History

The first “clothing-optional” event in America

A newsletter and community exploring nudity in history, culture, politics, and art. Daily articles, essays, webcomics, and podcasts right in your inbox.

Jun 10 •

Cec Cinder, father of the free beach movement, dies at 98

His words, books, and battles helped shape the modern nudist cause

Jun 4 •

For Pride month, Canada Post puts Hanlan’s Point nude beach on a stamp

Naturists used to worry about their mail being confiscated by postal authorities, but in Canada, one famous nudist locale is being honored on a new…

Jun 3 •

'Nudism in a Cold Climate' book review

A revealing look at photography, power, and contradiction in mid-century British naturism

May 27 •

Scenes from a nudist picture book

On the 139th birthday of Rudolph Johnson, I’m sharing a rare glimpse into his nudist world

May 20 •

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Ed Lange saw us clearly

On the 30th anniversary of his death, we revisit the life and lens of the photographer who helped define American nudism

May 7 •

Tolstoy’s case for radical simplicity

How a philosophy of labor, self-discipline, and freedom points toward naked gardening

May 3 •

More puritanical panic over nude art

A rebuttal to The Federalist’s fearmongering and the false conflation of art and pornography

Apr 30 •

Turned away at the gate

Matthew Bullock, Loretta Gueye, and the fight to integrate American nudism

Apr 28 •

Nudist history you never thought to ask

Apr 15 •

André de Dienes' surreal, symbolic nudes

A visual exploration of dreamlike bodies, naturist visions, and the striking aesthetics of the midcentury nude

Apr 11 •

The nudity of the 400 Pueblos

From the archives: How peasant farmers unleashed the power of nudity in their struggle for indigenous land rights and justice

Mar 31 •

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