December 13, 2023

"Artistic Nudity" is trending on X...

... and it's not because of that Giuseppe Cesari painting they're showing to 10 year olds in France.

It's because Twitch has adopted a new policy, allowing what it calls "artistic nudity," and a lot of people on X feel called to ask what's "artistic nudity"?

I realize I have a more basic question: What's Twitch? I've heard of Twitchy, but Twitch is something else.

23 comments:

n.n said...

Artistic nudity emphasizes form over function.

Joe Smith said...

It's when you're on the spectrum and take your clothes off in public.

Oh, 'artistic.'

Never mind...

Yancey Ward said...

"What is 'artistic nudity'?"

Probably will be interpreted to include a couple of gay guys playing with giant dildoes.

Jack said...

Twitch.tv is a website which allows users to stream a window on yheir computer screen to countless others. It is typically used to let the streamer show their contemporaneous game play (e.g. Call of Duty, Rimworld, Age of Empires, etc.), while viewers can interact or discuss in a sidebar Chat. Aside from game play, a streamer may show them producing art, just chatting about topics, reactions to certain paid-up content, or even blacksmithing.

Spiros said...

When I was in high school, the big scandal was the English teacher who smuggled in a tape of Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet.

Paddy O said...

As others have already said, it's a fairly popular user content created live streaming service primarily focusing on video game streaming, but also is really open to just about any other kind of streaming.

I spent a while doing an online theology class on Twitch a few years ago before we moved back to SoCal (and I left the church I was connected to that inspired it).

https://www.twitch.tv/theologyandicecream/videos

No nudity in my stream, artistic or otherwise, everyone will be glad to know. But there are some interesting background videos of various places.

Leland said...

I know what Twitch is and that it is quite popular alternative to YouTube, but largely used by game streamers. I've never used it, but now...

Rohan said...

Twitch is a live streaming platform, mostly for video games. The person broadcasts themselves playing a game or doing some activity in real time. People watch and comment, also in real-time, so can form a feedback loop.

There's moderate controversy about video game streamers who are pretty young women who dress in a revealing manner.

Magson said...

Twitch.tv is a streaming platform. Mostly gaming content, but some other stuff.

It's been billed as family-friendly and has banned several high-profile streamers over the years when they've gotten too "edgy" or risque or whatever.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

what's "artistic nudity"

Old Playboy. Final answer.

"Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

traditionalguy said...

Take T from Twitter add X and shake it all about and you get the new word: Twitch.

And now Trump can call the Dem’s latest 24/7 Slanders of him a “ Twitch Hunt”

Leland said...

I’m not sure a gamer in the nude is what I want to see. Maybe this allows ecchi gaming.

Kylos said...

Twitch allows gamers to stream their gameplay to others. This usually includes a camera feed of the gamer along with the game itself. Recently there has been complaints about female gamers appearing to be topless, with the camera keeping just enough offscreen to avoid full topless nudity. Users have been complaining that this is turning the gaming service into a cam girl platform instead.

Kevin said...

Jell-O?

Hunter Biden?

Artistic Nudity?

I think we've found our theme!

Jim said...

I know it when I see it.

iowan2 said...

I thought this article was going to revile the speech, but it turned much more aggressive, with a very disturbing legal threat.

Its called wish casting.

Raw pure wish casting. Wishing the dream scenarios might actually be real.

As you accurately stated, if the Biden campaign was doing the same, it would be applauded

Today is a strange day to worry about "in kind" campaign contributions. What with the Biden clan raking in over $30 million, and an official impeachment inquiry is on the books

farmgirl said...

My oldest daughter is due w/her 1st baby on Jan6th. It’s amazing how many belly shots I’ve gotten throughout her pregnancy. She sent photos today of her professionally taken belly + shots.

I’m telling you- she has no fear! You see, there’s this dress…

Nude colored. Nylon, body hugging material… A good friend on the floor holding the hem lol. Hands strategically, yet, naturally covering soft, full areas ~wink wink~

I figure THAT is artistic nudity.
Absolutely gorgeous, she is.

Mary Beth said...

Twitch is an Amazon product.

cassandra lite said...

Artistic nudity. That's what Potter Stewart couldn't define except by knowing, right?

I had to look up Twitch, too. I'm about as old as AA, and the only video game I've ever played was Pong, when it first came out and cost 25 cents. I was pretty good.

Gusty Winds said...

Funny. The post link to the artistic nudity trend on X is all comedy.

It's meant to make fun of people who don't understand artistic nudity vs. vulgarity.

Michelangelo sculpted David's penis for all to see. Are we supposed to be offended?

Are the naked bike parades in Madison, WI artistic nudity? Would they stop the parades if Muslims pitched a bitch?

Joe Smith said...

'I know it when I see it.'

Exactly...

dicentra63 said...

Twitch also has a 24/7 channel for MST3K, for those interested.

Enigma said...

So that means Pokimane and Amouranth are going full Playboy bunny now? Can one produce artistic nudity sitting in a tub full of Jell-O while playing video games? How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?

https://www.twitch.tv/pokimane

https://www.twitch.tv/Amouranth

It's funny how video game culture became the primary non-woke media source as Hollywood went woke. It's apparently quite natural to be a sex worker. (Parallel to the Althouse post on the segregated Boston holiday party).