QUOTES 9/5/2019

“Barnsley is home to one of the country’s only naked gym classes.  Coach Colin Dobson runs a class of up to 30 people who all exercise together, completely starkers.  His pupils include a GP, a lawyer and a retired policeman.  The youngest member is 18 and his eldest are a couple in their 70s.  Apparently benefits are being able to see the muscle group you are working on in the mirror more clearly.” – Siobhan Smith, https://inews.co.uk/essentials/lifestyle/wellbeing/naked-guide-manchester-things-to-do-naturism-nudism/

“Centre naturiste Euronat” (Video) - https://www.naturisme-tv.com/camping/centre-naturiste-euronat/

“Growing up Mormon in Montana, Bethany Denton . . . she met Helen, a punk rock pirate who invited Bethany to join her for an all-expenses paid nude vacation . . . Bethany said yes, and went with Helen to California to bake in the sun for a week, and to learn about the body she’d been hiding for the past 20 years, learn to de-couple nakedness from sexuality.  And when she returned, she felt utterly changed.” - https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/here-be-monsters/the-evangelists-of-nudism

“Be more open with your naturist beliefs.  If someone asks, let them know.” – Tom Pine, http://www.thenakedtruthnaturists.com/Portals/0/The%20Naked%20Truth%20Naturists%20Newdsletter_vol_18_no_02.pdf

“On May 27, 1959, a mysterious, bespectacled man in a suit appeared on The Today Show.  After briskly introducing himself, he turned to the camera and told America of his mission: to ‘clothe naked animals for the sake of decency.’ . . and he claimed to be the president of an organization called The Society for Indecency to Naked Animals (S.I.N.A.).  Naked animals, he harped, were ‘destroying the moral integrity of our great nation’ — and the only solution was to cover them up with pants and dresses.  Prout’s impassioned speech did not fall on deaf ears: within days, S.I.N.A. attracted more than 50,000 members. . . Throughout 1959 and 1960, S.I.N.A. ballooned in popularity: it made the rounds on every major talk show, news station, and radio station, and even attracted picketers at the White House, who held signs imploring President Kennedy to ‘cover all horses’ private parts.’ . . . But S.I.N.A. was not real: it was the invention of Alan Abel, history’s greatest media hoaxster.” – Zackary Crockett, https://priceonomics.com/the-hoaxster-who-revealed-sad-truths-about-america/