QUOTES 11/2/2016

“Orlando Bloom naked on a paddleboard?!  It happened, and the internet can’t cope.  On holiday with his current belle Katy Perry in Italy, Orlando . . . decided to strip off his swim shorts on the beach, before ferrying Katy across the ocean on a paddleboard. . . If Orlando has left you pondering whether the nudist life is for you, Andrew Welch of the British Naturism organization says ‘We know that people are far more willing to try social nudity and it’s great to have confirmation that more and more of us are letting go of any hang-ups and are feeling comfortable in the skin we’re in.’” – Isabell Silvers, http://www.instyle.co.uk/celebrity/news/orlando-bloom-naked

“The real beauty in people comes out when the clothes and the masks come off.” – Syd, https://twitter.com/OnlyGoNatural/status/755954470253498368

“It’s all a mindset . . . If you look at nudity and equate that with sex, then you’ve got the wrong mindset.  If you look at nudity as just the way you were born – and I haven’t met anyone yet that’s come out with pants on – then it’s just another part of life. . . You can’t change people’s mindsets no matter where you are.  You could walk down the streets anywhere in America and people could be lusting after you just because you’re not wearing a hijab or something like that.  You can’t control people’s thoughts.  But the one thing we do know is once nudity becomes commonplace and accepted, it’s a non-issue.” – Fred Pings, http://mynorthwest.com/335690/dori-considers-the-benefits-of-being-a-nudist/

“I’ve had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it’s paparazzi photographers or for film posters.  That [shoot] was one of the ones where I said: ‘OK, I’m fine doing the topless shot so long as you don’t make them any bigger or retouch.’  Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are. . . I think women’s bodies are a battleground and photography is partly to blame.  Our society is so photographic now, it becomes more difficult to see all of those different varieties of shape.” - Keira Knightley, http://uproxx.com/webculture/keira-knightley-posed-topless-in-a-protest-against-photoshop/

“Any beach recreational area could be designated as a clothed beach on specific days of the weeks and as a nude beach on other days.  Public notice of when nudity was permitted, or prohibited, could be easily accomplished with signage.  For days when nudity was permitted, no one wearing clothing or swimming attire should be allowed on the beach who refuse to disrobe within a reasonable amount of time.  This could be easily enforced by volunteer beach patrols similar to the Beach.” - Larry Darter, (Tom Pine’s) The Naked Truth Naturists Newdsletter, Vol 17, #6, June 2016