supporting naked activities everywhere
No freedom has ever been freely given, freedoms have always been taken. The people who pioneer the new, (because not “normal”), views are inevitably regarded as extremists. Today, we bow to lesbian/gay rights, women voters, etc. Only because some people …
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Stephen Gough finally makes it home, after struggling with the judicial system for 7(!) years, and gets a welcome home hug from his mum, now how cool is that: http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/article4792539.ece Rich.
You’re a naturist and are you constantly being banned and blocked by people who don’t understand you? What is it about the naked human body that sends so many people into paroxysms of censorship and puritan fist waving? It seems …
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Many people, in the clamour to be seen to be politically correct, seem to believe in the principle that you should not do something if somebody will be upset by it. Being naked in a public space, for instance. While …
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Nudists will always be a scorned minority because they/we are simply incapable of working together towards a common goal: mainstream and social acceptance of the naked human body. Whenever any half-decent catalyst comes together, like SkinBook as was (and demolished …
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The internet is full of photos and blogs and posts and tweets, of naked people, naturists and protestors, art events, naked hiking tours, etc. It always surprises me how many of these are cross-posted from “somewhere else”. The *original* photographer …
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It’s a curious thing about freedom, and policing and moderation, it seems the balance is very difficult to get right. Too strict a patriachical hand and cries of “censorship” are heard. Too lax a hand and cries of “perverts” are heard. …
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Here’s the first paragraph of the Naktiv mission statement as a reminder of why we’re here. The Naktiv site is provided as a safe place for people to post Naked and Active content, to share both images and our opinions …
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I made a comment recently about how “the staid traditional club nudist venue is expiring”. I’d like to clarify that this was not intended to be especially negative towards clubs as a naked venue per se. A nudist club is …
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Part of the problem with mainstream acceptability of nudity, is that (most) nudists want to remain segregated. It’s like the blacks in the 60’s saying: “we want to ride in the back of the bus!” <a href=”http://www.naktiv.net/images/std-bobpier-on-mcs-walk.jpg”><img src=”http://www.naktiv.net/thumbs/tn-bobpier-on-mcs-walk.jpg”></a> Actually, I …
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