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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A statue honouring Monty Python’s Terry Jones as the “Nude Organist” is set to grace the seafront of his hometown, Colwyn Bay, next April. The tribute, titled A Python On The Prom, was created by sculptor Nick Elphick in collaboration with Jones’s family, fellow Pythons Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam, and local supporters. Fans worldwide
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
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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I know this sounds obvious, Here at ‘Nude Is Normal’ we promote being nude as normal. The clue is in the name. However, I think we are missing something.Why, for the majority of people, is nude NOT normal? What is it that makes them get dressed, wear a bathing suit to swim, when the clothing
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Take a walk in the wild, NUDE! As much as we like the social side of nudism by visiting our nudist club, sometimes it’s nice to get away .
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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
Why naked swimming is one of the best ways to feel part of nature and better about your body. Let’s go skinny dipping! Have you ever swum completely naked – no swimsuit, no wetsuit, just you and the water? I reckon you aren’t truly liberated till you’ve experienced the joy of freeing your bits from
