As we’ve said before, there’s nothing more pulp than illicit celebrity nudes. In the old days starlets skinned down for money before they were famous, then spent months or years trying to wrest the old negatives from the photographers. These days trying to stop the spread of nude images is about as fruitful as trying to contain H1N1 flu. In the last week the nudes of three famous or semi-famous women leaked onto the internet. First was beauty pageant contestant Carrie Prejean, and we had to yawn, because after her assertions that she was a Biblically correct person you just knew a skeleton or two would come tumbling out of her closet. On Thursday, b-level soul singer Cassie, just above, saw her private parts aired out on the web, and yesterday Rihanna, at top, had her turn. Around Pulp Intl. it’s axiomatic that if the pictures don’t show the moneymaker they’re a publicity stunt. In that regard we pronounce both Cassie’s and Rihanna’s nudes legit. For that reason, we won’t show the most revealing images, but they’re out there in the digital ether to be gotten if you’re curious. Both Cassie and Rihanna are reportedly angry about the leaks, but of course they’ll both survive with careers intact—that’s the beauty of living in our modern, jaded age. We wonder if they ever thought of keeping the shots on a flash drive locked in a safe? Not that we want to impede the flow of nudie pix from celebs, but it seems appropriate to point out that while the modern age presents its fair share of problems, it presents an equal share of solutions.
