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April 2013: Personal dignity is a foundation of human civilisation

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On April 1, 2013
  • 12 Comments
  • Maja Wolna, Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar
April 2013 is here. The photo for this month’s Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar is mother with son Maja Wolna. She says: My participation in the Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar is an act of the defence of the own body. Irrespective of the sex, the religion, the culture or customs we have the right to keep […]
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March 2013: Policing nudity encourages perverse relationship to body, self and sexuality

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On March 1, 2013
  • 6 Comments
  • Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar, Saskia Vogel
March 2013 is here. The photo for this month’s Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar is that of Writer and Publicist Saskia Vogel. She says: I joined this ‘scream’ in solidarity with Elmahdy, but not exclusively to raise awareness about Islamists and their relationship to the female body. I joined because the female body is a source […]
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February 2013: Free thought in a free body

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On February 1, 2013
  • 5 Comments
  • Nina Sankari, Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar
February 2013 is here. The photo for this month’s Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar is that of Polish Feminist and Freethinker Nina Sankari. Free thought in a free body… She says: I accepted Maryam Namazie’s invitation to join this initiative for the same reasons I joined her previous campaigns, like “Stop Stoning”, The Day to Defend […]
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January 2013: Why? Because I can.

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On December 31, 2012
  • 17 Comments
  • Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar
January 2013 is here. Happy New Year! The photo for this month’s Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar is that of mother and actor Cleo Simone Powell. Why? Because [she] can… By the way, here is her censored photo for Facebook since it doesn’t allow nudity…
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December 2012: I carry it with me wherever I go

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On December 4, 2012
  • 0 Comments
  • Mallorie Nasrallah, Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar
December 2012 is here. The photo for this month’s Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar is that of Syrian American photographer Mallorie Nasrallah. Here’s what she says: Every time the shame some people demand women feel about their bodies is brought to light I quite literally want to scream. I have been working as an erotic photographer […]
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November 2012: My body is not obscene; veiling it is

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On October 31, 2012
  • 8 Comments
  • Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar
November 2012 is here. The photo for this month’s Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar is mine! You can read why I did it in support of Egyptian atheist and blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy by reading my interview with Now Lebanon  entitled ‘Stripping for Iran’. As I said: When you are faced with an Islamic movement that considers you to be […]
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October 2012: our naked body is our challenge

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On October 1, 2012
  • 8 Comments
  • FEMEN, Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar
October 2012 is here. The photo for this month’s Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar is that of topless activist of the FEMEN movement, Alena Magelat. By the way, here is her censored photo for Facebook since it doesn’t allow nudity… The calendar is the idea of campaigner Maryam Namazie to support Aliaa Magda Elmahdy and join her ‘screams […]
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September 2012: Freedom and Nudity

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On September 2, 2012
  • 12 Comments
  • Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar
September 2012 is here. The photo for this month’s Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar is that of atheist  blogger, Emily Dietle. Here’s what Emily said about the project: – Why did you join the ‘Scream’ and Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar? There are people who are actively trying to silence, shame, and control women, in this country […]
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August 2012: I am my body

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On August 1, 2012
  • 9 Comments
  • Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar
August 2012 is here. The photo for this month’s Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar is that of atheist writer and blogger, Greta Christina, who was one of the first women to agree to take part in the calendar. When Greta was asked why nudity and the Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar, she said: Sexuality is one of […]
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July 2012: Dogma will never determine where I sit, what I wear or how I live

  • Posted by Maryam Namazie
  • On July 3, 2012
  • 8 Comments
  • Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar
July 2012 is here. The photo for this month’s Nude Photo Revolutionary Calendar is that of Amanda Brown, We are Atheism founder. By the way, here is the censored photo for Facebook since it doesn’t permit nudity… Incidentally, there is a report in Alarabiya Farsi (though I can’t seem to find the English version) stating […]
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