QUOTES 4/29/2019

“How much time do we actually spend naked?  Is it possible to really be at peace with your body if you never spend much time with it?  This strange juggling act that we play between our bodies being for aesthetic and sexual purposes, and as a machine that allows our continued existence means that we are always worried about the maintenance and upkeep but never look at the product itself. . . Getting naked now means actively embracing my machine and just being.  It takes time to work through the immediate rejection after spending a life clothed.  But I feel powerful when it’s just me stripped down.  Get vulnerable with yourself until you aren’t anymore.” - https://medium.com/@willingmovement/get-naked-no-actually-do-it-1d1904c5c783?swoff=true#.vvsah3820

“Peace Body Rock - Spencer Tunick” Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzBKTl2ylZc

“Several modern-day hunter-gather societies, such as the Nuer people in southern Sudan, wear minimal clothing. . . other hunter-gatherer societies, such as the Fuegians from South America, wore simple clothes some of the time, but also walked around naked.  Perhaps early humans only covered up when it was cold.” – Melissa Hogenboom, http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160919-the-real-origin-of-clothes

“I have advocated . . . that we nudists be more activist in our approach to ending discrimination against our lifestyle and gaining the freedoms we desire.  I have chastised the vast majority of us who are too timid to reveal their participation in nude recreation, and I have urged everyone to emerge from their closets, get off their towel-covered sofas, and help carry the banner for social nudism.  I’ve said we must stop acting like our lifestyle is something to be ashamed of or embarrassed about.” - https://clothesfreelife.com/2016/11/03/we-are-who-we-are-guest-essay-bill-bowser/

“By definition, naturists are physically active, eat healthy food, avoid unhealthy habits, seek mental and spiritual advancement, and encourage others to understand so they also live in true health.” – AllNudist

“The worst people for fat-shaming are women themselves . . . A good place to start with feeling better about your own body . . . is to spend more time without any clothes on.  I don't mean standing in front of a full-length mirror and appraising yourself from top to toe . . . Instead, start doing your hair and putting on your make-up before you get dressed.  You'll automatically catch glimpses of your body and realize you look OK.  'When we're naked we feel vulnerable and open to rejection.  It might be a cliché, but the more accepting you are of yourself the less afraid of rejection you become.” - Jo Painter, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3835249/Would-let-friends-naked-s-idea-horrify-key-loving-body.html