QUOTES 2/22/2019

“I would like to see AANR, TNS, YNA and every other group adopt a central theme of ‘body freedom’ as a symbol of unification and common purpose.  You can achieve body freedom through nude recreation, artistic expression, social nudism, and political protest.  Finding and expressing this common bond of ‘body freedom’ can help to unite and heal the divisions we have between the organizations, and clarify the singular purpose we all have of liberating our minds and bodies.  So, when one is asked if they are a nudist or a naturist, they can simply respond that they are a body freedom advocate.” – Chet Kresiak, http://youngnaturistsamerica.com/nudist-naturist-defined/

INTERVIEW WITH KIRA AT TYAGARAH BEACH, NSW, AUSTRALIA FEB 2019” Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxUY3x_CYxg

“ . . underwear, for me, is like wearing a wool sweater on a hot summer day, like swimming in jeans, like going to bed in roller skates.  If I could live in a world without having to look at another pair of underwear, I’d jump at the chance.  Not everyone feels this way, of course.  My wife has tried nudism at home and admits to feeling nothing special.  But whatever nudists write in defense of nudism is a rationalization for how they feel.  This is not, however, to dismiss the benefits of the lifestyle.” – Nick Alimonos, https://writersdisease.net/2015/04/09/the-devils-advocate-why-nudism-is-wrong/

“As human nature is the more nudity is prohibited the bigger the underground lust problem grows.  That's what's happening in muslim countries.  The internet porn business is booming.  And even though homosexual relations are illegal and incur the death penalty, the bus drivers use the homeless boys constantly.  And some will even admit that their wives staying covered so thoroughly is at least part of the problem.  Not obtaining the physical relief they crave from their wives they turn to other sources.” – Reuben T, http://www.hikingnaked.com/index.php?topic=722.msg10313;topicseen#msg10313

“Nudism in France - In 1903 la Revue des deux mondes published a report on German nudism and S. Gay created a naturist community at Bois Fourgon.  In 1907, supported by his superiors, Abb Legre encouraged the students at his catholic school to bathe naked on the rugged shores near Marseille. . . Marcel Kienn de Mongeot is credited with beginning naturism in France in 1920. . . he found naturism as a treatment and a continuance of the conventions of the ancient Greeks.  In 1926, he started the magazine Vivre intgralement (later called Vivre) and the first French naturist club, Sparta Club at Garambouville, near Evreux. . . Drs. Andr and Gaston Durville bought a 70-hectare site on the le du Levant where they created the village of Hliopolis.  The village was open to the public.  In 1925 Dr Franois Fougerat de David de Lastours wrote a dissertation on heliotherapy. and in that year opened the Club gymnique de France. In 1936, the naturist movement was formally recognized. . . In 1944 Albert and Christine Lecocq founded the Club du Soleil with members in 84 cities.  In 1948 they founded the FFN, in 1949 they began the magazine, Vie au Soleil and in 1950 opened the CHM Montalivet, the world's first naturist vacation center where the INF was formed. . . Nudism employs more than 3000 people, and is estimated to be worth 250 million Euro to the French market.” - http://community.cosmicradio.tv/discussion/17477/in-finnish-culture-nudism-is-considered-to-be-a-comparatively-standard-way-to-live-it-is-not-uncom