Blessed are the nude, for they shall inherit the earth.Tumblr (3.0; @nuwd)http://www.nuwd.org/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzys0rBxOP1qzno24o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Don’t expect to see this in the Sunday paper any time soon…</p>http://www.nuwd.org/post/18264720433http://www.nuwd.org/post/18264720433Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:41:15 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lznyzkJw9x1r9043bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Go to a nude beach.”</p> <p>Some day, all beaches will be nude / clothing optional beaches…it’s common sense!</p>http://www.nuwd.org/post/18004996868http://www.nuwd.org/post/18004996868Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:43:56 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxzbgx0p231r8lx62o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Do you ever see photos of unhappy nudists? </p> <p>It’s hard not to smile when you’re glowing from the inside out and among friends.</p>http://www.nuwd.org/post/17761679307http://www.nuwd.org/post/17761679307Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:42:34 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyddjbVRmF1qf66kwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://randomfives.tumblr.com/post/16475633470/yoga-breastfeeding-by-unknown-photographer">randomfives</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Yoga breastfeeding by unknown photographer.</p> </blockquote>http://www.nuwd.org/post/16475796127http://www.nuwd.org/post/16475796127Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:48:54 -0500“There is a freedom in being naked that few enjoy because we have been learned to be embarrassed.”<br/><br/> - <em>Excellent article on adding nudity to your life: <a href="http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2012/31862.html">DailyOM</a></em>http://www.nuwd.org/post/16167670994http://www.nuwd.org/post/16167670994Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:13:59 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly26i0cQBc1qa9a3eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Naked people usually look so happy. :)</p>http://www.nuwd.org/post/16124199310http://www.nuwd.org/post/16124199310Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:50:22 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly0813b1nk1qa9a3eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://preferlifenaked.tumblr.com/post/16067401554/live-life-naked-and-follow-your-own-path">preferlifenaked</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Live Life Naked and follow your own path.</p> </blockquote>http://www.nuwd.org/post/16067709933http://www.nuwd.org/post/16067709933Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:48:05 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxpmjpLEbu1qzno24o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Making your own private sunbathing haven can be simple as stringing a clothesline and hanging some fabric.</p> <p>Even in the cold weather, the body can tolerate outdoor sunbathing as long as some shelter can be found from the wind and the sun is shining brightly.</p> <p>Vitamin D and the therapeutic effects of infrared light penetrating into your skin will provide you with a surefire cure to the winter “blahs”.</p>http://www.nuwd.org/post/15788585471http://www.nuwd.org/post/15788585471Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:00:05 -0500nudistnaturistsunbathing<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxr8ef6ywe1qlqf9bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://awonderinthetardis.tumblr.com/post/15787973307/accept-your-body-you-are-perfect-love-the-skin">awonderinthetardis</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Accept Your Body.</p> <p>You are perfect.</p> <p>Love the skin your in because it does SO MUCH for you, thank it, love it, adore it.</p> <p>You. Are. Wonderful.</p> <p><3</p> </blockquote>http://www.nuwd.org/post/15788247004http://www.nuwd.org/post/15788247004Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:52:57 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxpm4eAUPU1qzno24o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Friends “hanging out” at a nude beach in California, 1970’s.</p> <p>Why isn’t this the new norm in 2012?  How can we advance as a society if we continue to be uptight and superstitious about our own bodies?</p>http://www.nuwd.org/post/15772682831http://www.nuwd.org/post/15772682831Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:00:06 -0500nude beachnaturistnudist1970s<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxpnbjWojy1qzno24o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This young man had the enviable job of selling newspapers at the nude beach.  Too bad he had to wear that heavy and uncomfortable uniform!</p> <p>What do nudists do at the beach?  Pretty much everything that any clothed person does at the beach, but they don’t have to wear a soggy swimsuit and it’s a lot more fun!</p>http://www.nuwd.org/post/15746707675http://www.nuwd.org/post/15746707675Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:14:06 -0500nudistnaturistnude beach<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxplkhX0yn1qzno24o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There’s no reason the clothed and the natural cannot co-exist, if each gives the other the proper respect.</p> <p>A vintage photo from a German beach.</p>http://www.nuwd.org/post/15744559247http://www.nuwd.org/post/15744559247Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:36:17 -0500nude beachnaturistnudisttolerance<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxovnnxI1p1qzno24o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Interesting article over at <a href="http://blisstree.com/look/plus-model-magazine-anorexic-models-plus-sized-models-size-acceptance-537/" target="_blank">Blisstree</a>, regarding the comparison of “plus size” models and the typical model:</p> <blockquote> <p>[even] Plus-sized models are also a fairly unrealistic standard to go by: Not only are they perfectly proportioned in a way that most women (big or little) aren’t; they’re also airbrushed and styled to a point that makes their bodies just as removed from reality as thinner models in <em>Vogue</em>.</p> </blockquote> <p>A standardized and idealized, but “plus sized” model is still not expressing the diversity and beauty around us in a way that the average person can identify with.</p>http://www.nuwd.org/post/15722207797http://www.nuwd.org/post/15722207797Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:16:35 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxn2ciYbWv1qzno24o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Being nude in nature is a sure way to create a smile!</p>http://www.nuwd.org/post/15671016574http://www.nuwd.org/post/15671016574Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:45:53 -0500nudenaturenaturistnudist<blockquote> <p>In a new study, biologists report that melanocyte skin cells detect ultraviolet light using a photosensitive receptor previously thought to exist only in the eye.</p> </blockquote> <p>That&#8217;s right, your skin can sense light, and very quickly.  Is it any wonder our senses our heightened when we&#8217;re outdoors in the nude?  The particular study, reported in <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111103132245.htm">Science Daily</a>, had to do with melanin production (which causes tanning and defense against UV light damage), but it&#8217;s conceivable to me that there may be other beneficial reactions to light that we&#8217;re not consciously aware of.</p> <p>Our skin is the largest organ in our body, and it was not designed to be covered up all the time!</p>http://www.nuwd.org/post/12298042375http://www.nuwd.org/post/12298042375Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:50:59 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo6fhay9k61qccalgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>And people wonder why I became a nudist!  I’m pretty sure I had at least one of those outfits back when I was a kid. :)</p>http://www.nuwd.org/post/9082890343http://www.nuwd.org/post/9082890343Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:19:15 -04001970sfashionvintage<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1NkHuXstJv8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://jaxonbrooks.com/post/8956213335/jaxon-brooks-nudity">jaxonbrooks</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h2>Jaxon Brooks: Nudity</h2> <p>I don’t get why people think nudity is such a big deal.</p> </blockquote>http://www.nuwd.org/post/9078003930http://www.nuwd.org/post/9078003930Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:42:35 -0400NudityNudismNaturalismSummer of LoveSan FransiscoHippiesArtists<p>If toplessness/top-freedom was more common, the number of women getting breast implants would drop.  Implants look ridiculous and disfiguring when nude&#8230;they can&#8217;t compare to nature.</p>http://www.nuwd.org/post/9077496315http://www.nuwd.org/post/9077496315Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:13:10 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpsa2aJ0b41qa0zf5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bodypaint is a wonderful test of how people look at clothing.  The skin is covered, but not by cloth.  The illusion is intriguing.  Is the person nude?  They are covered, but still showing nothing but skin.  Is this an acceptable substitute for clothing? </p> <p>If there was a magic box you could walk through on your way out the door in the morning that would cover you with your choice of designs…would you use it?  Think of it, no laundry and no uncomfortable garments!</p> <p>What if the model was body painted with the image of the nude person underneath the paint?  The mind struggles… :)</p>http://www.nuwd.org/post/9004724066http://www.nuwd.org/post/9004724066Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:53:39 -0400bodypaintnuderedheadcolorful<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpu5vdBpHg1qcl5z5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s Monday…jump in to your week!  Nekkid if possible! :)</p>http://www.nuwd.org/post/8949317224http://www.nuwd.org/post/8949317224Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:12:19 -0400nakedbum