QUOTES 4/15/2018

“Nudism can center our life.  It naturally calms us and helps us focus on what’s important.  It allows us to work well with others and build strong communities.  If we can’t be centered, then nothing else about our lives will be centered. . . Nudity centers us by removing the things that would distract us.  Without these distractions we can see what our priorities and goals are.  Distractions nudists don’t normally have to deal with are hang ups like low self-image or other body issues that come with a society that’s obsessed with appearances.  We can more clearly see what’s important in life and what we can do to keep on track. . . it may allow for more volunteering options or other work to help support the movement.  It could be increased confidence to share nudity with others.  It all comes from a place of being centered with ourselves.  It’s worth understanding why nudity is a part of our lives and how it helps us.” - http://thenakedtao.tumblr.com/post/138671090822/madeinthenude-life-centered-nudism-can

“Camping naturiste Natustar Creuse Nature France” (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twDx6nlqQWM

“Many people still think that they should keep their children ignorant about nudity and sex.  But those people seem to forget that it’s not because you don’t tell them, they don’t know.  They know their way around the internet better than anyone else, do you really think they don’t know what porn is?  Just because people don’t talk about it with their children, or worse, forbid them to do some investigation themselves makes it more interesting for them. . . This is why nudism is good for children, they consider nudity as a normal thing, not something they have to ache for, not something they have to secretly search for on the internet.  Nudist teens don’t confuse sexual attraction with a longing to see someone naked. Sexual attraction to them is much less polluted.” - http://www.nakedwanderings.com/2016/12/05/learned-watching-blue-lagoon/

“Five famous people who enjoyed nakedness: Hanna Teter (US Olympian), Hayden Panettiere (Actor), Heidi Klum (Model), Helen Mirren (Actor), Helena Christensen (Model).

“Social media is my portal into the rest of the world — my periscope into the communities next to my community, into how the rest of the world thinks and feels.  And it completely failed me. . . that failure makes sense.  I’ve spent nearly 10 years coaching Facebook — and Instagram and Twitter — on what kinds of news and photos I don’t want to see, and they all behaved accordingly.  Each time I liked an article, or clicked on a link, or hid another, the algorithms that curate my streams took notice and showed me only what they thought I wanted to see. . . I’m not blaming the algorithms for what I assume to be their role in augmenting my worldview.  They did exactly what I told them to do . . . Social media seemed to promise a way to better connect with people; instead it seems to have made it easier to tune out the people we don’t agree with.” - Jenna Wortham, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/magazine/is-social-media-disconnecting-us-from-the-big-picture.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_ct_20161123&nl=technology&nl_art=1&nlid=21221830&ref=headline&te=1&_r=1