Mínguez-Alarcón L, et al. (2018). Type of underwear worn and markers of testicular function among men attending a fertility center. DOI: But under this flawless skin is a rotten deception, one deepened by a social-media saturated society. ‘Most of the bodies we see online on a daily basis aren’t even real, but rather enhanced or modified by technology to conform to a current, unsustainable trend,’ says LA-based photographer Julia SH, who is exhibiting powerful, textured portraits of bodies rarely depicted in 21st-century media, presented in museum-like frames. ‘In the US, what little nudity permitted is usually shown in a sexual context. Seeing nudes in a museum is one of the only exceptions to this. I created a series where I framed my models as sculptures and works of art in the hope that the viewer will suspend any judgments about whether they find the models sexually attractive or not, or whether their bodies are socially “acceptable”. The more body types we are exposed to, the more pragmatic our view will become.’ Editor’s note: This list was first published in March 2022 and has been updated multiple times since.] “Intolerance” (D.W. Griffith, 1916) “Intolerance”

Kobayashi D, et al. (2012). Association between weight gain, obesity, and sleep duration: A large-scale 3-year cohort study. DOI:Lee P, et al. (2014). Temperature-acclimated brown adipose tissue modulates insulin sensitivity in humans. DOI: Okamoto-Mizuno, K., and Mizuno. K. (2012). Effects of thermal environment on sleep and circadian rhythm. When Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) breaks into a mysterious woman’s apartment, nightclub singer Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini) holds him at knifepoint and forces her intruder to strip naked in a dark role-swap that makes the already nauseating potential of a sexualized home invasion even more jarring. In a bizarre turn, Dorothy begins to seduce the terrified, naked Jefferey but is interrupted by the introduction of Dennis Hopper’s bone-chilling Frank Booth. Smith TJ, et al. (2018). Impact of sleep restriction on local immune response and skin barrier restoration with and without “multinutrient” nutrition intervention. DOI:

Schneiderman I, et al. (2012). Oxytocin during the initial stages of romantic attachment: Relations to couples’ interactive reciprocity. DOI: The other models, though, were a little more hesitant. “At first I thought the project was rather frivolous,” Judith, another subject, tells BUST. “But my 48-year-old daughter said that Americans have a very puritanical and weird attitude toward nudity, and that she felt it was very important that I do the shoot, both for her and for my granddaughter. My husband tried to talk me out of it, which had the effect of talking me into it. His reasons infuriated me, frankly.”West K. (2018). Naked and unashamed: Investigations and applications of the effects of naturist activities on body image, self-esteem, and life satisfaction. DOI: But why does Pittaluga think it's important for contemporary photography to offer visibility to all body types? ‘I hope that one day this kind of question will no longer exist,’she says. ‘I am focused on giving a voice and visibility to those who are not ortoo littlerepresented. It is very important to me to do everything to deconstruct this hegemony, I am committed to invoking all these fights until they are won.’ Rafalson L, et al. (2010). Short sleep duration is associated with the development of impaired fasting glucose: The Western New York health study. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20620078 Since even before George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” saw a naked zombie wandering around a field, nudity has aroused terror in horror lovers. Yes, the genre has a bad reputation for objectifying (and frequently dismembering) big-breasted women who, as famed final girl Sidney Prescott would put it, “are always running up the stairs when they should be running out the door.” But horror is a natural fit for exploring taboo subject matter; nudity is nothing if not taboo; and many, many filmmakers have successfully exploited that pairing to achieve serious moments of artistry. David Lynch has never shied away from exploring sexual violence, but his most brilliant use of nudity comes in the surrealist noir “Blue Velvet.”