Weekly Wrap: Jan. 3
This week on Planet Nude: Reflecting on 2025, celebrating a win in Brazil, and exploring faith and nudity. Happy New Year!
Welcome to this week’s Weekly Wrap! As we step to the edge of a new year, Planet Nude is reflecting on where we’ve been, what we’ve learned, and the conversations shaping naturist life right now. This week’s collection blends timely news, legal updates, and deeper cultural reflections, offering a wide-angle view of the challenges and progress facing the global naturist community.
Inside this issue, you’ll find a fresh News of the Nude roundup, a significant legal victory in Brazil, and reporting that looks closely at access, enforcement, and moments of tension in public nudity spaces. Alongside the news, we’re exploring bigger questions about faith, perception, and how nudity is framed, as well as looking back on Planet Nude’s journey through 2025 and the stories that defined it.
As we turn the page on the calendar, we’d like to wish all of our readers a happy, healthy New Year. Thank you for being part of this community, for reading, reflecting, and showing up with curiosity and care. Here’s to more thoughtful conversations and continued body freedom in the year ahead.
There’s plenty to discover so let’s dive into this week on Planet Nude. 🚀
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A note for UK readers about access and age verification
A brief but important update speaks directly to our UK readers, addressing recent access issues and what they mean for staying connected with Planet Nude. Evan gives some clarity around the situation, reassurance for subscribers, and a reminder of the Planet Nude's commitment to keeping its community informed and included, even when technical or regional hurdles pop up.
Beyond the nude image
A deeper look at what lies beneath the surface of nude imagery sets the tone for this thoughtful article, inviting readers to move past first impressions and easy assumptions. This article looks at conversations about intention, context, and humanity, asking why nude images are created, how they are received, and what gets lost when bodies are reduced to visuals instead of lived experience.
A punch in Colchester, a moral panic in London
A jarring incident in the UK puts the spotlight back on how quickly fear and misunderstanding can escalate around public nudity. In this article we look at the circumstances behind a confrontation and the wider panic it sparked, raising uneasy questions about public perception, media response, and the fragile line between personal freedom and social alarm when nudity enters the frame.
Planet Nude in review: 2025
A year of stories, setbacks, breakthroughs, and quiet moments of connection comes into focus as Planet Nude looks back on everything 2025 held for the naturist world. This is a look at the themes that defined the year, from legal battles and cultural flashpoints to personal reflections and unexpected moments of visibility that shaped the conversation around body freedom.
More than just a recap, these stories fit together to reveal where naturism stands right now and where it may be headed next. It’s an invitation to pause, reflect, and recognize how much ground was covered, while setting the stage for what still lies ahead for the Planet Nude community.
Legal victory halts arrests at Brazil’s first naturist beach
A hard fought legal win brings a moment of relief to Brazil’s naturist community as arrests at a popular nude beach are brought to a halt. Here is a look at how the decision unfolded, why it matters after weeks of tension, and what this ruling could signal for the future protection of nude spaces amid growing scrutiny and enforcement pressures.
A Catholic perspective on nudity
An unexpected intersection of faith and body freedom anchors this thoughtful article, inviting readers to consider how Catholic teachings and personal belief can coexist with nudity. This piece reflects on morality, shame, and the human body, opening space for a nuanced conversation about spirituality, tradition, and what it means to view nakedness through a lens of dignity rather than fear.
News of the Nude, Dec. 2025
A fast moving roundup of global naturist headlines sets the tone in this monthly News of the Nude report, capturing both progress and pushback across nude spaces worldwide. The article shows us the current legal battles, cultural flashpoints, and small but meaningful wins, offering a snapshot of where naturism stands as the year closes and why staying informed matters more than ever.
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New podcasts this week 🎧
Women in Focus
In the first of a two-part Women in Focus episode, Helen speaks with Professor Annebella Pollen, author of Nudism in a Cold Climate, about how photography shaped the public image of British naturism from the 1920s onward. Pollen explores the gap between idealised magazine imagery and actual naturist participation, the use of pseudonyms to protect reputations, and how promotional visuals created tensions between naturist ideals and lived reality.
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The Naturist Vibe
In this episode of The Naturist Vibe podcast, Gabby, The Crowned Nudi and Dan, Maker of Things return with Part 2 of “Diddy Do It. He Sure Did,” continuing their breakdown of Sean Combs: The Reckoning produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and directed by Alexandria Stapleton. They dive into Episodes 3 and 4 through an ethical naturist lens, focusing on universal values like consent, boundaries, accountability, and zero tolerance for exploitation.
Before the deep dive, Gabby and Dan reflect on 2025 highlights: community wins with the Naturist Business Network, momentum with RK Underground, progress on Rooted Kind Hair, and the premiere year of TNV. Gabby also shares what it means to be newly appointed Chair of AANR’s Young Adults and Diversity Advisory Council and celebrates key relationships and press moments that helped shape the year.
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Naked, Nudists, and Naturists
On the first show of 2026, Frank and Lisa discussed their New Year’s celebration, the seventy-five podcasts they produced in 2025, and what is in store for NNN in the coming year. Frank continued Part 2 of his interview with Karen Lisa Seeber, focusing on her venture into naturism. Karen is a Quantum Energy Artist, Metaphysical Minister, and Holy Fire III Karuna Reiki Master. She explained how her training has grounded her guidance, helping individuals’ emotional, mental, and spiritual bodies achieve peace, clarity, and balance by focusing on the higher divine heart-mind connection. Karen noted that naturism aligns with her metaphysical teachings, as it supports emotional and mental well-being and fosters inner peace and balance. She reminded everyone that a ” Great – Full – Heart is a magnet for miracles.”
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That’s a wrap
That officially wraps up this week! Join us next Saturday for more insights and stories from the week ahead. 🪐
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