QUOTES 11/21/2016

“. . . for me it is . . .  more comfortable driving nude. . . if I am going anywhere more than a mile or so away, I will be driving there nude.” – TotalTanJim, https://www.truenudists.com/groups/view.php?action=viewthread&id=8077&idt=77839&page=2

“In 2011, scientists managed to sequence the precise moment in time when head lice evolved into body lice: it was 170,000 years ago, and they reckon that must have been the first time in history that humans regularly wore clothing of any kind, as the lice needed a safe environment to encourage them to evolve.” – JR Thorpe, http://www.bustle.com/articles/172288-7-strange-beliefs-about-nudity-in-western-history?platform=hootsuite

“Textilism is a philosophical and religious stance in that many people believe that covering the body is in some way morally necessary or dictated by religious requirements.  This is obviously true for Catholic nuns and hijab-wearing Muslims, but it is also true more generally.  Many religious people will agree that while mere nudity justified by necessity was not necessarily a sin, intentional immodesty was certainly against God’s will.  In the religious context nudity is often very much closely associated with sexuality, so prohibitions on nudity are justified by those religions’ strong anti-sex positions.  Textilism is a political stance in that many people believe that governments have a right or obligation to regulate the amount and kind of clothing used to cover the body.  Any attempt to formally reduce the legal constraints on nudity will almost certainly be met with political opposition.  Any attempt to walk down the street nude will likely result in an encounter with the police.  It is a social stance in that most people, regardless of explicit political or philosophical beliefs on the topic, will agree that it is appropriate or necessary to use social or peer pressure to compel all persons to cover their body with clothing.  In other words, nudity is a taboo because it has ‘always’ been a taboo and the taboo is enforced for no other reason than the social indoctrination that it ought to be enforced.” - https://medium.com/@reformnaturism/what-do-you-call-the-opposite-of-nudism-537375d41db7#.vh5dbarpm

“I do love being nude in public as it gives me the opportunity to be confronted by onlookers, and to answer questions.” – VicJane, https://twitter.com/DicJane_/status/741792697007013889

“. . . there is a group of women in New York City that is currently putting on performances of Shakespeare’s The Tempest in Central Park.  And they do it while completely naked.  The cast members, who are part of The Outdoor Co-ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society, decided to put on the show to highlight the restrictions that civilization puts on people’s bodies.  While Prospero and Miranda, who have been exiled on a Caribbean Island for 12 years, start the show fully nude the more civilized characters who are washed ashore start out wearing costumes before discarding them as the show goes on. . . Nobody who hears you’re performing Shakespeare could possibly question that what you’re doing is in the service of art. . . And if you have a problem with it, why are you against art?” - http://www.chicksontheright.com/all-female-acting-troupe-performs-shakespeare-while-naked/