QUOTES 6/13/2017

“It is somewhat ironic that, in a society where sex appeal is used to sell everything from perfume to cars to shampoo, and where the consumption of porn involves some 40 million Americans (hardly a minority), artistic representations of nudes are regularly banned from being shown in public places.” - http://ncac.org/issue/nudity-pornography

“World Naked Bike Ride - Toronto 2017” (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptwV2gV99CU

“I had a very nice conversation with my next door neighbor.  He and his wife have a 17-year-old daughter and her bedroom overlooks my backyard (it's a 2 story house).  They know I'm a nudist, and the dad said he had a talk about nudism (and me) and she was perfectly fine with it.  She does occasionally see me, but she doesn't care and seems to fully understand.  They are all perfectly fine with it.  I also said she could come over and swim in our pool anytime this summer.  As I've stated on here before, positive and honest communication with people about this is a sure fire way to get them talking to others about their neighbor who is a nudist.  And that's a good thing.  It’s all about educating people who don't understand the lifestyle.  Then of course, like everything else, there will always be those who won't hear about it, don't WANT to hear about it and have their own opinion, which is normally wrong.  But you can't teach a dead tree anything.” – Don Landrum, https://www.facebook.com/groups/PromotingNudism/

“A naturalist is a person with a love of nature and all that lives in it.  Plants, animals and the landscape.  A naturist is someone who could be a naturalist, but does their perambulating with no clothes on.” – eyesup, http://freerangenaturism.com/forum/index.php?topic=796.0;topicseen

“I also love to hike nude.  I usually hike in the National Forest or on abandoned logging roads.  I hike mid-week so very rarely come across other hikers.  It feels so good being nude in the mountains.” – Bobsm, https://www.truenudists.com/groups/view.php?action=viewthread&id=132&idt=100822&page=last

“Some people are reluctant to try nudism because they ‘don’t look good enough’ to be seen naked.  They certainly don’t understand what nudism is about.  Nudism is all about accepting yourself and others for who they are, not for what they look like. . . nudists don’t hide out of shame.  Nudists understand that the ‘ideal body’ that the media portrays is a fantasy.  No one can look like that, and no one should look like that.  Each person is perfect how they are, and every nudist accepts each other as they are.  If you’re reluctant to try nudism because you don’t think you ‘look good enough’, then you really should challenge yourself to accept yourself as you are and understand that nudists will accept you exactly how you look.  We think you should stop listening to what society says you should be and love who you are today!” - http://thoughtsonnaturism.tumblr.com/post/143858040933/heartlandnaturists-some-people-are-reluctant-to