Studies
- I Feel Better Naked: Communal Naked Activity Increases Body Appreciation by Reducing Social Physique Anxiety (2021)
- Summary from Psychology Today: “This paper presents the results of the first-ever randomized controlled trial of communal nudity.”
- Summary from Psychology Today: “This paper presents the results of the first-ever randomized controlled trial of communal nudity.”
- Think of the children!: Relationships between nudity-related experiences in childhood, body image, self-esteem and adjustment (2023)
- Naked and Unashamed: Investigations and Applications of the Effects of Naturist Activities on Body Image, Self-Esteem, and Life Satisfaction (2017)
- News article from the Toronto Star: “West’s research found that exposure to ‘non-idealized’ bodies counters the negative effects of all those buff bods we see on billboards.”
Quotes
(Additional great quotes at: Women in Nude Recreation)
Sources:
- Lee Baxandall:
- “Experience the Freedom of the Naturist Lifestyle” by The Naturist Society, video, 1991; 9:15-9:35: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ_mSHi1Qh0
- Free Beaches newspaper, June 1977: https://www.campnaturist.com/essays/lee-baxandall-and-the-naturist-frontier
- World Guide to Nude Beaches and Resorts, 1983: https://www.campnaturist.com/essays/lee-baxandall-the-happenings-and-action-theater
- https://www.campnaturist.com/essays/lee-baxandall-evolution-of-an-activist
- Pope John Paul / Benedict / JRR Tolkien: “Nudity and Christianity” edited by Jim C. Cunningham – https://amazon.com/dp/1425975089
- Spencer Jones 1: https://travelnoire.com/tips-nude-beach-experience
- Spencer Jones 2: https://travelnoire.com/travelers-story-i-had-a-blast-going-to-a-nudist-resort-even-though-i-was-the-only-black-person
- Earl D: See his 4-part series: https://clothesfreelife.com/2016/02/naturism-nudity-and-clothes-free-living-on-the-african-continent/ (quote above from: https://clothesfreelife.medium.com/black-naturist-faces-white-naturist-spaces-85861d96a888)
- Jasmine Burems:
https://jasmineburnett.blogspot.com/2012/01/nudism-black-folks-dont-do-that-but-i.html (also see author’s website https://afrofuturistecology.org)
- Shatora Thomas of https://www.blackandnaked.com/ – quote from end of the Boonie Breakdown Podcast: https://www.thebooniebreakdown.com/blog/2018/8/27/episode-70-living-life-in-the-nude-with-black-naturist-association
- Thoreau: http://www.literaturepage.com/read/walden-16.html
- Whitman: https://www.britannica.com/topic/I-Sing-the-Body-Electric-poem-by-Whitman
- Linda Weber: https://www.womeninnuderecreation.com/post/linda-weber-director-aanr-west-region