass and remember THIS ISNT ANYTHING NEW! Traumatizing is watching a bullet go thru someone's head and watching it explode (hence JFK). Whats watching a naked person walking around doing nothing but making a video? Nothing new, harmless. Erykah, slap this person who came forward, with your back hand, and make her pay this pointless fine. But whats $500 to Miss Badu? pocket change.

    • 2 years ago
  • Reaper26
  • EmperorThan
  • Walks_in_Storms
  • EmperorThan
  • EmperorThan
    • +3
      EmperorThan  

    • Some people didn't understand my viewpoint below so I'll clarify. She's an attention whore who just wanted publicity. Her 'art' is even censored to the videocamera BECAUSE she didn't want the video to be deleted from youtube. Hence 'art expression fail' for her. I have nothing against nudity. I have everything for the protection of children AND for the ability of parents to chose what they want for their children to see or not see.

      No, I don't think she should have been fined, but the police (especially in the south) are content with reaffirming their control over the public. They probably spent more time looking for someone to press charges on her than they did any rapists on the run. I just think as a resident of Dallas she could have waited for the kids to leave or come back at another time, therefore she is an asshole.

      And for anyone saying in their fucking stupid smug voices "I wish we were more like Europe" *close-eyed while talking*

      Last time I checked Europe has FEWER public nude places than the United States. No really! France last I checked got rid of nudity on a lot of their more popular nude beaches.

      As always I never make a claim without supporting it. Here's a list of places you can be nude in the United States:

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_nudity_places_in_North_America

      Here's the 'shorter' list for Europe:

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_nudity_places_in_Europe

      France thing I mentioned:
      http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/22/topless-bathing-france

    • 2 years ago
  • indecisiveh
    • 0
      indecisiveh  
    • EmperorThan:

      that is a hilarious point, she is willing to break laws for art so long as they are in accordance with the FCC. Personally I enjoyed the concept of the video and thought it had great potential. But it seems her need to censor herself kind of destroys her argument about artistic expression. There is nothing artistic about blur.

    • 2 years ago
  • nmsamanda
  • crispyfritters
    • 0
      crispyfritters  

    • pfft 500 bucks is nothing. It was probably covered in the budget before they ever shot the video.

      ... That being said, it sounds like a stupid music video that I won't watch.

    • 2 years ago
  • Davidod
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      Davidod  
    • crispyfritters:

      Yup, you nailed it.

      $500 couldn't BUY a local, let alone a national ad, that got the kind of attention this stunt created for her. Damned straight it's all about marketing.

      Badu is smart, marketing her music via outrageous stunts that get people talking, creating a viral buzz. In the year 2010, we've learned there is NO such thing as bad publicity anymore; I fear that if the Florida doctor doesn't actually get his licensed pulled, or disciplined because of HIS stunt, then he's also going to benefit from it.

    • 2 years ago
  • amandamanda
  • Davidod
    • 0
      Davidod  

    • Sad statement that the noise and rancor in America has risen to such a high level that ALL citizens understand that the only way to get publicity is to do anything, say anything, that is SO outrageous, that the media cannot help but cover it.

      Erykah is trolling, shaking her ass hidden behind the facade of making some 'political statement', as if it's art, all in the name of getting media attention. She truly had NO alternative, for if she DIDN'T do this, you think anyone here would even KNOW she has a new recording to sell?

      Fair is fair: I say go for it, girl! For if only the likes of political trolls (e.g. Palin) are allowed to inflame and incite the public in the name of seeking their own personal profit (through the sales of books), then I have absolutely NO PROBLEM with non-politicians doing it too in the name of selling recordings!

      In other words, if faux infotainers are allowed to cross over into the entertainment world for profit, I see no reason that entertainers shouldn't be allowed to try to cross over into making political statements, either. BOTH are motivated by, what else? $$$$

    • 2 years ago
  • keithponder
  • MoonLoon
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      MoonLoon  

    • We all have the right to raise our children according to our personal values. I am by no means a prude and nudity in our home and my parents home was common until the children reached a certain age. However, having my children exposed to public nudity from a stranger is offensive and treads on my rights as an individual and parent. No real artist would sink to this level unless a deep seated mental problem exists. She clearly is suffering from a need to be recognized. Furthermore, most people need to keep their clothes on, rather than gag a maggot.
      I can well remember JFK's assasination announcement. I was in 7th grade afternoon study hall when the principal made the announcement. The wailing and cries of the other children were terrible to hear and still remains with me to this day, particularly immediately before the Thanksgiving holidays.

    • 2 years ago
  • shanklinmike
    • +1
      shanklinmike  
    • MoonLoon:

      Nudity infringes on your individual rights? I would like to hear how. Do you even know what an individual or negative right is?!? You sound retarded when you make stupid comments without understanding the definition. It does NOT infringe on your rights in any way (maybe some false made up right you would LIKE to have). Sorry, but this does NOT infringe on your individual rights. Go to Africa, you will see public nudity everywhere....I guess they should all be arrested too..... give me a break you fascist!

    • 2 years ago
  • keithponder
  • MoonLoon
    • +1
      MoonLoon  
    • shanklinmike:

      Hey Dickhead, I live in Africa! Are you an expert on African culture? So fnuck off to your special planet! Of course you may not be offended by my dick dangling in your face. But I can assure you that I would be offended by such behaviour before my children!

    • 2 years ago
  • Walks_in_Storms
  • MoonLoon
    • +1
      MoonLoon  
    • Walks_in_Storms:

      My friend, are you making fun of me??? Of course I could have chosen a long winded , sideways approach to his comment. However, i am short of patience today. Thus, I chose to cut to the chase. I do not suffer fools lightly!

    • 2 years ago
  • Walks_in_Storms
  • MoonLoon
    • +1
      MoonLoon  
    • Walks_in_Storms:

      I will take your "projection theory" under advisement. However, his assumption that all Africans walk around nude or topless is way out of line and would warrant him an attitude adjustment, if voiced in Nigeria. Maybe you agree with nudity in public places where parents bring their innocent children?

    • 2 years ago
  • Walks_in_Storms
  • artemis6
  • Walks_in_Storms
  • artemis6
  • artemis6
    • +2
      artemis6  

    • The human body is a beautiful thing , unless you are taught to be ashamed of it by some jerk . Isn't it about time something beautiful happened at that location , to heal it of the sorrow ? Let the past go , embrace the future . It has a right to exist too .

    • 2 years ago
  • obamaisajoke
  • remanns
  • artemis6
  • keithponder
    • 0
      keithponder  

    • There's some real heavy denial going on here.

      Nudity is not the issue in this story. The issue is that Badu chose to use the site where JFK was assassinated as a prop to sell her song and video, by stripping nude at this location.. Call it art if you will, but you cannot be angry at the people who see it as being callous, and insensitive to the legacy of an American president who was murdered at that site or his family.

      I'm curious to see just how many you people who have no problem with what she did were even alive on November 22,1963 ?

      If you felt the pain then, you probably would appreciate the sanctity of that location, place and time and what it still means to millions of Americans today.

      She could not have gotten away with doing that at Martin Luther King's Memorial or the hotel site that he was murdered at. If she couldn't acknowledge the sensitive nature that people still have for how he died, African Americans would have made her show respect regardless.

      This is why the Warren Commission will not release their official report on the JFK assassination until 2022. They know that by then, most people really won't give a shit about what really happen. From the likes of the comments written on this thread, they were wrong. PEOPLE DON'T REALLY GIVE A SHIT ALREADY.

      They've dumbed you people down so fucking fast, and you don't even realize it. An American president was murdered at this site and you people are saying, "so fuckin' what, Erykah Badu is just expressing herself". If that's really the case, call her up and let her strip naked on the graves of your closest love ones that have past on. Your mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and children, you know the most sacred people, sacred sites, and most sacred memories that you've ever held for anyone.

      Hypocrites.

    • 2 years ago
  • rat420
    • +5
      rat420  
    • keithponder:

      Erykah Badu is actually supporting the actions of JFK. Her video is about how group thought is preventing society from evolving to think as individuals. How following the majority is more comfortable than critically thinking and making decision/opinion of our own.
      The ignorance of the group that opposesd his actions as president is the reason he was murdered. Why do you think she chose that location?

      I see your reasoning that JFK's original supporters may see her actions as disrespectful.
      But I believe that if they were true supporters of his movement, they would see that
      her actions shown in her video support the movement of equality that JFK died for.

    • 2 years ago
  • lifestudentno83
    • +3
      lifestudentno83  
    • keithponder:

      I think you're being a bit over-reactionary and missing the fact it was more homage to what JFK stood against than disrespect. You say nudity isn't the issue and then say it was a prop to sell a video. A video, mind you, that has been banned from airplay. If that was her goal, she did a horrible job.

      If this was Lady Gaga, or Soulja Boi, or even Beyonce, then I might be inclined to agree with you because they are pop acts that lack depth and thought provoking insight into anything worthwhile. But Badu's music usually invokes a deeper thought process than what lies on the surface. I wonder, did you listen to the statement she read before the video? I has a lot to do with the group think mentality that got Kennedy assassinated, and perhaps was part of the symbolism she was attempting to convey.

      Also, you mention that people don't give a shit about what happened to Kennedy; that many people weren't alive then, so they do not have a comprehension of what he meant to the American people. Well, in her own way, she has people talking about it again, so it's possible people haven't forgotten as much as you think. I am also aware of the civil rights work both he and his brother Bobby did for African-Americans in that time of civil unrest, and that is was after Bobby's suggestion that President Kennedy decided to go forward with legislation that would ultimately guarantee African-Americans equal protections under the law. I suppose that place means a lot to the generation of people that lived through that event and lose such a great president.

      However, I wonder when does the pain end and the healing being? Kennedy nearly 50 years ago in that place in an infamous event that is as historic as it is tragic. In her own way, she's called attention to that site again, and opened up the old wounds a country thought were completely healed and faded away. But instead of commending, or at least recognizing it, you condemn her for desecrating the place of Kennedy's death. It was already desecrated by a shooter on a grassy knoll back when it happened. What Badu did was far less vile and despicable than that act.

      I really hate how this generation of people is painted as apathetic, disrespectful, and contrary in a wide swath by older generations because what they see as offensive we see as expression. How you easily forget your days had their own controversies that were seen as disrespectful and against the grain of the status quo. Sit-ins, boycotts, protests, riots... every generation has its own rebellion; some are waged in the streets and some are waged on a canvas. I doesn't matter what the venue is, or what the statement is supposed to mean; as long as it means something worthy of thought-provoking discussion.

    • 2 years ago
  • Atalanda_Cameron
  • lifestudentno83
  • keithponder
  • keithponder
  • lifestudentno83
    • 0
      lifestudentno83  
    • keithponder:

      I don't see how my age has any relevance to my opinion or the situation.

      I already know how this is going to play out: I will state that I was not alive during the 60's, and you will state that my opinion is irrelevant because I was not born in that era, hence I would not understand the gravity of the situation.

      Please, do not claim a false air of superiority based on factors beyond my control, such as when I was born. I did not claim the event was not tragic; I only stated that it should not be considered sacrilegious to make a social statement there.

      If the place is considered so sanctimonious to your generation, why not make it a memorial that is off-limits to the general public?

    • 2 years ago
  • keithponder
    • 0
      keithponder  
    • lifestudentno83:

      " I already know how this is going to play out: I will state that I was not alive during the 60's, and you will state that my opinion is irrelevant because I was not born in that era, hence I would not understand the gravity of the situation."

      You're almost right, and people that were born even later than you, care even less. Once again that's why the Warren Commission named 2022 as the year that they would release their final report on the JFK assassination.

      Apathy grows over a period of time. It's almost like someone born in Mexico in 1975 being completely immune to the pains of the holocaust because they did not experience it. You can try all that you want, but you really can't deny the fact that the JFK legacy doesn't effect you in the way it does a lot of other people. Now just because it doesn't, does not mean that others have the right to piss on memories that American people still hold and cherish about him.Erykah Badu was calling more attention to herself than she was to the murder of President John Kennedy. She knew that the city of Dallas would have never given her a permit to shoot that video in the format that it was done, so she acted selfishly and did it without consent. I've seen her in concert and I love her, but I love and respect what's right for everybody and truthfulness much more than I do Erykah Badu.

      Maybe one day you can say the same thing.

    • 2 years ago
  • keithponder
    • 0
      keithponder  
    • lifestudentno83:

      "If the place is considered so sanctimonious to your generation, why not make it a memorial that is off-limits to the general public?"

      It didn't have to be a public memorial before this happen because everybody with common sense, up until now showed respect for the location, but now that Badu is the first person to stoop to an all time low in selfishly disrespecting the JFK assassination site, I'm sure that more people than you are probably now asking the same question.

    • 2 years ago
  • ozoneocean
    • +3
      ozoneocean  

    • LOL! "Children present"? What are they, morons? Those poor children had to see a naked woman. Bet that's the first time that's happened.

    • 2 years ago
  • RoBot_rOcKer
    • +4
      RoBot_rOcKer  

    • let the children deside for themselves if they are traumatized.
      OMG A NAKED PERSON!!!
      thats not traumatizing at all. in fact it is outstanding.
      and of course people should wear clothing during their normal lives but we as a society shouldnt be freaked out about nudity so much

    • 2 years ago
  • JonRaymond
  • shanklinmike
  • EmperorThan
    • -2
      EmperorThan  

    • Ha. I just assumed she did it on stage with a green screen. Ideally what she SHOULD have done... what a moron. In front of little kids.

      ""there were children there. i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized."

      It's called coming back at another time you dumb bitch. YOU LIVE IN DALLAS, you're telling me you can't just go there every so often then pick a time when there's no children there? And don't try to give me that 'art is spontaneous' bullshit.

    • 2 years ago
  • remanns
    • +1
      remanns  
    • EmperorThan:

      Dude. Children can DEAL....ITS AN f-n human body. Get over it. This is the way we are manufactured. This is not sheltered/repressed Sunday-School for moral Autistics.
      ( Dallas may be more prone than the mean )

    • 2 years ago
  • redvelvet1278
    • 0
      redvelvet1278  
    • EmperorThan:

      wow emperor that is quite a lot of anger towards nudity and ... yup! ART! oh no! god forbid! #1- i saw naked people when i was a kid and all i did was ask a few questions and forget about it #2- maybe you need to become more comfortable with the human body? art school helps...

    • 2 years ago
  • Argon18
  • ozoneocean
  • rat420
    • -1
      rat420  
    • EmperorThan:

      Yes because you can predict when children will or won't show... That's a logical suggestion..

      Ah and a green screen. Right, why not follow in the foot steps of every other main stream artist.

      Dumb ass.

    • 2 years ago
  • shanklinmike
    • 0
      shanklinmike  
    • EmperorThan:

      Actually, what's unnatural is human wearing clothing. Not saying I want to end clothes, but let's get honest, it is as unnatural and as man-made as you can get. Where is the harm in witnessing another human's body?!? I'm not quite sure why these people should be put in jail when they did nothing to harm another. She never infringed on another person's individual rights. Just saying....

    • 2 years ago
  • EmperorThan
    • 0
      EmperorThan  
    • redvelvet1278:

      Fuck her. I have nothing against nudity, I have every for the protection of children from adult shit. If it was up to me Mardi Gras on Bourbon would be a massive outside nude orgy of drunk ADULTS.

      She lives in fucking Dallas, she could have waited for a better time.

      And fuck 'art', this kind at least. I have nothing against 'good art' but this was fucking retarded. It was a stupid as hell god damn video. Impressively stupid even. Go make some real art, bitch. All you did was fall down naked on a national landmark woopty-fucking-doo. It wasn't art, it was a publicity stunt she wanted to become youtube famous THAT'S ALL.

      She knew that if she did this and uploaded it to youtube then it would be NATIONAL HEADLINES ON CNN the next day, regardless of however many people were killed in a Pakistan carbomb that morning, etc.

      If she played yakety sax at the end of the video when she dies then I WOULD have enjoyed the vid, but as is it's just a retarded fucking video.

    • 2 years ago
  • EmperorThan
    • 0
      EmperorThan  
    • redvelvet1278:

      And here's something to ponder for you. If it was 'art' then the cameraman shouldn't have worried about showing her nude body on the camera. But the cameraman didn't show it. HMMMMMMM I WONDER WHY THAT IS?!?!?! Youtube nudity policy perhaps?

      THIS FUCKING BITCH WAS WORRIED MORE ABOUT HAVING HER STUPID VIDEO DELETED OFF YOUTUBE THAN BREAKING OUTDOOR NUDITY LAWS.

      Epic Expressive Art Censorship (for Youtube) Phail.

    • 2 years ago
  • EmperorThan
    • 0
      EmperorThan  
    • rat420:

      Fuck you you fucking dipshit, moron. It's called VISION. She lives in fucking Dallas, therefore all she has to do is go there and SEEEEEEEEEE with her EYES if there is any kids. Leave and come back later OR watch and wait for them to leave.

    • 2 years ago
  • EmperorThan
    • 0
      EmperorThan  
    • shanklinmike:

      She was hardly put in jail, nor should she have been. She was fined 500 bucks. I've had speeding tickets cost more than that. I'm not even saying she should be fined, I'm saying she's a fucking dumb asshole bitch for not waiting for kids to leave first. She wanted publicity, plain and simple.

      The fact that no one came to the police for however many days after it happened tells me that our society DOESN'T care as much about it as we think we do. And I am CERTAIN if she did it while only adults were present then NO ONE would have come to the cops.

      It's not unnatural it's taboo in our society. We stem from a European culture on a cold subcontinent, hence the clothes.

      And who knows what the harm is. Our society (especially fucking Texas) is so much opposed to the naked body. I'm sure if you showed graphic anal porn to a classroom full of 1st graders some of them might not even understand what's happening or think anything of it. But would 'I' show graphic anal porn to a classroom of kids? FUCK NO! Would I show it to a classroom full of adults? FUCK YES.

      I'd even try to give incentives to the adults in the classroom to recreate it...

      But in the meantime, fuck this stupid wanna be famous person. *yawn*

    • 2 years ago
  • Einsam_Data_Old
  • annabell
  • Einsam_Data_Old
  • annabell
  • Einsam_Data_Old
  • annabell
  • RoBot_rOcKer
    • +2
      RoBot_rOcKer  

    • why is it whenever a beautiful woman takes off her clothes people say its bad? i couldnt think of anything better. people are afraid of their own bodies maybe? insecurities. they call it vulgur but its not like she started doing anything sexual wtf is america so stuck up about when it comes to the naked human body?

    • 2 years ago
  • Argon18
  • shanklinmike
  • artemis6
  • JohnAdams
  • Argon18
  • lordsbassman
  • RoBot_rOcKer
  • keithponder
    • 0
      keithponder  

    • Since you're committed to nudity, how would feel if your parents & grandparents walked around in society nude , or if your children wanted to be nude all of the time?Better still, rather than you watch Badu and Kardashian hang out in the raw, why don't you who endorse nudity step up and take one for the team? Actions always speak louder than words.

    • 2 years ago
  • Argon18
    • +2
      Argon18  
    • keithponder:

      Actually I have no problem with that since I never did find the nudity taboo very useful. I used to go to a spa in Santa Cruz where everyone hung out nude around the hot tub.

      There is a BIG difference in putting on clothes form warmth and other functional purposes or putting them on because you're ashamed since most children don't have that they wouldn't care about it

    • 2 years ago
  • obamaisajoke
  • Argon18
  • Almibry
    • +3
      Almibry  
    • keithponder:

      My grandparents actually did go around nude, but since it IS illegal, they stuck to private "nudist colonies". I even joined them (for the first time at age 7) and it was awkward for the first few minutes, I'm not going to lie, but after the first skinny dip, all was well. It was not traumatizing, if anything it was educational. To know what the naked body looked like was a relief. The fact that the atmosphere was not sexual really helped me later in life to become more comfortable with my flaws, and oddly enough, with my sexuality. I became very fat and unattractive for a few years, and walking around in the buff in front of people who couldn't care less was liberating and helped me to view myself in a way that was different from how my classmates saw me when I was clothed. When everyone around you has taken off all their clothes and made themselves vulnerable to the sun, rain, wind, insects, and each other, there's a kind of camaraderie. You don't hear people say things like "I don't speak cow, go away". Yeah, everything's hanging out for everyone to see, and there's no reason to hide from who you are. I lost 75 lbs, not simply by being naked but by being honest with myself, my lifestyle, which does come with being naked. Hating on the naked form should be considered heresy, if you're into that crap.

    • 2 years ago
  • keithponder
    • +1
      keithponder  
    • Almibry:

      I'm not hatin' on naked people.For years, l walked around the house naked, strutin' my stuff like all athletes did back in the day. I just don't like the fact the Badu chose to use that site on Dealey Plaza as a prop for a video. I feel like it was extremely sanctimonious and offensive to American history and those of us who were alive at that time and witness President Kennedy's murder on TV.

      Outside of that,I LOVE ERYKAH BADU.

    • 2 years ago
  • remanns
  • Argon18
  • Introspective
  • nmsamanda
    • 0
      nmsamanda  

    • Okay I have had the convo about overweight bikini girls being more accepted in hawaii than l.a.Its off subject and your right beautiful people doing beautiful things which for them is just being naked. In honor of americanstandards post... How bout that off shore drilling. Surprise Suprise Huh?

    • 2 years ago
  • AmericanStandard
    • +2
      AmericanStandard  

    • Who cares!?!? She came into this world naked i don't think it is a big deal that she was walking around nude. It is this kind of publicity that we give these types of behaviors that are leading to more of them. Paris Hilton famous for playing skin flute, Kim and Ray J's vid got her famous, The entire cast of the hills famous for...being horrible actors and trying not to act like they are actors, the list goes on and on. Stop worshiping pop culture. It is a sad day when the top 2 stories on current's "news" section are pop culture non sense! BAD DOG!! BAD!!

    • 2 years ago
  • Almibry
  • JohnAdams
  • keithponder
  • xiola
  • JohnAdams
  • keithponder
    • +1
      keithponder  
    • JohnAdams:

      What do Jesus and JJammer have in common ?

      They both have been resurrected from the dead, actually JJ more than Jesus. They just can't seem to kill him.

      JohnAdams
      [This account has been disabled]. ....It doesn't seem like it.

    • 2 years ago
  • Argon18
    • +1
      Argon18  
    • keithponder:

      Actually that has more in common with cockroaches than Jesus, since it is an ongoing pest problem and they can be just as hard to kill.

      I'm betting that the cockroach is trying to force the solution that was advocated in Aliens "Let's nuke the site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure"

      It fits in with the obsession and even feeds the delusion getting kicks out of getting people to react with desperate pleas for attention.

    • 2 years ago
  • keithponder
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      Kim Kardashian is the number 1 story on Current.com today. There's a strange irony and a strong hypocrisy in the fact that because she's viewed as bimbo and Badu is seen as an artist, one is getting slammed and the other is being defended.

      The staff is laughing at us, and l truly hoped that I'm not the only one who can see this. There's a debate brewing in the perception of these 2 stories. What's right about Eryka's nudity at the site of JFK's murder that's wrong about Kardashian just walking around shaking her ass. Why isn't that considered art by those of you who are defending Badu.

      BTW, I slammed both of them.....I mean, I disagree with both of them.

    • 2 years ago
  • remanns
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    • keithponder:

      Slam n Dance Keith! You bet. The whole "nudity butttox/bOObie" thing IS a "red herring"............."not that there is anything WRONG with that",.........well,...except -IF- and ONLY IF,........you cant move past it when you need to to focus on "todays news". When the shit is in your way= PROBLEM.----"bOObies",...and artistic display,...and comedy,....have their moment of the day, and are DUE it. ( And when those,...EVEN HERE AT CURRENT,...want to dis em,....well,....I have a problem with that. But NEWS,.........should BE,...(NEWS).

    • 2 years ago
  • lifestudentno83
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    • keithponder:

      Her exposure is not symbolic or meaningful in any way. She is being exposed by people who want to show people her body for lewd and pornographic reasons.

      Meanwhile, Badu was attempting to make a point using her nudity. One is artistic, the other is not.

      Both are considered lewd, but only one is defensible (unless you believe that Kardashian should be allowed to romp around naked for no reason).

      I will not condemn Kardashian for walking around in a bikini just like I will not condemn Badu for using her nudity to convey a point overlooked by people who cannot see past it.

      No one wants to cover the statue of David, the Sistine Chapel, or any of the other nude or mostly nude pictures in an art museum because they are nude, lewd, or offensive. They are depicted as art, not pornography. Where do we draw the line between nudity as art and nudity as pornography? Only when we hang it on a wall in a museum?

    • 2 years ago
  • nmsamanda
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    • keithponder:

      As women are we supposed to be ashamed of ourselfs. In Hawaii Bikinis are no big deal or LA as well. Should we all get our mormon undies and victorian dresses on in order not to be slammed!?!

    • 2 years ago
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    • nmsamanda:

      I've been around for a while and I've really never heard tht before. Women are supposed to be ashamed of their bodies ? Women flaunt their bodies in Ameica. If either of the 2 of thesewomen were overweight, I serious doubt that we would behaving this conversation right now.

      You've got to come better than that.

    • 2 years ago
  • notrepublican
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    • keithponder:

      She is #1 on the site because people want to do her. It's common among people to be attracted to hot women. That has nothing to do with this Badu girl. There is nothing wrong with either of them.
      It should be anybodies right to be nude whenever they want. There is absolutely no logical reason why people shouldn't be able to.
      It's a law based on loony religious fear. Over time it has become such a deeply engrained custom that people's groupthink mentality shuns people who show their bodies. In Africa no one would give a shit.

    • 2 years ago
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