Nude Is Normal has an account on BlueSky, the social media platform. We did have an account with Twitter (X) but abandoned it because we don’t share the values of it’s owner, or approve of the way it promotes certain political points of view. We are liberal, democrat and socialist supporters here at Nude Is
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I live in a naturist camp just outside the M25 with 50 people who are nude all day!“I can be nude any time I want.” Tom Dryer-Beers is talking to “Nude Is Normal” about his life at Spielplatz , the UK’s longest-operating naturist resort that’s situated just off the M25 in the village of Bricket
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Following on from my recent blog post about spending as much time as possible in the nude, I started thinking about something rather unexpected. In that earlier article I acknowledged that, for many naturists, being nude all the time simply isn’t possible. Work, shopping, travelling, social expectations and, in some places, the law all mean
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One of the reasons I was drawn to naturism is its emphasis on respect. Respect for other people.Respect for ourselves.Respect for the environment. If you visit almost any naturist website or read any naturist publication, you’ll find these values at the heart of what we do. The INF-FNI, the international organisation for naturism, lists respect
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The weather has been unusually warm in the UK over the last few weeks. Clear blue skies and daytime highs of 30°C (86°F for our American friends—though perhaps it’s time the USA joined the rest of the world and embraced Celsius!). When I was a teenager in the 1970s, if the temperature reached 26°C (79°F),
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Reclaiming the Breast as a Site of Knowledge, Not Shame At first glance, #bOObs might look like a provocation. The title is playful, slightlyconfrontational, and deliberately disarming. But spend a little time with the project andit becomes clear that this is not about shock for its own sake. It is about health,visibility, and the stubborn
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Huck magazine reports from inside one of the UK’s last nudist communities. “Clothing is conformity” — Peaking in popularity in the mid-20th century, the alternative lifestyle movement, which promises freedom from traditional societal expectations, faces extinction as self-image anxiety rises and technologies change.To quote Grant, a resident: “Naturism is about the freedom to live the way
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Smoke Sauna Sisterhood is a 2023 Estonian documentary by film maker Anna Hints that unfolds within the intimate, mist-shrouded world of a traditional smoke sauna deep in the forests of southern Estonia. The film gathers a group of women who come together to bathe, sweat, and share their most personal stories — of love, loss,
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In Georgia’s Kakheti region, an ancient mud volcano murmurs against the vineyards and fruit orchards of the Alazani Valley. Recognized for its healing properties since the 19th century, the natural spa resort of Akhtala harnesses the ritual potential of its mineral-rich mud, which rises from the cracks in the land’s surface as a living, breathing
The European TV channel ARTE explores the practice of naturism in various countries, and poses the question: Is naturism on the verge of extinction? “Nudity on the beach or when camping as a way of life – for some it’s natural, for others it’s provocative. Naturism has been a tradition in Germany and Great Britain
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