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May 9, 2023Liked by Bruce Dean, Evan Nicks

Don't forget the Belgian A rated film "De Patrick". A film about loss and grieve, in a naturist setting. The main character is looking for his hammer, which is a metafore for loss.

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May 9, 2023Liked by Bruce Dean

a nice & brisk review of naturism references in fiction. However apart from Mark Twain, it seems that other main stream literary names are not considered. Of course, I don't know exactly as to whether main stream writers have promoted naturism through their literature.

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Robert Parker

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Robert Parker

I enjoyed this article very much. I would appreciate and an article on theatre and film.

Can I ask does anyone know what happened to the author shoes,socks

Their stories have disappeared? Thanks

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May 10, 2023·edited May 10, 2023

I went to read one of their stories the other day and they were not there anymore and the username didn’t exist and they’ve disappeared from twitter too.

Thanks for answering though.

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I was reading my way through Shoes Socks' wonderful short stories when suddenly the whole blog disappeared one day! :(

It's gone. Utterly, sadly gone.

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Dec 15, 2023Liked by Bruce Dean, Evan Nicks

Robert Heinlein uses social nudity also in other works, not just "Stranger in a Strange Land" (which is how I feel about living where I am 😀...). Example: Starship Troopers, which also saw the nudity used in its rebellious satirical movie adaptation.

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