The New Gymnosophy

That billboard makes it look like there is a voyeur outside your window.

‘FKK in der DDR’: East Germany’s socialist nudism The story of how one country nationalized nakedness

A year after it was first published, @planetnude.co has brought back my article on East German nudism. So, here it is: The story of how one country nationalized nakedness. www.planetnude.co/p/fkk-in-der...

This is an improvement on a rather dull original, I suppose. I’ve never cared for the symbol actually, and as someone else said, it looks like old clipart from the early internet days.

New poll reveals American attitudes toward nudity A recent YouGov survey finds contradictions, discomfort, and telling gaps in U.S. views on nudity

New poll reveals American attitudes toward nudity www.planetnude.co/p/new-poll-r...

Burlington outlaws public nudity City’s new ordinance ends Vermont’s most visible experiment in urban body freedom

Burlington outlaws public nudity
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Fenced in at Denny Blaine Seattle’s only clothing-optional beach has been divided into “nude” and “clothed” zones, sparking fresh resistance from advocates

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Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds Prof Miles Richardson says people risk ‘extinction of experience’ in the natural world without new policies

NEEDED: More naturism — “Nature connectedness is now accepted as a key root cause of the environmental crisis. It’s important for our own mental health as well. It unites people and nature’s wellbeing. There’s a need for transformational change.”
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National Nude Beach Day button from August 8, 1976 — 49 years ago today. This button is a throwback to a campaign initiated by Lee Baxendall and other forerunners of The Naturist Society. @naturistsociety.bsky.social

Waiting for a sunrise that never came.

Summer morning

Idaho’s indecent exposure law is so strict, it even bans your "truck nuts" HB 270 criminalizes everything from exposed breasts to artificial simulations

Idaho’s indecent exposure law is so strict, it even bans your "truck nuts" www.planetnude.co/p/idahos-ind...

The fake nudity crisis AI “nudify” tools are violating the human body and distorting the meaning of nudity

AI “nudify” tools: A world of synthetic bodies, generated for profit and humiliation, is not the future we want. Real nudity demands consent. Naturists show what body autonomy looks like when it’s not stolen but shared. www.planetnude.co/p/the-fake-n...

Nature walk

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There’s big trouble in Seattle.

Naked Club Sail Away 2025 - soaking up the sun with some naturist friends on a cruise around Lake Ontario. July 6, 2025.

Happy Nude Recreation Week!

You can also join us for The Gathering (AKA Another Nude Recreation Week) in August!

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Happy Fourth of July! — “I WANT YOU to feel free to be nude!” Nude & Natural, magazine of the @naturistsociety.bsky.social , 1991.

Only Fan: I’m not usually a fan of these fans, especially when hundreds of people are clacking them simultaneously. But when I saw this being handed out at Pride last weekend, I had to grab one.

I was only able to stay the first couple of hours but attendance was picking up and continued through the day.

Hanlan’s Point in Toronto, Canada, has been officially designated as the world’s oldest legal nude beach by the International Naturist Federation @worldnaturism.bsky.social. Here are a few pics from Naturist Beach Day at Hanlan’s - June 21, 2025. @gaynaturists.bsky.social @fcnaturists.bsky.social

Burlington takes first step toward banning public nudity A proposed ordinance would restrict what is currently legal under Vermont state law

Burlington takes first step toward banning public nudity www.planetnude.co/p/burlington...

The other four issues in my eight-issue run on the magazine.

I’ve just finished up two years as editor and layout designer of Going Natural, the magazine of the Federation of Canadian Naturists. Eight issues, and I’m pretty proud of them all. Good luck to those who take it from here!

Which beach is this?

Suns Out, Buns Out: Naturist Beach Day at Toronto’s Hanlan’s Point Nude Beach, this Saturday. @gaynaturists.bsky.social

TNT!MEN: The gay nudists who helped Canada get totally naked Nude swimming, nude dancing, nude protesting—there’s barely an area of Canadian nudity law that this group didn’t revolutionize

Bringing this one back for Pride month, but now it’s featured on my own blog, The New Gymnosophy. open.substack.com/pub/curtisat...

“This was a painting born from upheaval. And yet, it didn’t emerge as propaganda. Delacroix didn’t paint a banner or a leader or a martyr. He painted the people, and he gave them a body to follow. Not a uniform. Not a crown. A body.”

We will be sailing Lake Ontario in a few weeks. There’s still time to join us.