QUOTES 7/18/2017

“In many other cultures, you grow up seeing naked bodies around you.  As a girl growing up in Europe or Latin America, you would frequently see all the women in your family naked, and in places like bathhouses and gyms, single-sex nudity is the norm.  But not for us.  Instead of seeing the real, child-bearing and life-enjoying bodies of our aunts and moms and sisters and friends, we grow up seeing only the tall, taught, tan, and totally photoshopped bodies of Victoria’s Secret models.  Instead of seeing that breasts and bellies and thighs come in all sorts of wonderful shapes and sizes, we see only bodies that have been surgically and digitally altered to all look more or less the same.  Perky, symmetrical, full breasts, gently toned flat stomachs, long lean legs. . . Most women who don’t have that size and shape of body feel so undeserving of showing their bodies in public that they cover up as much as possible, further decreasing our exposure to body diversity.  Our culture’s lack of body diversity is really, really damaging to our psyches. . . Our lack of real-life, non-sexual nakedness makes us all feel Less Than.” - http://jessikneeland.com/why-im-getting-naked-on-the-internet/

“World Naked Bike Ride, London 2011 (Video) - https://vimeo.com/78975879

“I think god may very well give you more ‘allotted time’ on this earth if you enjoy nature in his/her fashionable clothing, just cause you’re happy being naked ... as intended.” – Overexposed, https://www.truenudists.com/forum/viewthread.php?id=43172&page=1

“[In the Florida Keys]  “Once I got to the beach, and this is a small beach, I walked out in my shorts and sat down and started to think, ‘Are you going to do this or what?’ . . . This nice couple came walking down the trail and saw me there and stopped for few seconds and told me a little about the area and where to go and not to go. . . [they asked] if they could sit down next to where I was sitting.  I said OK . . . There they sat naked and now having a friendly conversation with me.  Soon I discovered they were no longer naked in front of me (they were but I just then did not notice anymore) but just a nice couple talking to a visitor. . . The rest of the day I walked around the beach naked and was dreading the sun going down. . . being naked with like-minded people . . . sure beats clothes and the nudists you meet are extremely reassuring.” – Jim, Florida, http://aanr.com/first-time-nudist-experience&page=45

“THINK ABOUT YOUR LIFE CHOICES - Ruminate on everything that got you to this point in your life.  Take your pants off first.” - http://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/fashion/advice/g3702/30-things-to-do-naked/

“A naturist who used to live in my area . . . [wanted] a 6 ft privacy fence.  However, he was also limited to . . . not more than 5 ft.  So he cleverly created a 4-5 ft dirt berm around the side of the property that might have had exposure to neighbors, then erected his 6 ft fence on top of that, effectively creating an 11 ft privacy wall on that side.  In this case that was completely legal for him to do.” – DMK, http://www.clothesfreeforum.com/forum/naturist-rooms/legal-issues/546960-police-at-my-front-door