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"Civilization and its Discontents"

3 hrs ago • Zaftig Pink

Naked doesn’t mean yes

Exploring how being a gay man in nude spaces requires clarity around boundaries and respect

Mar 24 • Dustin Cox

South Africa may finally decide the fate of Sandy Bay

Cape Town's best-known unofficial nude beach is under review as a petition pushes for formal recognition

Mar 23 • Evan Nicks

The Nudist Newbies

"Running Realization"

Mar 22 • Nudist Newbies

Funding the work behind Planet Nude

Supporting writers and artists through the March raffle

Mar 23 • Evan Nicks

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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

Marv Frandsen and the Canaveral fight

A careful thinker who helped carry a local battle into federal court

Mar 22 • Evan Nicks

The fight to save Hooksiel’s FKK campground

A planned 2027 closure has sparked a growing petition and drawn attention from across the naturist world

Mar 21 • Evan Nicks

Weekly Wrap: Mar. 21

This week on Planet Nude: From beach signs to courtrooms to capitol halls, nudity and culture clash

Mar 21 • Special to Planet Nude

Cape Town’s World Naked Bike Ride is canceled after 18 years

Organizers say the city demanded a fully clothed event this year, ending a long-running protest

Mar 21 • Evan Nicks

Strips One-Shots

“Drip Advisory” by David Howell

Mar 21

Arizona bill raises concerns for naturist media

A measure aimed at AI-generated porn and exploitation could create compliance risks for nonsexual nude expression

Mar 20 • Evan Nicks

Undressed Thread: Caption contest

In this #UndressedThread, another caption contest collab with Strips

Mar 19

A change to podcasts on Planet Nude

Keeping the focus on original work and the publication’s editorial voice

Mar 18 • Evan Nicks

AANR releases results from first Naturist Choice Awards

Community voting highlights favorite resorts, clubs, and platforms

Mar 17 • Evan Nicks

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News of the Nude

South Africa may finally decide the fate of Sandy Bay

Cape Town's best-known unofficial nude beach is under review as a petition pushes for formal recognition

Mar 23 • Evan Nicks

Marv Frandsen and the Canaveral fight

A careful thinker who helped carry a local battle into federal court

Mar 22 • Evan Nicks

The fight to save Hooksiel’s FKK campground

A planned 2027 closure has sparked a growing petition and drawn attention from across the naturist world

Mar 21 • Evan Nicks

Cape Town’s World Naked Bike Ride is canceled after 18 years

Organizers say the city demanded a fully clothed event this year, ending a long-running protest

Mar 21 • Evan Nicks

Arizona bill raises concerns for naturist media

A measure aimed at AI-generated porn and exploitation could create compliance risks for nonsexual nude expression

Mar 20 • Evan Nicks

AANR releases results from first Naturist Choice Awards

Community voting highlights favorite resorts, clubs, and platforms

Mar 17 • Evan Nicks

Court blocks arrests over naturism at Brazil’s Praia da Galheta

Santa Catarina judges rule that nonsexual nudity at the historic Florianópolis beach does not constitute an obscene act

Mar 16 • Evan Nicks

Nude beach signs caught in national park review

A leaked database shows routine visitor warnings at Playalinda Beach among hundreds of materials submitted for federal review

Mar 15 • Evan Nicks

Planet Nude Strips

Nudist History

The first modern definition of social nudism in 1904

John Russell Coryell and the American blueprint for social nudism

Feb 24 • Carl Hild, PhD

Edward Carpenter and the intellectual roots of naturism

The queer Victorian rebel who brought Walt Whitman’s spirit and social nudity to the UK

Feb 17 • Carl Hild, PhD

Virgil Tibbs remains cool

Rereading John Ball’s 'The Cool Cottontail' through a nudist-history lens

Feb 4 • Evan Nicks

Men are from Mars, Gurley is from Venus

Excerpt from Nudetopian Nightmares, seeking a new Garden of Eden

Jan 27 • Olaf Danielson

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

Film Club

The vulnerability of Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

A review of the intimate 2023 documentary

Mar 6 • Brett Marcella

Shorts to put on, vol. 6

Another curated selection of nudity-related short films to watch, curated by Brett Marcella

Feb 20 • Brett Marcella

Spencer Tunick's Naked World

Review of the 2003 HBO documentary following Tunick’s first global installation tour

Feb 18 • Brett Marcella

Disrobed returns for its fifth anniversary streaming run

A pandemic-born nudist comedy gets a fresh online encore with new screenings in January

Jan 6 • Evan Nicks

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

Book Club

Virgil Tibbs remains cool

Rereading John Ball’s 'The Cool Cottontail' through a nudist-history lens

Feb 4 • Evan Nicks

Naked kaiju women I've known

A look at three different comics featuring nude giants

Feb 2 • Brett Marcella

Nude in the moon

What John Varley’s Eight Worlds reveal about nudity and the body

Jan 13 • Zaftig Pink

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

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

Episode notes: Sky Farm Rising

Naked Age Ep. 15: Nudity and revolution

Dec 24, 2024 • Evan Nicks

22:56

Sky Farm Rising

Listen now | Episode 15: America’s oldest nudist club and its revolutionary roots

Dec 23, 2024 • Evan Nicks

Episode notes: Wilma and the Neo Naturists

Naked Age Ep. 14: Nudity and art

Sep 24, 2024 • Evan Nicks

48:55

Wilma and The Neo Naturists

Watch now | Episode 14: Exploring the bold artistry and cultural impact of Wilma Johnson and The Neo Naturists

Sep 23, 2024 • Evan Nicks

Episode notes: "Morley the Magnificent"

Naked Age Ep. 13: Nudity and activism

Jun 24, 2024 • Evan Nicks

46:34

Morley the Magnificent

Watch now | Episode 13: From Woodstock to Sunsport Gardens—the transformative path of Morley Schloss in the naturist movement

Jun 21, 2024 • Evan Nicks

Episode notes: “The Science of Growing Up Naked”

Naked Age Ep. 12: Nudity and development

Mar 26, 2024 • Evan Nicks

45:38

The Science of Growing Up Naked

Listen now | Episode 12: We examine the history of studies conducted into the impact of growing up in a naturist household

Mar 25, 2024 • Evan Nicks

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