“You’ve got to be carefully taught” is a line from the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical South Pacific. The sense of this satirical song is that prejudice is not natural but learned. The first verse spells it out: “You’ve got to be taught To hate and fear, You’ve got to be taught From year to year,Continue reading “Carefully Taught”
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Los Dorados
A poem for two voices, from an El Dorado-like ceremony in Co-ed Naked Philosophy. Grab a friend, throw off your clothes, paint each other, and read this before you dive!
Writing the Body
I hated high school gym class. Our teacher, a coach, would line us up for attendance and walk down the row, paddle in hand, asking us in turn if we knew where the Air Force Academy is located, the Naval Academy, etc. The class clowns would inevitably “forget,” and paddling hijinks would soon ensue. WhenContinue reading “Writing the Body”
Invisible Scissors
If I had invisible scissors,that made me invisible too,I’d go on a clothes-cutting mission to help everybody get nude! I’d make my way down to the beachto walk with the swimsuit-oppressed.I’d stand just beyond an arm’s reachand -SNIP!- liberate them from dress! I’d cut suits off short folk and tall,from fat, thin, tan, brown, black,Continue reading “Invisible Scissors”
Raccoon and Possum
A limerick dialogue between a thick-coated textile and a bare-tailed nudist An astonished coon asked of a possum, “Why on earth don’t you cover your bottom? When you traipse round the wood, you don’t dress as you should. Keep yourself covered up like you oughta!” So the possum replied to the coon, “WouldContinue reading “Raccoon and Possum”
Bernard Perroud, Somanaut
Bernard Perroud, creator of the cover image for Co-ed Naked Philosophy, is a prolific and highly imaginative artist, comfortable and talented in diverse media, whose blog I have long admired. Here he is, chasing inspiration in his dreams, or as he writes: Trying to visualize the feeling of flight while dreaming… DreamFly1 His artisticContinue reading “Bernard Perroud, Somanaut”
Clothed with Nature
The indigenous populations of the Americas have long been a source of inspiration for natural associations to nudity, such as the work of Javier Silva Meinel. A photographer from Lima, Peru (b. 1949), Silva Meinel studied both economics and photography and won a Guggenheim Fellowship for his work on Andean rituals. He has also photographedContinue reading “Clothed with Nature”
12 Nude Year Resolutions
Nudity can be light-hearted, but there are times when it’s no joke. When people, whether individuals or groups, risk arrest or worse simply for posting nude photographs of themselves in those parts of the world still clutching very restrictive ideas about nudity (and sometimes those parts of the world are closer to home than oneContinue reading “12 Nude Year Resolutions”
Body Riddles!
Hey Nude Scribe readers! This week only – your chance to win! Each weekday December 19-23 I’ll post and tweet a riddle about the body. First correct response enters a five-way drawing for a free copy of Co-ed Naked Philosophy! Monday’s riddle was: An unlikely trio: bottom, back, eye. To which body part do theseContinue reading “Body Riddles!”
Nude Scribe Crossword 2011
It’s been a great run so far here on Nude Scribe – thanks to all viewers and commenters! Since the year is drawing to a close, I decided to make a crossword puzzle with clues from the posts on this site so far (July through December 2011). All clues are culled from the posts onContinue reading “Nude Scribe Crossword 2011”