Category Archives: Nudity

Recent additions to the blogroll (2/25/19)

Posted on February 25, 2019 by naturist philosopher

I’ve updated the blogroll to add new blogs (and remove a few that are no longer active). The best way, I think, to show what these blogs have to offer is to link to one of the blog’s recent interesting … Continue reading →

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Is there a human “need” for being naked?

Posted on June 7, 2016 by naturist philosopher

Many naturists feel a significant urge to be naked whenever practical. It’s almost as though being naked is an emotional “need” that they have. We’re going to consider whether this can be a genuine need for some people. Let’s begin … Continue reading →

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Nude modeling session: Another entrance, another exit

Posted on April 9, 2016 by naturist philosopher

This blog post from Jillian Page got me thinking, since it alluded to a favorite Shakespeare line that has a lot of relevance to social nudity. Jillian began with the rhetorical question: If all the world is a stage and … Continue reading →

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Unreasonable customs become unreasonable moral rules then unreasonable laws

Posted on November 25, 2015 by naturist philosopher

There seems to be a natural progression found in all human societies. Long before a society has explicit moral rules it has social customs, which may have been unchanged for millennia. The customs have their roots in the society’s natural … Continue reading →

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Benefits of social nudity: body acceptance

Posted on February 1, 2015 by naturist philosopher

Many lists have been compiled over the years enumerating the many beneficial characteristics of social nudity. One typical recent list highlights 10 benefits: 10 reasons why I am a nudist. At the top of this one, like most others, is: … Continue reading →

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People may hate you for being different

Posted on January 27, 2015 by naturist philosopher
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A life without nudity is as incomplete and unsatisfying as a life without sunsets.

Posted on January 5, 2015 by naturist philosopher

Or without flowers, singing birds, spring mornings, or hot cherry pie with vanilla ice cream.

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On the academic “literature” of social nudity… and why nudity may be “offensive”

Posted on March 4, 2014 by naturist philosopher

Since we’d just mentioned this topic… There is a well-curated list of the academic literature on social nudity at the TNS site: Academic Studies on Social Nudity. (It spills onto a second page, when one would have sufficed, so don’t … Continue reading →

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Why isn’t social nudity thriving?

Posted on February 15, 2014 by naturist philosopher

As promised, we’re going to discuss the problems facing social nudity in the U. S. currently. It’s generally recognized by people who enjoy social nudity that there are lots of problems. Hardly anyone would deny that. A golden age for … Continue reading →

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Walt Whitman talks about “I Sing the Body Electric”

Posted on February 4, 2014 by naturist philosopher

Interviewer: Good evening, everyone. Tonight we have the unique privilege of having Walt Whitman himself sit down with us for a candid interview on his marvelous new poem, “I Sing the Body Electric“. Let’s skip over the usual preliminaries and … Continue reading →

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