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Have you participated in a world naked bike ride? Naked bike rides have occurred in major cities around the world, where permissible. So what are naked bike rides bike rides about?
You might ask why a bunch of people, mostly younger adults, would get totally or mostly nude and ride across town on their bicycles? It is supposedly a protest and statement to “protest oil dependency and celebrate the power and individuality of our bodies”. Of course any reasonable person might conclude it’s mostly about just having fun, doing something crazy and feeling something that feels like freedom in this oppressive world.
Are naked bike rides legal? That depends on laws in whatever jurisdiction the naked bike ride takes place. In some places, it’s totally legal, in others it’s legal as an organized, peaceful protest event (but someone riding a bike any other day might be arrested), and in some jurisdictions, it’s not legal at all, so therefore doesn’t happen or gets shut down fast. Some participants wear underwear or shorts anyway and in some cities they all do, to avoid arrest.
Several colleges around the U.S. have annual streaking events. More still occur spontaneously or, at best, are premeditated briefly. Are these events, and more obnoxious student nudity a good thing? Most would probably agree that they are harmless. While we do not all choose to express ourselves in such a manner, it certainly serves as an outlet, where they choose to not take things so seriously, have fun and be nude, even if it is obnoxious (or in some cases illegal). Perhaps the worst part of the phenomena is cost of police who may be on duty to monitor anuual, scheduled events. Unfortunately, when these events are well-publicized, gawkers with cameras are attracted. This is probably the reason for the pumpkin helmets worn in the Naked Pumpkin Runs…it obscures their identity from the inevitable photographers, welcome or unwelcome.
What about streaking overall, such as the occasional streaker at a sporting event? Again, probably most people, whether nudist/naturist or not ,would find these incidents harmless and possibly amusing. While I cannot recommend streaking where it is against the law, it is a statement against our gymnophobic society and so I cannot say much bad about it!
OK, folks if this does not prove America’s insanity on female body image, I don’t know what does. To any other people in the world, at any time the history of man, Jennifer Love Hewitt would be considered beautiful and shapely, but somehow America’s warped, monstrous vision calls this “fat”.
For the record, Jennifer says she loves her body and that “a size 2 is not fat! Nor will it ever be.” She says “To set the record straight, I’m not upset for me, but for all the girls out there that are struggling with their body image.” We couldn’t agree with you more, Jennifer. More: Hewitt strikes back over bikini shots (omg! news on Yahoo!)
It appears, that from various fronts, Hollywood and the mass media’s anti-feminine agenda is (finally) being rejected with a vengence! Hollywood, the mass media and the fashion industry effectively preach that the natural variety of feminine forms are bad, and that women must be ultra-thin and have more male-ish features.
People are starting to talk - in a good way - about curvier celebrities, like Queen Latifah, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Love Hewitt and others. There have been several TV progams in recent months talking about how maybe it’s OK after all for a woman to actually look like a woman, rather than some unrealistic, unhealthy ideal. Of course, real men have always liked the curvier women, but nobody has listened to them (I guess it’s not politically correct to).
As nudists, we know very well what real, everyday women look like, but the non-nudist American only sees that 2% unrealistic group that the media allows to be displayed. Imagine young women seeing this 2% and naturally assuming they, themselves, must be abnormal and inferior. It’s no wonder many have suggested nudism as a healing therapy for body image problems.
Some might wonder how this strange, anti-feminine prejudice came to be in America (and increasingly in Europe and other places). There are probably several causes. To make women feel horrible about having normal bodies might be a concious or subconcious supression tool used by men to make women feel inferior, and therefore more hopeless and easier to control. Some have suggested that the authority of gay men in the fashion industry has really warped the idea of what should be considered attractive in a woman. Nothing against gay men, but should they really be the authorities on what makes a woman attractive? There might be evidence that American men don’t have the testosterone levels and clear instincts at the level they once had, which might help explain why so many men are confused and impressionable regarding what they think they should be attracted to. In addition, it could be a self-reinforcing cultural phenomenon, that nobody really thinks makes sense, but any objectors are struck down for disagreeing with the majority. Whatever the case, this culture of natural-female-hate and mother-hate (that will be abother article) is very, very wrong and must change!
Jessica Weiner is perhaps the most well-known heroine of this movement. Jessica has appeared on Oprah, the Tyra Banks Show, The View, CNN, MTV and more. Jessica’s books are helping to restore self-esteem to millions of young women and girls who have needlessly been made to feel inferior by this bizarre anti-female assault by the media.
What’s Leonard Nimoy (a.k.a “Spock”) up to nowadays? Photography, that’s what. Not only photography, but photography of voluptuous, nude women for his Full Body Project. The project is a reaction to society’s unrealistic, frustrating, and cruel ideals about women’s body shapes and sizes.
Nimoy’s work is actually quite good. He has been compared to past famous nude artistic photographers, yet his take is unique. And the fact that he is a celebrity means that any statements he wishes to convey will be heard.
No surpise that it would be Spock to conceive of something so logical! There have been other, similar projects in recent years, photographing heavier and realistic women and men. Keep it up folks! Body acceptance is a beautiful thing!
Diane Webber, born Diane Marguerite Empey (Wikipedia article), was an American actress and model. Although she had modelled for Playboy in the mid-50’s, she married and became a true nudist several years later, apearing in many nudist magazines. Although posing for Playboy is not acceptable to most nudists, she was an overall positive model of nudism. Perhaps she discovered, as many other female models and performers have, that nudism is the way to be nude with dignity, pride and serenity. The fact that she is considered by most to be attractive could be a good or bad factor as a model nudist. While real nudists shouldn’t judge, or make attractiveness a factor at all, the fact that she was considered attractive probably caught the attention of more Americans than she otherwise would have, thereby promoting nudism to the general public more effectively. On the other hand, however, photographic attention given only to an attractive nudist woman might make others feel they don’t look good enough to be a nudist.
Rest assured, you will see quite a variety of body types at a nude beach or nudist resort, few of them “acceptable” to Hollywood’s dictates. So whoever you are, and whatever you look like, you’ll fit right in!
The Daily Mail reports on a (British?) survey showing a 1/3 of women won’t be seen nude by their partner around the house. The Daily Mail reports “Images of stick-thin models and digitally-slimmed celebrities are convincing a whole generation to keep their clothes on at all times.”
Is this the world we want to live in? Reject body shame today!
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It appears, that from various fronts, Hollywood and the mass media’s anti-feminine agenda is (finally) being rejected with a vengence! Hollywood, the mass media and the fashion industry effectively preach that the natural variety of feminine forms are bad, and that women must be ultra-thin and have more male-ish features.
What’s Leonard Nimoy (a.k.a “Spock”) up to nowadays? Photography, that’s what. Not only photography, but photography of voluptuous, nude women for his 
Nimoy’s work is actually quite good. He has been compared to past famous nude artistic photographers, yet his take is unique. And the fact that he is a celebrity means that any statements he wishes to convey will be heard.
Diane Webber, born Diane Marguerite Empey (
