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MADISON, WI – In yet another development in the ongoing legislative saga, the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families has now passed the contentious Senate Bills 477 & 478. In this latest advancement, both bills passed by party-line 3-2 votes during the executive session on November 28th, mirroring the party-line vote that was held on the bill...

In California’s naturist communities , there’s an ongoing struggle to preserve a culture under threat, with no less than four naturist clubs facing an impending or recent change of ownership. As residents at well-known naturist spots like Desert Sun Resort and DeAnza Springs Resort conflict with reluctant owners, and others like Olive Dell Ranch and Lupin Lodge face potential sales, a crucial ques...

Nudists and naturists need allies beyond our community—supportive individuals, regardless of their attire, who are willing to advocate for us. We need to cultivate those communities among people we trust, and we need our national and regional organizations to do the same. We need not to gatekeep when people speak up on our behalf, and we need these relationships with the cultural and social majori...

Denny Blaine Park , an iconic nudist and queer-friendly space in Seattle, Washington, is facing a significant change . The City of Seattle is planning to add a children’s play area to this popular park, renowned for its clothing-optional beach and as a queer community hub. The proposed play area, intended to fill a gap in local amenities, is slated to be built on the park’s northwest edge, an area...

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, led by a 10-5 Republican majority, has voted to pass the controversial anti-nudity bills, AB 503 and 504 in a party-line vote in an executive session held on Thursday . The decision marks a critical juncture in the ongoing debate over public nudity and civil liberties in the state. 🪐 Read the original article: h...

The Kinsey Institute , a renowned center for the study of sexuality, gender, and relationships at Indiana University (IU), is facing a critical juncture in its 75-year history. A series of recent developments involving the Indiana state legislature and the university's board of trustees have raised significant concerns about the institute's future structure, funding, and independence. This tension...

India Rakusen’s 2022 podcast , 28ish Days Later , explores the whole bloody story of the menstrual cycle. Early in the series, she introduces the concept of mapping your cycles phases to seasons in a year – winter (menstruation), spring (follicular phase), summer (ovulatory phase), and autumn (luteal phase). Not only is this concept empowering in terms of understanding shifts in moods and energies...

Naked Fear: Anti-Body Myths, Phobias, Delusions, and the Madness of Modesty  (2010) is the full title of the second book from Dennis Craig Smith, his first being the Naked Child: Growing Up Without Shame (1981), which is known for its informal study Smith performed interviewing adults who had grown up in naturism to dispel stigmas associated with child exposure to nudity. Naked Fear  could be seen...

The Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety conducted its first public hearing on the proposed anti-nudity bills, AB 503 and 504, this past Tuesday. The two bills are written to target and effectively outlaw the World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) in the state. In contrast to the previous public hearing convened last month by the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Mental Health, Sub...

In yet another significant development that could bring further changes to California's naturist community, Desert Sun Resort in Palm Springs has been sold for $6,950,000 and is currently under contract, as indicated in public listings on Redfin.com and LoopNet . The specific details about the new owners and their plans remain undisclosed. No public announcement has been made by the club on their...

Tonight, beauty made me cry but not in the poetic way of being moved to tears. Beauty rubbed salt in old, raw wounds, wounds that are an initiation rite for the vast majority of women. The instigator of salt was an article on Chinese women defying their beauty culture. These women are getting buzz cuts in a culture that values long hair, rejecting high heels, diets, makeup and other norms, risking...

Tonight, beauty made me cry but not in the poetic way of being moved to tears. Beauty rubbed salt in old, raw wounds, wounds that are an initiation rite for the vast majority of women. The instigator of salt was an article on Chinese women defying their beauty culture. These women are getting buzz cuts in a culture that values long hair, rejecting high heels, diets, makeup and other norms, risking...

In the realm of contemporary spirituality, a unique connection exists between Wicca and naturism. Today, I aim to explore this intricate relationship with Liam Cyfrin, an Australian-born writer and editor who currently resides in the United States. Liam has made notable contributions to the modern world of Wicca, including co-editing Shadowplay Magazine since its inception in 1984, and regularly c...

At the close of last month, the Wisconsin State Senate introduced bills SB 477 and SB 478, measures that immediately rang alarm bells for advocates of body freedom and civil liberties. These bills aim to criminalize all public nudity in Wisconsin, using a particularly conservative definition of nudity. Adding to the concern, administrative action followed when the state Department of Natural Resou...

Wisconsin has historically lacked state anti-nudity laws, but recent legislative bills are causing concern among naturists. These bills aim to criminalize public nudity, particularly the World Naked Bike Ride, and restrict minors from events involving adult nudity. If passed, they could lead to Class A misdemeanor charges with fines of up to $10,000 and nine months in prison. Simultaneously, Wisco...

By any measure, Friday, October 6, was a very successful day for Friends of Bates Beach at its Avocado Festival booth in Carpinteria. Our new location in the high-traffic area brought us many visitors, almost all supportive and enthusiastic about our being there, and we collected nearly 300 names and emails through our raffle. Then came 7:30 a.m. the following morning. I was awoken by a phone call...

A teenage child of naturist influencers describes the interesting benefits and challenges that go along with living with public naked people. 🪐 Read the original article: https://www.planetnude.co/p/living-with-naturist-parents Webpage for this episode: https://www.planetnude.co/p/living-with-naturist-parents-pod This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or ge...

B.E.A.C.H.E.S. Foundation , the non-profit advocate for clothing-optional beaches throughout North America, is moving closer to its dream of establishing a public Naturist Museum, Library and Institute (MLI) near Haulover Beach Park on Miami Beach. At its quarterly Board of Governors meeting in September, B.E.A.C.H.E.S founder and Executive Director Shirley Mason informed that three possible sites...

The U.S. Forest Service , under the Department of Agriculture, has unveiled a new proposal aimed at revising its criminal prohibitions, and they are currently seeking comment from the public. At first glance, the core intent of these modifications appears to be the containment of aggressive and illicit behaviors on Forest lands. In the nuanced language of the proposal, nudity or nudism is not expl...

A teenage child of naturist influencers describes the interesting benefits and challenges that go along with living with public naked people. 🪐 Read the original article: https://www.planetnude.co/p/living-with-naturist-parents Webpage for this episode: https://www.planetnude.co/p/living-with-naturist-parents-pod This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or ge...

The 13th annual ride in Madison was, by all measures, a success. Over the years, the city has seen all kinds of participants—first-timers, recurring attendees, local advocates, and families. Among the nearly 200 who participated this year was a young girl no older than ten and her mother. The mother saw it as an opportunity to teach her daughter valuable lessons—not just about body positivity but...

For almost four decades —ever since it was founded back in 1986—the Federation of Canadian Naturists has been accumulating all manner of documents, magazines, photos, videos, and other material detailing the development of naturism in Canada. It’s all been sitting in a trailer in Ontario, preserved, but not very accessible to researchers studying the history of naturism and nudism. That may soon c...

Ahmed Raafat is an artist who is highlighting naturism with his original retrofuturist comic series, Diary of the Astronudes . This isn't just another indie comic; it's a social commentary on body freedom and societal norms, packaged in vibrant comedic sketches and compelling illustrations. What sets Raafat's work apart is the way it brings nudist themes to the comic book format, offering fresh pe...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.planetnude.co The cover of Nude & Natural issue 12.2 features a photograph of Debbie Moore, Nina Schilling, and Marty Kent of The X-Plicit Players interactive performance art group, gathered on the steps of Sproul Plaza at the University of California Berkeley. With them, Andrew Martinez, who had recently attracted international med...

The tension between sexual and non-sexual nudity has long been a point of contention in nudist communities. Historically, figures like Maurice Parmelee and Jan Gay promoted sexual openness within nudism, while some club owners eschewed it to maintain respectability. This dual relationship mirrors society's broader struggle to differentiate between sexual and non-sexual nudity, often exacerbated by...