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Apr 28, 2022·edited Apr 28, 2022Liked by BOPBadger

I like how you seek to achieve a balanced overall viewpoint in your writing, while still emphasising how things are from the naturists' viewpoint(s).

This paragraph sums up well both a major misconception of us and the day to day lives of nudists. "The naturist philosophy has nothing to do with sex. A common misconception is that because people are naked, it must be sexual. Nothing could be further from the truth. We are just normal people doing everyday things, but we prefer to do those things without clothes. Housework, gardening, reading, whatever it is that you spend your time doing, those are the things that naturists get up to. Nothing sinister, just boring stuff, but in the buff."

I am definitely one of those who wants to do as much as possible naked, provided it is warm enough to be nude. However I can think of people I see naked far more than clothed because we meet up at local nude places, yet they don't seem to get why some of us prefer to be naked while decorating, cleaning, preparing meals .... We naked people are a broad diaspora too.

I'm with you on how those of us who want to live naked at certain times can have the same choices that non-naturists may have. I don't care what they choose to wear, I don't get why they care that we are happy in just our skin, or have such influence on where we can be nude in public risk-free.

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Apr 28, 2022Liked by BOPBadger

The road to nudity acceptance has a long way to go. The world is indeed slowly changing, but there's still much challenges ahead, both in the physical world, and on the internet.

Years ago, I read from some naturist blog, "naturists are pushed to the fringe of the urban area. Most nude beaches are "secluded", hard to access. Social nudity gathering can only happen behind closed doors, in clubs or resorts." Along these lines.

I agreed with what the blogger, whose name I forgot, observed, that naturists are being shunted from the main population, "naked people, go somewhere else" is what the majority of the society want from naturists. That's why I said, acceptance has a long way to go.

BOPBadger, I read your response in another substack, you wrote, "some of those [naturist] sites I am part of are a bit clunky to use..."

On the internet, naturists frequently have to use alternative social network sites that are clunky to use, like a beach that has no facility, and takes 30 minutes of hiking to get to. On many mainstream commercial social networks, naturists don't really enjoy the same rights. Private groups are possible, but that's like a private naturist club.

I found the way online world mimics the actual world, quite fascinating.

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Apr 19, 2022Liked by BOPBadger

This post definitely got me thinking about the situation in NZ where I think these considerations already exist depending on your perspective. I’ve expressed this thinking in more detail here: https://themystrd.zone/blog/renewdnarrative/

What I’m curious about is whose consideration do we thinking we’re seeking?

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