History

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 •

Naked Age: Vian's Revolution

Episode 16: From oppression to liberation in a personal awakening

Mar 21 •

Vian's Revolution

Episode 16: From oppression to liberation in a personal awakening

Mar 21 •

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Nudist or naturist: An age-old question

Can naked sages in ancient times help us work out the difference between naturism and nudism?

Mar 3 •

Nick Mayhew-Smith

Nudity and allegory in the spectacular paintings of Daniel Lezama

Lezama’s striking nudes embody Mexico’s rich culture

Feb 24 •

The "Fire Light" who brought nudism to Brazil

Remembering Luz Del Fuego on Brazil's Day of Naturism

Feb 21 •

Nude County USA

A new book chronicles the rich naturist history of Pasco County, Florida

Feb 19 •

Pettibone Park affair

How a nude bathing scandal redrew the Minnesota-Wisconsin border—America’s last great state line shuffle

Jan 20 •

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