Naked Pig Art Banned!

A recent article from England's Exeter Express and Echo, tells of the plight of one Cress de la Fosse, an art student at Exeter College.  De la Fosse  submitted her photo for exhibition at the college but it was unfortunately rejected and she is not too happy about it.  "My work highlights the poor body image and insecure feelings that a high percentage of women experience", she said. 

The head of art and design at the college states, "Cress’s submission is a great piece of work which is why it has been included in this upcoming exhibition. While we are pleased to exhibit Cress’s artwork, one piece is particularly powerful and has been withdrawn from this exhibition in the college’s Centre for Creative Industries".

Well it's um, "powerful" alright, as you can see for yourself.

Nothing like a nude woman running through the woods wearing a pig's head

Personally I don't find it art so much as satire.  Recently in the news there was an allegation that the current British Prime Minister, David Cameron, was once fellated by the head of a dead pig.

Never believe politicians

Needless to say, De la Fosse is a little upset that her work has been banned and is now looking for a gallery to display her work.  Take heart Cress!  Here at Su Casa we have given your work a showing.  If you ever come to Second Life, let me know and we'll make it permanent.

Blah Blah Blah

I give up.  I've been trying for 2 days to put an event in SL's event calendar.  It seems I suddenly breached some "community standards" rule.

This is one of the attempts that was rejected:
Subject - Start your week-end with DJ Bluesy and enjoy two hours of great music.
Listing - Come dance at Su Casa Naturist with DJ Bluesy. Blues and classic rock from one of SL's favorite DJs.  Come early, stay late and have fun.

The result? The event appears to contain adult material, but is on a General or Mature region. Please choose an adult region. Refer to the Maturity ratings wiki page for more details.

What did it finally accept after numerous attempts?

Thanks, SL, you're a champ, but your censor needs looking into.

Spain Prevails! Florida Fails!!

Recently I wrote about Florida's November attempt to break the world record for the most number of skinny dippers in one location. From what I know about breaking world records, all the i's have to be dotted, all the t's have to be crossed, and any proof has to be verified and re-verified before anyone can claim to hold or break a world record.

It's now official... Florida failed to beat the world record.  However, if you live in New Zealand, you can be part of a New Year's Eve attempt to break Spain's record. Good Luck Skinny Dippers in New Zealand!!!

Rules

Every society requires a certain amount of rules to survive.  Some rules we like, some we don't, and some rules we simply tolerate.  Each sim has it's own set of rules as well, being a microcosm of the whole, and each sim owner is free to make his or her own rules in accordance with the general LL terms of service.  Sim owners are also allowed to make up temporary rules as needed.  At a previously owned sim I had a complaint about a 17 day old nubie who wouldn't lose his erection even though other guests repeatedly told him to. When I showed up he argued with me that it did not specifically state in the rules that he couldn't have one so I was out of line and he would keep his erection, thank you very much.  When I ejected him he said he was going to file an AR against me.  I'm still waiting to hear from LL about that.

At Su Casa we have rules as well.  We've tried to keep these to a minimum as no one likes a long list of draconian regulations they are suppose to follow.  We say simply no harassment and no sexual behavior, with an added note about child avatars.  We believe that these rules are meant to make your stay here as pleasant as possible.

I recently visited a sim with a short list of rules as well although I don't agree with all of them.  I acknowledge that the sim owner has every right to make them as he pleases and I know that he doesn't particularly agree with Su Casa rules either, so I guess we are even.  A couple of things struck me though, and I may be dead wrong about them and, if so, I'll apologize.  One was that due to it being a naturist sim, nudity was required at all times, just like in real life when visiting a naturist venue.  I've been to a number of naturist venues in RL ranging from beaches, official and unofficial, to resorts and B&Bs.  I cannot remember any occasion except one where there was not a mix of dressed, or partial dressed, and nudes.  The one exception was when my partner and I arrived early and we were the only ones there at the time.

Ok, maybe I'm splitting hairs here but this relates somewhat to another rule stating that all avatars must be "in proportion", just like in real life, which somehow misses part of the whole point of SL.   At one of the above mentioned B&Bs there was a woman who would not get undressed for any reason whatsoever.  When I wondered aloud as to why I was told that she had recently undergone a double mastectomy.  I guess, even with her being a true naturist, she would not be allowed on that particular sim with two rules broken.  Pity.

Photo lifted from http://morriganpolanski.blogspot.com/