QUOTES 8/13/2016

“Spiegel TV ‘10 - nackt, fröhlich, frei / 1. Teil”, (German Video) - https://vimeo.com/30425366

“’C’mon, it’ll be fun, its 2016, do you really still have a problem with the nude human body?’ . . . Go Nude.  Get Nude.  After all what do we want?  We want more nudity in the world – not more ‘nudists’! . . . if you want to ensure the future of everything nudists love and stand for while the world becomes increasingly sexualized – it’s time to step out of your tribe.  Nudity needs a reinvention.  It needs a 2.0. . . It starts with you choosing a ‘normal’ beach close-by to swim and sunbathe nude at a tasteful distance instead of driving to an official ‘nudist’ beach far away where no one new will discover the idea of nudity as an awesome and harmless thing to do.  It starts with you promoting nudity as a normal part of normal mainstream culture with the attitude of a shoulder shrug (and letting people ‘deal with it’ at worst, or discover it and start a conversation at best) instead of waving a giant ‘nudist’ disclaimer instantly painting yourself into that corner of ‘weird people’ that nudism tends to mean.  It starts with breaking FREE.  I now simply say, ‘I love being nude!’, which is instantly more appealing, interesting, and open conversation-inviting than anything I ever said before.  I’ll still call myself a nudist sometimes.  But it’s a phrase I’ll use less and less. . . They need to be willing to change.” – Glen Connelly, http://www.naktiv.net/blog/1089/why-i-no-longer-call-myself-a-nudist/

“Buying Naked” (Home Buying Videos) - http://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/buying-naked/

“It has taken a long time to find peace in myself.  The doubts have been replaced with confidence.  Yet, when it comes time to post a photo, the confidence seems to wither a bit.  I find myself doing some judicious cropping so as to not offend any of my readers.  The photos then offer some evidence that I am truly skyclad, that it isn’t all talk without the action to affirm the words.  I guess I am still telling the truth and illustrating that truth in images, but something insidious is happening below the surface. . . The more we appease, the less satisfied are those who have made a mission to recraft the human race in their image – fully clothed and asexual and, in the process, we find our rights to be ‘authentic’ disappear beneath the waves of outrage.  We retreat in fear behind closed doors, behind drawn curtains, and even then we keep a wrap or cover-up handy just in case it is needed.  We become prisoners in our homes.  If we become a bit less fearful we build high walls, privacy fences, so that we can dare to be outside when the weather permits. . . We appease and then wonder why those whom we appease aren’t more willing to give as well as receive.  We somehow are shocked that instead of easing up, the ‘reaction’ focuses on increasing restrictions and outright banning of nudity.  A policy of appeasement doesn’t work.  It has never worked in the preludes to wars and other bloody conflicts or in negotiations of most economic endeavours.  Giving others power has the effect of having them want even more power.  There is a need for any and all who value personal authority for ‘self’ to reclaim that authority from the ‘others’ who have their own personal agendas.” – Skyclad, The Naked Truth Naturists Newdsletter, Vol 17, #8

“Naturism is . . . a true and pure bearing of one's soul with the universe.” – CdnNaturist, https://twitter.com/CdnNaturist/status/719978780329185280

“The French resort of Cannes has banned full-body, head-covering swimsuits from its beaches, citing security reasons — a measure some are decrying as a discriminatory anti-Muslim move that only worsens religious tensions. . . Cannes Mayor David Lisnard issued an ordinance in late July forbidding beachwear that doesn't respect ‘good morals and secularism.’  It notes that swimwear ‘manifesting religious affiliation in an ostentatious way, while France and its religious sites are currently the target of terrorist attacks, could create risks of trouble to public order.’. . The mayor calls the burkini ‘the uniform of extremist Islamism, not of the Muslim religion.’ . . . the measure could also apply to saris worn by Indian bathers, because the clothing could hamper rescuers' efforts to save them in an emergency.” – Margaid Quioc, https://www.yahoo.com/style/cannes-bans-full-body-burkini-swimsuits-beaches-073718561.html