Nudist Photos of the Day 11/22/09

Worth Watching Again

This episode of National Geographic Taboo is a couple of years old, but worth viewing again, especially since the grandmother, Marion Hagans, died this past September. Her obit is here. The following tribute is from the South Florida Free Beaches news:

Marion passed away peacefully in her sleep the weekend of September 19th at her home at Lake Como Resort in Land O' Lakes. Marion was a board member of B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Foundation and a long-time SFFB member who often helped out at Haulover special events, most recently the world record skinny-dip in July. Marion had traveled the country widely, visiting many nudist resorts, and was an ambassador for naturism, appearing in many public forums through the years. For many years she hosted the Lake Como singles group parties at her house. She will be remembered for her warm smile and her many good deeds, including donating the hydraulic chair lift for the Lake Como swimming pool.

Nudist Photos of the Day 11/21/09

Has This Blog Made a Difference in Your Life?

Or any blog, or any online nudist/naturist site. I'm just curious. I've had a couple of people recognize me at nudist events and thank me for inspiring them to take the plunge into social nudism.

For me, it was Sunny Day's blog which really stirred the inner nudist in me, because her forays into open fields rekindled memories from the 1970s when I used to sunbathe nude on my parents' rural property. ClothesFree.com was also influential, showing me that there was a real, solid and supportive nudist community out there.

I do fear that many people out there are frequenting nudist blogs and websites but not crossing the line into actual nude social interaction. Perhaps the online social networks line Nudist Clubhouse, Skinbook and True Nudists are turning nudism into some sort of weird online exhibitionism club, excluding families and children and encouraging more "hooking-up" than actual nudism or naturism.

Today I am inspired by The Academic Naturist and his intellectual approach to the lifestyle, Morley Schloss and his Sunsport Gardens Resort, Tom and Mary Clare at the Terra Cotta Inn and their open and enthusiastic embrace of nudism, Dr. Paul Rapoport of the FCN and his wonderful work with TERA, the Naturist Action Committee, Allen Baylis and all the good folks fighting the free beaches issue in California, and Mark Storey and the people in Seattle advocating body freedom.

And while I do appreciate the work done by AANR and TNS, they do little these days to truly inspire me.

So what has, and what does move you to be a nudist or naturist?

Nudist Photos of the Day 11/20/09

PETA Uses Nude Keely Hazell in Anti-Fur Ad

[image from PETA]

As far as I know, PETA has not shown fully nude female breasts in any of its anti-fur ads, but the activist organization has taken their campaign to the next step by showing model Keeley Hazell's nipples. You can argue that it's shameless exploitation, or a political stunt, but the bottom line is that another line has been crossed in making nudity more populist and mainstream. It's obvious that Ms. Hazell is very comfortable in her own skin.

Nudist Photos of the Day 11/19/09

Nudist Photos of the Day 11/18/09

USA Today Covers the California Nude Beach Story

USA Today picked up on the banning of nudity at California's San Onofre Beach, and both Bob Morton and Allen Baylis are quoted. It's noteworthy that AANR was not interviewed for the article.

Park Superintendent Richard Haydon warns:

"We are going to be moving forward with starting to enforce the nudity statute down at San Onofre, and basically returning that portion of the beach to all people who want to go down there without fear of running into something they didn't think they would," Haydon said. "People should very well be under notice."

I really despise this so-called "rationale". How can you exclaim that you are returning the beach to "all" people by banning those who most frequent the area? This is clear discrimination. All that needs to be done is put up a sign or two warning about nude sunbathers so people don't have to live in "fear" of seeing too much flesh.

Most of the article is retread material, but Baylis does note that people are ready to be arrested in order to bring the matter before the criminal courts as a matter of civil disobedience. Unfortunately, with a government intent on robbing people of basic freedoms, sometimes that's the only way. I only hope that Baylis has the numbers of people necessary to make such a protest effective.

Nudist Photos of the Day 11/17/09

Nudist Photos of the Day 11/16/09