H&E Naturist Magazine, one of the last remaining paper publications for naturists, has just changed hands. The new owners, EJS Communications Ltd, are making some big changes. Gone are the slightly — OK, very — dubious “adult” personal adverts and, in the really big change, the magazine is going digital-only. As I write this on […]
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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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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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Advertisers have a long history of using nudes, or implied nudes in advertising, and we have explored this before here at Nude Is Normal. Look at this post. And another post here. There is a TV commercial running on UK TV, it’s promoting Life Insurance, and features a couple who are naked in front of
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Here is an interesting video featuring some Australian Nudists answering questions about nudism and their lifestyle. Watch it here: You cant ask that!
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The British tabloid “newspaper” The Sun, part of the Rupert Murdock media empire, talked their way into the Naturist Cub on the pretence of good publicity for naturism. We should have known better. Apparently the article itself is quite nice about us. However it’s behind a paywall, and I am not willing to pay the
The Mail Online, chasing the clicks and advertising revenue, has been promoting naturism. We are not complaining, all publicity is good. However the prospect of readers clicking a link to see naked folk is probably the motivation for the sudden interest in naturism. If you want to see all the articles then here are the
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August 31, 1981, in the streets of Paris and 6 provincial cities (with more than 500,000 inhabitants), 900 large 4 by 3 posters show a pretty girl, Myriam Szabo, in a green bikini against a turquoise sea with the only caption: “On September 2, I’ll take off my bikini top”. No other indication of what
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As much as we like being naked and embracing the nude lifestyle, in reality we spend a lot of time dressed. We have to go to work, go shopping, visit textile relatives or friends, participate in textile hobbies and so on. The idea behind the Naturist Symbol is that you can discreetly (or blatantly obvious
