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Diary of the Astro-Nudes

1 hr ago • Ahmed Raafat

News of the Noodle, Apr. 2026

A monthly roundup of pasta developments from around the world

7 hrs ago • Evan Nicks

Disrobed production diary

A behind-the-scenes look at filming a naturist comedy where filmmaking and nudist culture met on the same set

23 hrs ago • Evan Nicks

Hiking Without a Stitch

Meet the new podcast about the unexpected things that happen when you leave your clothes and your inhibitions at the trailhead

Mar 30 • Dustin Cox

"Hevenly Bodies"

Mar 29 • Ron Coleman

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Children need naturism

Apr 5, 2023 • Stéphane Deschênes

Planet Nude Strips!

Apr 1, 2024 • Evan Nicks

Why didn’t I get to swim nude at the YMCA?

Apr 29, 2024 • Marc Bonhomme

Pornography as a mirror

Sep 25, 2024 • HOLLOW

Recent posts

Weekly Wrap: Mar. 28

This week on Planet Nude: Beach battles in Brazil and other news of the nude

Mar 28 • Special to Planet Nude

Mar 27 • Jerry King

Access restored at Blind Creek after a year of disruption

The reopening of the main lot follows months of delays that pushed visitors beyond legal boundaries and into avoidable enforcement

Mar 27 • Evan Nicks

Pinho loses its legal protection—again

A court has cleared the way for arrests to resume at Brazil’s first nude beach

Mar 27 • Evan Nicks

News of the Nude, Mar. 2026

Volume 39: Cape Town crackdown, Brazil battles, Germany reshaped

Mar 27 • Evan Nicks

Do we need a new “back to nature” moment?

In this #UndressedThread, we’re exploring what naturism looks like in an always-online world

Mar 26

Nudie Cutie Comics

"Civilization and its Discontents"

Mar 25 • 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

Funding the work behind Planet Nude

Supporting writers and artists through the March raffle

Mar 23 • Evan Nicks

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News of the Nude

Access restored at Blind Creek after a year of disruption

The reopening of the main lot follows months of delays that pushed visitors beyond legal boundaries and into avoidable enforcement

Mar 27 • Evan Nicks

Pinho loses its legal protection—again

A court has cleared the way for arrests to resume at Brazil’s first nude beach

Mar 27 • Evan Nicks

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

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

Disrobed production diary

A behind-the-scenes look at filming a naturist comedy where filmmaking and nudist culture met on the same set

23 hrs ago • Evan Nicks

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

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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