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First day of Spring
“When I cast off my clothes, I cast off my cares.” —Horace Walpole The first day of springtime doesn’t guarantee a spontaneous arrival of balmy temperatures, sunshine and blue skies. No seasonal transition delivers immediate change in prevailing weather conditions anywhere on our planet. Nature doesn’t operate on the principle of instant gratification. It does give us a psychological advantage: the bitter and frigid temperatures of winter are headed into oblivion. Gradually, we’ll experience a warming in the air and the rebirth of both flowers and foliage. A colorful resurrection of nature from the barren, dormant past three months. Personally, the first day of Spring brings a renewed surge of energy. It’s easier to get out of bed in the morning. Boring and repetitive daily routines lose s...
A Blueprint for Progress in Nudism
This is a post from a blogger called The Academic Naturist. I'm curious of your thoughts: We all wish society was more accepting of naturists. We all wish there were more opportunities for nude recreation, without the occasional social and legal repercussions. We all believe that the lifestyle is healthy and natural, and we wish others could understand that. Every naturist seems to have their own opinion of what the problems are and what needs to be done to advance our cause. My opinion is quite straight-forward -- do what works. And I look to the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community as a good example of what works. LGBT vs. Nudist Statistics There are a lot of parallels between being a nudist, and being gay. (Or part of the LGBT group, more specifically.) There is a...
Slack-lining naked in Utah — with a rope tied to his genitals
I'm sorry, but hell to the no. This man holds the world record for walking the longest length of slackline - like a tightrope, but not nearly so tight, 200 feet in the air without any kind of safety line. But last year, Andy Lewis and some friends did it in Moab with safety lines. Balancing 200 feet above the ground below, these slackliners took the expression of living dangerously even one step further — by tightrope walking naked. Oh, but he had to outdo them all and even take it another step. He strapped his safety line to his genitals. That, to me, would be an extra incentive not to slip and fall. The group was taking part in the Gobble Gobble Bitches Yeah Highline Festival in Moab, Utah. And here he is in a video naked, high above the canyon floor in a 2012 run in Yosemite, California...
TLC to air ‘Buying Naked’ – house-hunting in Pasco nudist areas
LAND O’ LAKES — Pasco County’s nudists are going national this week with a reality television show titled “Buying Naked,” which follows the exploits of real estate agent Jackie Youngblood, who specializes in selling homes in clothing-optional communities. The show debued on Nov. 20 on TLC, and viewers will see two back-to-back half-hour episodes as Youngblood helps couples find their dream homes and offers safety tips for avoiding the household hazards inherent with naked living. See a trailer here. Some clever camera work keeps the show from becoming too revealing, said Joey Skladany, a publicist for TLC. “No blurring at all,” he said. “Just great camera angles and (strategically placed) objects around the house.” A preview on the TLC.com website shows nudists riding a golf cart, using a ...
Nude male art
Exposition Masculin / Masculin - homoerotic art before your eyes in a 2-minute film.
Channing Tatum is an at-home nudist
In a recent interview with Elle magazine, those lucky fashionistas, Channing Tatum spilled on his passion for the human body and followed up on claim his wife Jenna Dewan made about him getting naked as soon as he gets home. Tatum responded to that reveal: “I don’t really know. I have a really nice back porch where the pool is. Once the shoes are off, the socks come off too, and then everything else downstairs just follows at some point.” Elle later asked about Tatum being a sculptor, to which he replied: “I really love anatomy, in general. I like sculpting bodies.” He added that mainly it is sculptures that look like his wife’s pre-pregnancy body, and that live, nude models maybe “on the docket.” Tatum certainly does a good job sculpting his own body. We’ll get to see it all again soon in...
FCC considering lifting ban on nudity, expletives on broadcast tv
Nudity and expletives normally reserved for cable television would be allowed on broadcast TV under a proposal from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In an announcement that received little attention but could have a major impact on America's families, the FCC April 1 announced it is considering changes to the current broadcast indecency policies that would permit "isolated expletives" and isolated "non-sexual nudity" on broadcast TV, something that currently could draw a fine. The FCC is asking for public feedback on the proposed policy. The deadline is the end of April. In its three-page public notice April 1, the FCC said it is seeking public comment on whether the commission should treat "isolated expletives" as it did in a 1987 case -- in which an expletive had to be "delib...
New naked magazine coming out in fall
I just signed up for a free digital subscription to Go Naked Magazine, which I think you may find interesting. Go give it a try. There's not much of a write-up on what they expect to do, but here is what I found: GoNaked is the magazine for and by real nudist men. Real Men. Really Naked. Mission GoNaked is the magazine for and by real nudist men. Real Men. Really Naked. Consider us a pictorial experience for the naturist set. Great articles, great information, great naked men, travel advice, interviews, an every-changing calendar of events, reader submitted stories and inspiring photographs, we aim to provide our readers with the information they need to meet other naturist males. Our readers tend to be over 40 years of age, but with that age comes greater knowledge, need for information a...
Facebook Pulls Down ‘Penis Size Matters’ Study Link
A story from Alice G. Walton in Forbes: Yesterday the powers that be at Facebook pulled down a post from Scientific American, linking to a news story from their sister publication Nature, one of the most highly regarded scientific publications around. The piece covered a well-executed new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences – another of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals – looking at women’s preferences for male physical features, including penis length, height, and shoulder-to-hip ratio. The problem, apparently, was not the content of the piece, but the fact that it included an accompanying graphic showing computer-generated images of nude males. Facebook’s tight rules on nudity apparently don’t extend to science, although they do allow certain works of ...
4-Corners gay campout
Hey guys, Every year for the past 18, the gay community of the Four-Corners area in Durango/Cortez do a campout. Last year, they had about 70 people show. I was made aware of this by the guy who runs one of the Denver gay nudist groups and they have gone down several years. Yes, the campout allows nudity in certain areas - yaay! Info on the Four Corners Regional CampOUT is here: http://www.campout.moonfruit.com/ It is July 18-22, the weekend before we have scheduled our Pionude Day campout, and I am wondering about moving ours to the four-day 4th of July weekend this year. I intend to do to the 4-corners regardless of whether the group wants to go as well, but I'd love some familiar company. This is not a UMeN-run event, and UMeN rules wouldn't apply, but the camp rules would. But, their m...
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