She is one of the most memorable characters from one of the most beloved books in the world, and it’s time to recognize her for what she is: a nudist. I’m referring to Remedios la Bella from Colombian Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez’s Cien años de soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude). “El realismo virtualContinue reading “Beautiful Nude Remedies”
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The Tailor
(in which a man “of the cloth” experiences a seam-splitting epiphany) The tailor plied his trade for years – a craft he chose o’er all careers – and kept his shop on Fashion Street where loyal clients he would meet. He stocked his buttons, threads, and lace and reams of cloth o’erflowed the place:Continue reading “The Tailor”
Nudity is a Human Right
WHEREAS human beings manifest bodies that occupy physical volume in space as a necessity of existence; WHEREAS human beings are born naked into these bodies and thus begin, naked, the basic acts of life through the intake of breath and breast; WHEREAS nudity is thus the essential and most natural state in which human beings manifestContinue reading “Nudity is a Human Right”
Freedom of Dress
Today is a day to celebrate freedoms here in the United States, freedoms such as those depicted by the celebrated mid-20th-century American realist painter Norman Rockwell in his series called the Four Freedoms (clockwise from top left, below): Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear. These 1943 paintings, if not exclusively propaganda,Continue reading “Freedom of Dress”
Phenotype Dreams
One of the great liberal and liberating messages of our time is that we should not be judged by the color of our skin but by the content of our character (Martin Luther King, Jr.). Thanks to social revolutions of many types, we can add sex and sexual orientation to the list of what notContinue reading “Phenotype Dreams”
Nude Physics 3: Luminosity
I’m neither physicist nor physician, so it’s only with a bit of creative license that I’m exploring, in this series of posts, certain physical properties of our bodies when nude. The first two posts in the series have featured concepts from physics that are perhaps more obviously applicable to our bodies: surface area to volumeContinue reading “Nude Physics 3: Luminosity”
Don and Doff
Don and Doff were leprechauns who lived beyond the rainbow’s end. Don scrubbed his shoes and cleaned his coat: Saint Patrick’s Day was ’round the bend. “Hey Doff! Get off your duff and wash your clothes! Today is March the 12th!” “So what?” said Doff. “I’m ready. Just…” “Just what?,” asked Don, impatient elf. “I’dContinue reading “Don and Doff”
The Fig Leaf Fetish
Someone told me recently that naturism kills eroticism; in other words, that so much constant nudity eliminates the thrill of sexual anticipation. I don’t always agree–context is everything–but I know that this point of view is widely sustained at different times and for different reasons. Naturists – always having to defend that we’re not generallyContinue reading “The Fig Leaf Fetish”
Exposed to Learning
Those of us who are educators as well as naturists / social nudists often ask ourselves how to bridge the two: What are good ideas for structuring a naturist education? What would be the practical constraints of establishing a school where people could be nude? Nude Classroom I While it’s possible to learn about socialism,Continue reading “Exposed to Learning”
Asking Better Questions
Naturism FAQs: Just because the questions in red strikethrough below are the frequently asked ones, doesn’t mean they’re the best ones… Moving from: What if I see someone I know at the naturist park / I’m a single male / my spouse is reluctant?Moving to: What can I do to get more people I know involvedContinue reading “Asking Better Questions”