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A punch in Colchester, a moral panic in London

How one attack has ironically become ammunition in Britain’s latest fight over public nudity

Dec 31, 2025 • Evan Nicks

Planet Nude in review: 2025

A look back at our third year, plus predictions for 2026

Dec 30, 2025 • Evan Nicks

Legal victory halts arrests at Brazil’s first naturist beach

After action by Brazil’s naturist federation, a court rules nonsexual nudity at Praia do Pinho is not a crime

Dec 29, 2025 • Evan Nicks

A Catholic perspective on nudity

Reassessing Christian modesty through lived experience, historical context, and the unexpected clarity found in social nudity

Dec 29, 2025 • Tony Valencia

The Nudist Newbies

Stark! The Naked Carolers Sing

Dec 28, 2025 • Nudist Newbies

Most Popular

Children need naturism

Apr 5, 2023 • Stéphane Deschênes

Andrew Martinez and the nude microclimate

Sep 22, 2023

The bare essentials of home nudism

Jul 12, 2023 • Evan Nicks

Living with naturist parents

Oct 10, 2023

Recent posts

Weekly Wrap: Dec. 27

A candid reflection on body freedom, personal experience, and what naturism reveals about how we see ourselves and others and new podcasts this week on…

Dec 27, 2025 • Dustin Cox

“Bear scare”

Dec 26, 2025 • Jerry King

News of the Nude, Dec. 2025

Volume 36: Brazil, beach backlash, and a stocking full of body politics

Dec 26, 2025 • Evan Nicks

Happy Holidays to one and all

A Christmas card from Planet Nude and the Astro-Nudes

Dec 25, 2025 • Special to Planet Nude

First arrest reported at Praia do Pinho after naturism ban

Police cite indecent exposure days after Balneário Camboriú ends nude beach status

Dec 24, 2025 • Evan Nicks

Nudie Cutie Comics

"Don’t Sweat The Sweater Weather"

Dec 24, 2025 • Zaftig Pink

The strange, true life of Willie Willey

A forgotten folk hero whose bare-bones philosophy challenged America’s indecency laws

Dec 23, 2025 • Olaf Danielson

Brazil’s first naturist beach loses legal protection

Balneário Camboriú bans naturism on all municipal beaches

Dec 22, 2025 • Evan Nicks

Welcome to Nudeville

“Have Yourself a Scary Merry Christmas”

Dec 21, 2025 • Fabien

Weekly Wrap: Dec. 20

Examining anti-fat biases, a story about a naked act of grace, new podcasts and threads, this week on Planet Nude!

Dec 20, 2025 • Dustin Cox

Dec 19, 2025 • SpaceNudie

The Naturist Vibe

Join Gabby and Dan as they talk about Ethical Naturism and their own experiences in the nudist/naturist world in their episodes from October 13th to…

Dec 19, 2025 • The Crowned Nudi, Dan Speers, and Dustin Cox

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News

A punch in Colchester, a moral panic in London

How one attack has ironically become ammunition in Britain’s latest fight over public nudity

Dec 31, 2025 • Evan Nicks

Legal victory halts arrests at Brazil’s first naturist beach

After action by Brazil’s naturist federation, a court rules nonsexual nudity at Praia do Pinho is not a crime

Dec 29, 2025 • Evan Nicks

First arrest reported at Praia do Pinho after naturism ban

Police cite indecent exposure days after Balneário Camboriú ends nude beach status

Dec 24, 2025 • Evan Nicks

Brazil’s first naturist beach loses legal protection

Balneário Camboriú bans naturism on all municipal beaches

Dec 22, 2025 • Evan Nicks

Strips

The Nudist Newbies

Stark! The Naked Carolers Sing

Dec 28, 2025 • Nudist Newbies

“Bear scare”

Dec 26, 2025 • Jerry King

Nudie Cutie Comics

"Don’t Sweat The Sweater Weather"

Dec 24, 2025 • Zaftig Pink

Welcome to Nudeville

“Have Yourself a Scary Merry Christmas”

Dec 21, 2025 • Fabien

Naked Age

Episode notes: Making Space

Naked Age Ep. 17: Nudity and growth

Dec 12, 2025 • Evan Nicks

32:36

Episode 17: On naturism, community, and the work of keeping spaces open

Dec 10, 2025 • Evan Nicks

Episode notes: Vian's Revolution

Naked Age Ep. 16: Nudity and freedom

Mar 24, 2025 • Evan Nicks

34:20

Vian's Revolution

Episode 16: From oppression to liberation in a personal awakening

Mar 21, 2025 • Evan Nicks

New Nudist Podcast

New Nudist Podcast: Youth in Naturism with James Shuttleworth

Episode 42: Building the future of naturism with the INF-FNI youth leader

Jul 20, 2025 • Scott Cline and Evan Nicks

New Nudist Podcast: MoonGroove Naturist Music Festival

Episode 41: A nudist Coachella? Meet the organizer of MoonGroove

Jun 6, 2025 • Scott Cline and Evan Nicks

New Nudist Podcast: James Nunn of The Naturist Society Foundation

Episode 40: The Naturist Society and the future of naturism

Mar 23, 2025 • Scott Cline and Evan Nicks

New Nudist Podcast: AANR Education Foundation

Episode 39: Supporting organizations that support naturists

Dec 5, 2024 • Scott Cline and Evan Nicks

History

The strange, true life of Willie Willey

A forgotten folk hero whose bare-bones philosophy challenged America’s indecency laws

Dec 23, 2025 • Olaf Danielson

Naked Age: Making Space

Episode 17: On naturism, community, and the work of keeping spaces open

Dec 10, 2025 • Evan Nicks

Rediscovering NYPenns

A long-vanished nudist club, two abandoned camps, and the photos that brought their history back into view

Nov 24, 2025 • Olaf Danielson

‘FKK in der DDR’: East Germany’s socialist nudism

The story of how one country nationalized nakedness

Sep 9, 2025 • Curtis Atkins

Fifty-four years of naked volleyball

White Thorn’s Superbowl blends sport, history, and community

Sep 1, 2025 • Evan Nicks

Film

Naked States and the early work of Spencer Tunick

Review of the HBO documentary following a young Tunick during his Naked States project

Dec 9, 2025 • Brett Marcella

Dance shorts to put on

Planet Nude's fifth volume of nude-themed short film reviews, this time about the art of dance

Sep 25, 2025 • Brett Marcella

Shorts to put on, vol. 4

A fresh round of reviews of nude-themed short films found online

Jul 18, 2025 • Brett Marcella

More shorts to put on

A new batch of reviews of online short films of the naked persuasion

May 16, 2025 • Brett Marcella

Diary of a Nudist (1961) review

Revisiting the best of Doris Wishman’s kitschy cult classics

Apr 4, 2025 • Brett Marcella

Book Club

Captain Momo’s Secret Base (2023) manga review

Kenji Tsuruta’s slow-burning space story where nudity, books, and cats fill the void of isolation

Sep 5, 2025 • Brett Marcella

A caretaker’s library

Rare nudist books on sale to support their owner through loss

Aug 21, 2025 • Evan Nicks

The nude comics of Jeffrey Catherine Jones

In Idyl & I’m Age, a trans artist inked wandering women, elliptical thoughts, and a world without men

Jun 6, 2025 • Brett Marcella

'Nudism in a Cold Climate' book review

A revealing look at photography, power, and contradiction in mid-century British naturism

May 27, 2025 • Brett Marcella

Nude County USA

A new book chronicles the rich naturist history of Pasco County, Florida

Feb 19, 2025 • Evan Nicks

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