The new voices of naturist commentators. Five years ago I alerted our readers to the emerging naked content creator class. These are online content creators also called social influencers who sell access to their naturist life for a price. I call it pay per view nudity not because their is anything bad about nudity or photos of the naked body. But rather because of my conviction that as a means of promoting naturism this approach was fraught with issues. In my opinion, it made the association of naturism and nudism with the porn industry more likely. In the eyes of the uninitiated and uninformed, it seems an easy connection. Furthermore it was and is my contention that there isn’t enough money to go around in the online nudity community, to sustain all the potential content creators. This proved to be prescient as an internet search for the word nudism is more likely to return a host of porn links and few actual nudist links. It is necessary for a searcher to dig through a lot of porn to possibly find any actual examples of non sexual nudity and naturism. We at clothes free life stuck to our focus and mission and continued to call out the drift towards nakedness and bare skin photos as the best way to promote the naturist way of life. I think we made the write decision.
Now the new voices of naturist commentators have emerged. Maybe it is a natural counter balancing force at work in the universe. Maybe it is just the emergence of new technology. A new crop of naturist writers and commentators have taken to the online stage. Some of them are naturist bloggers, who are using new media technology platforms to community with a broader audience. Others, find these new platforms more conducive for sharing their perspective and opinions than blogging or social media. Still others, are social media refugees who are eschewing generalized microblogging social media platforms (Twitter, Instagram, Reddit for example) for more long form tools (Medium, Subtack) to reach a more targeted audience. There are differences and similarities between this new class on online naturist creator and the aforementioned naturist social influencer. One difference is the focus is less about photos and videos and more on words and commentary. That not to say there NO photos just they aren’t the focus. One similarity is both have a monetization option. It is however, more subtle among the naturist commentator group.
Jillian Page, a Canadian journalist and naturist started trend with her Substack newsletter The Naturist Community. In the last few months several new newsletter have also been initiated. The content from these writers is varied and broad. New Zealander Bob Badger shares his take on naturism at A Comfort of Naturists. Naturist fiction author Robert Longpre shares updates from his current writing through Naturist Fiction by SkyCladTherapy Naturist historian Evan Nix naturist stories and reviews with a historic bent on Planet Nude. The historical retrospective video maker Nudistory shares stories related to their retrospectives. All on use the Substack platform.
The medium platform has also seen a resurgence among for this kind of longer form commentary and opinion based writing. Some long naturist bloggers post there, as well as new voices in nudism and naturism. My favorites include established bloggers like Dan Carlson | Meandering Naturist and photographer James Griggs as well as new discoveries Kate R and Robert Payne. Clothes free life has added our own Substack and restarted our Medium posts to share some of of writing over the past 12 years. If you want similar deliver our new and current content, we encourage readers to sign up for our paid newsletter
Where do things go from here? Is the day of the naked content creator past? Are these new voices of naturist commentators engaging? Will the world of ideas and discourse be sustainable in the world of photos and visual bytes? These are all unknowns and I suspect too early to tell. I for one do appreciate the thoughtful interesting subjects and diversity of topics being generated by these writers. It takes naturism online beyond just pics. Though not everyone is appreciative of this. Recently I saw a reference to this trend as something like "keyboard jockeys" the exact phrase escapes me. Inferring that the believers of naked photo as naturist promotion feel they still hold sway.
What do you think? Bare your thoughts. Finally we extend an invitation to anyone who resonates with this to join our team of writers.
https://clothesfreelife.com/2023/03/the-new-voices-of-naturist-commentators/?_unique_id=641ccd7936570
Thursday, March 23, 2023
The new voices of naturist commentators
The new voices of naturist commentators. Five years ago I alerted our readers to the emerging naked content creator class. These are online content creators also called social influencers who sell access to their naturist life for a price. I call it pay per view nudity not because their is anything bad about nudity or photos of the naked body. But rather because of my conviction that as a means of promoting naturism this approach was fraught with issues. In my opinion, it made the association of naturism and nudism with the porn industry more likely. In the eyes of the uninitiated and uninformed, it seems an easy connection. Furthermore it was and is my contention that there isn’t enough money to go around in the online nudity community, to sustain all the potential content creators. This proved to be prescient as an internet search for the word nudism is more likely to return a host of porn links and few actual nudist links. It is necessary for a searcher to dig through a lot of porn to possibly find any actual examples of non sexual nudity and naturism. We at clothes free life stuck to our focus and mission and continued to call out the drift towards nakedness and bare skin photos as the best way to promote the naturist way of life. I think we made the write decision.
Now the new voices of naturist commentators have emerged. Maybe it is a natural counter balancing force at work in the universe. Maybe it is just the emergence of new technology. A new crop of naturist writers and commentators have taken to the online stage. Some of them are naturist bloggers, who are using new media technology platforms to community with a broader audience. Others, find these new platforms more conducive for sharing their perspective and opinions than blogging or social media. Still others, are social media refugees who are eschewing generalized microblogging social media platforms (Twitter, Instagram, Reddit for example) for more long form tools (Medium, Subtack) to reach a more targeted audience. There are differences and similarities between this new class on online naturist creator and the aforementioned naturist social influencer. One difference is the focus is less about photos and videos and more on words and commentary. That not to say there NO photos just they aren’t the focus. One similarity is both have a monetization option. It is however, more subtle among the naturist commentator group.
Jillian Page, a Canadian journalist and naturist started trend with her Substack newsletter The Naturist Community. In the last few months several new newsletter have also been initiated. The content from these writers is varied and broad. New Zealander Bob Badger shares his take on naturism at A Comfort of Naturists. Naturist fiction author Robert Longpre shares updates from his current writing through Naturist Fiction by SkyCladTherapy Naturist historian Evan Nix naturist stories and reviews with a historic bent on Planet Nude. The historical retrospective video maker Nudistory shares stories related to their retrospectives. All on use the Substack platform.
The medium platform has also seen a resurgence among for this kind of longer form commentary and opinion based writing. Some long naturist bloggers post there, as well as new voices in nudism and naturism. My favorites include established bloggers like Dan Carlson | Meandering Naturist and photographer James Griggs as well as new discoveries Kate R and Robert Payne. Clothes free life has added our own Substack and restarted our Medium posts to share some of of writing over the past 12 years. If you want similar deliver our new and current content, we encourage readers to sign up for our paid newsletter
Where do things go from here? Is the day of the naked content creator past? Are these new voices of naturist commentators engaging? Will the world of ideas and discourse be sustainable in the world of photos and visual bytes? These are all unknowns and I suspect too early to tell. I for one do appreciate the thoughtful interesting subjects and diversity of topics being generated by these writers. It takes naturism online beyond just pics. Though not everyone is appreciative of this. Recently I saw a reference to this trend as something like "keyboard jockeys" the exact phrase escapes me. Inferring that the believers of naked photo as naturist promotion feel they still hold sway.
What do you think? Bare your thoughts. Finally we extend an invitation to anyone who resonates with this to join our team of writers.
https://clothesfreelife.com/2023/03/the-new-voices-of-naturist-commentators/?_unique_id=641ccd7936570
Obelisk Beach
Obelisk Beach is a nude beach in Mosman, New South Wales, Australia.
https://clothesfreelife.com/find-naturism/travel-recreation/beaches/obelisk-beach/?_unique_id=641caf01c73e4
Kalamitsi Nude Beach
The only “official” nudist beach in Sithonia, Greece.
https://clothesfreelife.com/find-naturism/travel-recreation/beaches/kalamitsi-nude-beach/?_unique_id=641ca7ad7e90e
Nude reads March 2023 book releases
Nude reads March 2023 book releases has several new books we wanted. To tell you about. They are varied and different. Non fiction, fiction and theological.
British economist Virginia Bateman's new book Naked Feminism. Bateman uses nakedness as a metaphor for social ills. Bateman came to public awareness through her nude talks about the negative consequences of Brexit. In Naked Feminism, Bateman makes a compelling case for women’s bodily freedom, and explains why the current puritanical revival is so dangerous for women. Initially Amazon refused to advertise the book on the grounds the cover was sexually suggestive. After an appeal that decision was reversed. The Naked Feminism web site has news, video chapter summaries and more for the reader.
Clergy and naturist Reverend Bob Horrocks has published his second book Uncovering the Image. A Question of Image was released. We were not aware a second book from Horrocks was forth coming. It is the result of a 2014 sabbatical.The subject and perspective is welcome. Horrocks explores the concept of embodiment () with a theological lens. The book is currently available in paperback. You can may want to read his previous book to get a sense of his perspective. You can download a pdf version here. Learn more about the author.
Adventures Without Clothes the fourth anthology in a series created by an evolving group of people to raise funds for Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) joins the two previously mentioned releases. The effort is led by author Ted Bun and the folks at Naturist Fiction. The collaborative effort (20 people this time) draws on the story telling efforts of a variety authors and supports a good cause. Get your preorder now.
https://clothesfreelife.com/2023/03/nude-reads-march-2023-book-releases/?_unique_id=641c8c25e8cbe
Lady Bay Beach
Compact, clothes-optional New South Wales
https://clothesfreelife.com/find-naturism/travel-recreation/beaches/lady-bay-beach/?_unique_id=641c763cca463
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Do couples only events attract more women to naturism gymnosophy and clothes free living?
A follower on our old twitter account asked this question recently Do couples only events attract more women to naturism gymnosophy and clothes free living? There were some interesting responses what's yours
Women in naturism for women’s history month 2023 continues with Felicity Jones
Women in naturism for women’s history month continues with Felicity Jones
Felicity Jones (a pseudonym) is the founder of the now defunct Young Naturists of America. She co-founded the organization with her husband Jordan Blum in 2010. The organization was based in New York State and was instrumental in engaging young people (under 30) to try naturism and non sexual social nudity. Jones is a naturist and feminist advocate.
Learn more
https://clothesfreelife.com/naturist-wiki/felicity-jones/
#womeninaturism #naturistwomen
https://clothesfreelife.com/2023/03/women-in-naturism-for-womens-history-month-2023-continues-with-felicity-jones/?_unique_id=641b322140a59
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