QUOTES 10/28/2017

“Remember how much fun it was?  Remember lemonade and summer?  The sprinkler came on, the hose finished filling the backyard pool, or you pulled up to the ole swimming hole.  Off came all your clothes and your worries.  Your bare body felt the kiss of the air, the sun and the water.  What pure innocent joy!” - https://www.aanr.com/about-aanr/the-experience?platform=hootsuite

“NAKED is... Stripping the layers of dirt off of your skin” (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3zVBjiPh1w

“People would be on the patios of restaurants and bars, and they'd ask . . . ‘What's going on?' . . . Which makes sense, because it does draw a lot of attention.  That's its purpose — to draw positive attention.  And when we'd tell them, some of the women would literally run out of the patio, or out the front door of whatever establishment they were at, and take their shirt and bra off and join us.  It was amazing. . . Most people were respectful, just curious — and even when there were snide comments or things like that, we tried to answer in a nice way, because we don't want to give it a negative connotation. . . There were like, 'Do you want to get raped?' And I said, 'That's exactly why we have these events — to deal with this kind of misinformation.'  This doesn't increase rape.  It actually decreases rape, because it normalizes the idea of being exposed in public.... European countries don't seem to have a problem with this.  It really comes down to respect and equality.” - Mia Jean, http://www.westword.com/news/what-you-need-to-know-about-denver-go-topless-day-nsfw-8236063

“I felt sick inside.  Being naked around others was alien to me.  My mother believed you had to be dressed before facing the world.  I'd never even let my own children see me naked, let alone my friends.  I felt as embarrassed at seeing their bodies as I did about revealing my own.” - Jaqui Dowling, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3835249/Would-let-friends-naked-s-idea-horrify-key-loving-body.html

“A 15yr old teenager I spoke to . . . recalled happy times at her club with family and friends by the pool and holidays in sunny Spanish naturist resorts.  She says seeing so many naked people has helped her feel at ease with her own skin and accepts there is no ‘perfect’ body: . . ‘It’s NOT rude or disgusting but sensible, comfortable and natural and the only thing you need to do to your body, rather than surgical procedures, is to keep it healthy’ . . . Having grown up in a naturist family she feels sure she will continue with it and even looks ahead to include her future children in this lifestyle. . . she has never had an uncomfortable experience within the naturist community. . . ‘There is nothing indecent about not wearing clothes; it is behavior that can be indecent, not whether you wear clothes or not’.” - Roni Fine, http://www.bn.org.uk/news/information/about-naturism/roni-writes/young-naturists-can-have-it-all-r385/