QUOTES 3/5/2017

“Serenity offers Naked Skype Sessions for $30 an hour, or a package deal of $120 for five sessions.  She stumbled upon the idea when she answered a friend’s Skype call while in the nude.  ‘At first she was uncomfortable and embarrassed for me even, [apologized], and covered her eyes,’ says Serenity.  Then, they got to talking about where this deeply ingrained negative reaction to nudity comes from.  ‘I asked her to join me [in being naked], and she did.  So, Naked Skype was born,’  Serenity explains. ‘There is nothing more vulnerable than being completely present with a friend or stranger in the nude.  No labels, no facade, no judgments, just openness and embracing your true self.  She currently has 10 sessions per week with men and women around the world, usually talking about self-love and how to foster positive body image. . . I educate other women of color about naturism and help them explore it. . . Even before talking to these women, I considered myself extremely accepting of nudity.  But after digging deeper and discovering the lifestyle’s confidence-related benefits, I see that nudity can solve so much more than the fact that pants can feel like leg prisons.” - https://naturallynaturist.wordpress.com/2016/07/22/live-most-of-your-life-naked/

“It’s a real freedomy feeling . . . The people are really friendly.  You don’t have the stigmatism of the way people dress.  It’s a little challenging at first.  You do this around the house and you wonder, Do I really want to do this outside?  Once you get accustomed to being naked outside, when you have to put clothes on, you feel very confined.” – Gary Frey, http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2016/07/10/arizona-nude-games-shangri-la-ranch-new-river/86902520/

“Incorporate nudity in your everyday life as much as you can; at home, at nude beaches, at resorts etc.  And don’t be afraid to talk about it if the subject comes up.  Treat it like the normal thing it is.  Educate people by giving the good example.” – Paul, https://clothesfreelife.com/2016/06/25/reality-check/

“Prudery is child abuse and good intentions are not an excuse. . . A prudish view of the body is a pornographic one.” - http://www.bn.org.uk/community/ccs_files/campaigns/ChildrenDeserveBetter_2016.pdf

“Outside of school at the local YMCA and YWCA, the . . . rule about requiring nude swimming also applied.  Nobody complained.  Through the 1960’s, at many colleges including Harvard, Princeton, and the University of Michigan, it was the same story.  Many former students recall that during intramural swim meet . . . some of the male athletes swam the races nude.  In the pool at the Michigan Men’s Union, swimming was typically nude.  Even into the 1980’s, at many private gyms that catered to one sex or the other only, participants were required to swim nude while at others swimsuits were optional, but for many of us who grew up in the decade after World War II, we carry the imprint of 20 years or more of nude swimming.  I liked it.  I liked the feeling of the water on my body, the feeling of freedom floating unencumbered in the swell.  I have always resented swimsuits, uncomfortable, wet, cold, awkward.” - G. Mussell, (Tom Pine’s) The Naked Truth Naturists Newdsletter, Vol 17, #6, June 2016