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The Orbit: June 13

This week on Planet Nude: Britain scans bodies, Arizona tests the law, and Denny Blaine nears judgment

3 hrs ago • Special to Planet Nude

Toronto's rival naked bike rides roll out their feud

A long-running queer and trans ride sets off this afternoon alongside the original, with a different set of rules

7 hrs ago • Evan Nicks

David Hockney painted the naked body into the daylight

He took the male nude out of coded, underground imagery and into the open, while the law still said he couldn't

10 hrs ago • Evan Nicks

I'm speaking at the INF-FNI Naturist University this Sunday

A talk on naturism's archives—and the great-great-grandfather who led me to them

19 hrs ago • Evan Nicks

Arizona's HB 2133 heads to the governor as naturists press for a veto

A bill aimed at deepfakes and revenge porn now sits on Katie Hobbs's desk, with AANR among those urging her to reject it

22 hrs ago • Evan Nicks

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Children need naturism

Apr 5, 2023 • Stéphane Deschênes

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

Apr 29, 2024 • Marc Bonhomme

Planet Nude Strips!

Apr 1, 2024 • Evan Nicks

Pornography as a mirror

Sep 25, 2024 • HOLLOW

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You can start your own Skinny Dip Day team

It’s easier than you think, and three years in, I can tell you it’s worth it

Jun 12 • Evan Nicks

What makes a place feel safe to be nude?

In this #UndressedThread, we're exploring the spaces that help us relax, connect, and feel at ease

Jun 11

Denny Blaine: closing arguments are tomorrow

A ruling could come the same day

Jun 10 • Evan Nicks

Britain wants to make the naked body unrenderable

Starmer’s order to Apple and Google would block nude images on children’s phones by default. The technology doing the blocking cannot tell a body from a…

Jun 10 • Evan Nicks

Nudie Cutie Comics

"How Many Roads Must a Man Walk Down?"

Jun 10 • Zaftig Pink

Team Planet Nude is back for Skinny Dip Day 2026

We came within $243 of first place last year. This year, let's close the gap.

Jun 8 • Evan Nicks

Diary of the Astro-Nudes

Ep. 27: No Artificial Additives

Jun 7 • Ahmed Raafat

The Orbit: June 6

This week on Planet Nude: Pride Month begins at Denny Blaine and Hanlan's, while naturist spaces face new pressures

Jun 6 • Special to Planet Nude

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News of the Nude

Toronto's rival naked bike rides roll out their feud

A long-running queer and trans ride sets off this afternoon alongside the original, with a different set of rules

7 hrs ago • Evan Nicks

Arizona's HB 2133 heads to the governor as naturists press for a veto

A bill aimed at deepfakes and revenge porn now sits on Katie Hobbs's desk, with AANR among those urging her to reject it

22 hrs ago • Evan Nicks

Denny Blaine: closing arguments are tomorrow

A ruling could come the same day

Jun 10 • Evan Nicks

Britain wants to make the naked body unrenderable

Starmer’s order to Apple and Google would block nude images on children’s phones by default. The technology doing the blocking cannot tell a body from a…

Jun 10 • Evan Nicks

Full Tan Sun Club to sit out 2026 season

The longtime upstate New York club says it will close for the year and reopen in 2027

Jun 6 • Evan Nicks

Denny Blaine: week one

The plaintiff’s case is nearly done. Next week, the defense begins.

Jun 6 • Evan Nicks

A Houston nudist landmark asks guests to cover up

Emerald Lake Resort says the change is temporary, but offers few details about what comes next

Jun 4 • Evan Nicks

Toronto's famous nude beach is losing its sand

As Hanlan's Point partially closes for Pride Month, advocates are demanding the city move faster on erosion.

Jun 1 • Evan Nicks

Nudist History

Going natural in the Natural State: The lost history of Arkansas nudism

Once home to the country’s fastest-growing nudist park, it's now the most anti-naturist jurisdiction in the U.S.A.

Jun 4 • Curtis Atkins

New translations and a forgotten founder push the origins of organized American nudism back to 1925

May 19 • Carl Hild, PhD

Rod Swenson's wild ride

Beauty pageants, punk rock, and a Cadillac in the nudist pool

May 13 • Olaf Danielson

The German wheel

On the Rhönrad, a century-old German gymnastic apparatus that once stood at the center of naturist physical culture

Apr 30 • Evan Nicks

The first modern definition of social nudism in 1904

John Russell Coryell and the American blueprint for social nudism

Feb 24 • Carl Hild, PhD

Film Club

The truth-telling time capsule

Sixty-five years later, Doris Wishman's argument is still unfinished

May 8 • Dustin Cox

Shorts to put on, vol. 7

Five more free short films chosen by Brett Marcella

May 1 • Brett Marcella

A review of the 2016 film and its explorations of different borders

Apr 17 • Brett Marcella

Disrobed production diary

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

Mar 31 • Evan Nicks

The vulnerability of Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

A review of the intimate 2023 documentary

Mar 6 • Brett Marcella

Book Club

Storm Clouds and the challenges of nudist media

A twist-filled webcomic and the questions it raises about nudist storytelling

Apr 7 • Brett Marcella

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

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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